{"id":25189,"date":"2017-11-27T15:03:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T20:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=25189"},"modified":"2020-07-28T08:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:16:57","slug":"bottled-blonde-liquor-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/bottled-blonde-liquor-license\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottled Blonde Lost Its Liquor License on Black Wednesday and It&#8217;s Almost Too Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, that&#8217;s right \u2013 after suffering through nearly two years of <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/douchiest-bars-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nonstop douchebaggery<\/a> from the River North bar\/club\/hellscape, the city of Chicago has finally revoked Bottled Blonde&#8217;s liquor license \u2013 and on the busiest drinking day of the year, no less.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25191\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25191\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-16.jpg\" alt=\"Bottled Blonde Liquor License\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-16.jpg 800w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-16-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-16-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo Credit:<a href=\"https:\/\/bottledblondechi.com\/bottle-service-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Bottled Blonde<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though Bottled Blonde can (and undoubtedly will) continue serving alcohol pending an appeal of the revocation, Chicago&#8217;s Department of Business Affairs officially announced their decision to rescind the bar&#8217;s licensure on Black Wednesday. The irony of which is, without question, hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling, made after months of deliberation, finds that Bottled Blonde has been garnering the vast majority of its revenue from liquor sales \u2013 a clear violation of BB&#8217;s city license, which requires that liquor account for less than 50% of their total income.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you currently thinking &#8220;wait, I didn&#8217;t know that Bottled Blonde sold anything <i>other <\/i>than alcohol\u00a0in the first place&#8221;&#8230;well, same. As it turns out, the douche-ridden, black-lit club we all love to hate is <em>technically<\/em> licensed as a pizzeria, serving &#8220;contemporary Italian cuisine&#8221; with a &#8220;casual neighborhood&#8221; atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Because all casual neighborhood pizza-joints have bottle service, amirite?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25193\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25193\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-17.jpg\" alt=\"Bottled Blonde Liquor License \" width=\"800\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-17-600x487.jpg 600w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-17-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/bottledblondechi.com\/bottle-service-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottled Blonde<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If this seems like a <del>bit of a<\/del> massive mischaracterization to you, you&#8217;re certainly not alone; Bottled Blonde has been embroiled in arguments concerning its party-hard, dance club reputation for years. From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/politics\/ct-bottled-blonde-hearing-20170914-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noise complaints to concerns over street fights and, yes, even sidewalk vomit<\/a>, the bar&#8217;s River North neighbors have been left largely unconvinced of Bottled Blonde&#8217;s purported status as a friendly little pizza spot.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, last week&#8217;s revocation is just the latest in long line of controversies surrounding the Arizona-based-chain. You may have heard, for example, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/chicago-politics\/bottled-blonde-lawyers-drug-arrest-delays-hearing-with-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottled Blonde attorney arrested on wild drug charges<\/a> in Michigan this past September. Or perhaps you caught wind of their seemingly racist \u2013 and altogether absurd \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2017\/05\/30\/dress-code-bottled-blonde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dress code<\/a>,\u00a0banning\u00a0&#8220;Plain White T&#8217;s, Jordans, male jewelry&#8221; and I quote &#8220;anything obnoxious,&#8221; that&#8217;s been circulating since this summer.<\/p>\n<p>And while it&#8217;s worth\u00a0mentioning that these eye-roll worthy affairs were definitively <em>not<\/em>\u00a0considered by the city in its decision to revoke Bottled Blonde&#8217;s liquor license, I simply can&#8217;t resist pointing out that they probably didn&#8217;t help too much, either.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bottled Blonde has filed for appeal with the city of Chicago. For further information on the hearing, its findings and more, take a look at the revocation letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/365205834\/Bottled-Blonde-Revocation-Letter?irgwc=1&amp;content=10079&amp;campaign=Skimbit%2C%20Ltd.&amp;ad_group=66960X1516589X28a87be01e166bb41c6d1a66046a833a&amp;keyword=ft750noi&amp;source=impactradius&amp;medium=affiliate#from_embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Featured Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/bottledblondechi.com\/bottle-service-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottled Blonde<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80386\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80386\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottledblonde5-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottledblonde5-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottledblonde5-370x239.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottledblonde5-406x262.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottledblonde5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Bottled Blonde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Rise &amp; Fall of Bottled Blonde in River North<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This popular establishment in the River North area is officially closing its doors to Chicago residents.<\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-flat vc_btn3-color-grey\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/the-fall-and-rise-and-fall-again-chicagos-bottled-blonde-permanently-closed\/\">Rise &amp; Fall of Bottled Blonde<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, that&#8217;s right \u2013 after suffering through nearly two years of nonstop douchebaggery from the River North bar\/club\/hellscape, the city of Chicago has finally revoked Bottled Blonde&#8217;s liquor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2008,"featured_media":25194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554],"tags":[287,3058,159,3386,3385,3383,96,3384],"class_list":["post-25189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-news","tag-bars","tag-bottled-blonde","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-department-of-business-affairs","tag-city-officals","tag-liquor-license","tag-restaurants","tag-rive-north"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bottled Blonde Lost Its Liquor License on Black Wednesday and It&#039;s Almost Too Perfect | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looks like Bottle Blonde&#039;s douchey-antics have finally paid off; 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