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Lucky Horseshoe Lounge

3169 N Halsted St , Chicago, IL 60657

★ 3.5 / 5 · 264 ratings

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Community member

Oct 12, 2011

tonight was my first time to a place like this. the guys were great and super friendly

grin

Aug 16, 2011

Nest place in Boystown. Bar staff is great and dancers are hreater. Been goig to Horseshoe since 1996. A great place for men. Yet, even women who make fun of gays are servered. May the Horseshoe have many more years of serving the gay community.

Community member

Apr 3, 2010

As a former gay male dancer(can still do it),I enjoyed all of the dancers,and bar that I really like to work there as a male dancer!

Community member

Sep 2, 2009

Very friendly place - good bar staff (esp Jeff a cute new barman) and a good selection of dancers, including twinks, latinos, muscle types. I had a great night there

MummieDearest

Aug 13, 2009

A place that feels like home away from home. We miss Sophie tho.

Community member

Aug 1, 2009

There's a stripper here named Blake who works Thurs-Sundays who is just awesome. Cute, blue-eyed boy next door type. There's a dancer here for whatever you like, really. The bar is like something from the Way Back Machine - very retro feel, with no attitude. It is what it is. They even have cheesey bar games to play while you're waiting for the dancer you like to hit the stage. Great place for people watching, as the customers are often more interesting than the dancers. Best kept secret in Boystown is how fun this place really is -- much better time than the stand and model bars like Sidetrack or Minibar.

Hottie123

Jul 17, 2009

Sunday july 12 the Lucky Horseshoe was taken over by a herd of broads wearing "SCORES" shirts. What is this? I thought this was a gay bar. Lucky the weren"t raided because I know that some of these broads were under age.....Many of the patron were so disgusted they got up and left. I hope this doesn't happen again. I want to keep Lucky Horseshoe as my favorite.

Community member

Jun 13, 2009

I have always had fun at the Horseshoe, been going there for years. Friendly bartenders & staff. Just A Fun Place to Go!

TripletX

Feb 3, 2009

The Shoe is trashy, but is that a bad thing!?! It's a strip bar! The staff is friendly (for the most part) and the dancers are hot (sometimes). I like to start my night off here and then head north for dancing.

gefen56

Feb 1, 2009

Started coming here in 06 and always find some dancers who show me attention. You have to pick and choose , but I always have fun and feel at home with many of the dancers . Every person has his own taste, but I always find some of the guys to be cute , adorable and sexy. I have fooled around with dancers in many cities like New York, Ft. Lauderdale , and Montreal. Lucky HorseShoe dancers are much more humble, friendly and reasonable and not out to hassle you for your money. Just try going to Montreal and you will see what I mean and what they charge there to touch a dancer !! Kudos to the lovely boys at Lucky Horseshoe, and keep up the good work and hiring such a nice variety of good kids !!!

Community member

Oct 12, 2008

The place looks old and decripit. The chairs are platic in one side, maybe resurrected from a closed bar somewhere. The bartenders are not as friendly as they should be. The toilets stink and needs ameneties. The lighting and the stage are so dated. The dancers. I went there 6 times at different seasons, lots of latino, dancers who hustle and are ugly. well not all, one was cute... but he was polish Puerto rican, i think his name was Jeff. I remember going to LHS in the 90's... management was a different hing then. Dancers were all gorgeous, selct and happy to entertain. There was a period the last wto year that LHS had OLD, almost horrible to look at dancers. I am just windering whether they pay the dancers right, coz the pickings are definitely very slim. They say they audition everyweek...but I see no improvement. I went back several tims on a sunday afternoon and the place was dead, with 2 ugly, boring dancers. My parking fee of $6.00 and a drink for $5.oo was wasted. i stayed for 3 minutes and left the place. The bartender said the other dancers will come at 6;00 pm and at 8:00 I went back expecting a resurrection! Jees! I have never seen a batch of ugly men and boys, so thin and so desperate for tips in my life. I miss Madrigals. I miss the Lucky Horshoe of the 90s when Sofie was alive. They should fire the old marine doubling as a manager! he does not know how to run a bar like LHS! Hopefully, ben, the man behind the LHS will wake up and invest some money to resurrect the place and claim its place in Boystown as a must stop for all!

HardRoc

May 26, 2008

I was there for the first time and loved it