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Best of CU 2008
Best Gay-Friendly Nightlife: The Chester Street Dance Club
4:00 am Nov 13 - by Drake Baer – buzz Writer
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Chester Street »Address: 63-65 Chester St. Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 356-5607
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With a reputation of being as accessible as it is exciting, the Chester Street Dance Club — affectionately known as C-Street — was a favorite for Best Gay Nightlife.
“We have a nice-sized dance floor, we have a new light system, [which makes for] more of the place for people to dance,” says Kyle Ellis, combination bartender, barback and doorman. “We have a side bar to hang out and have a beer if [club-goers] aren’t into dancing.”
The club really gets going on the weekend, Ellis says: “We get pretty packed; we don’t have just gays and lesbians, we have campus students, all kinds of people come in to dance. It’s more gay-friendly than just a gay bar, just like we have people on our staff who aren’t gay.”
The bar is as inclusive as its drink menu. “It welcomes people in the gay comm in a safe environment, as opposed to campus, where you don’t know what you’re getting into,” Ellis says. “We’re welcoming to everybody.”
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Last post: Sep. 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Joni (unregistered user) said on Sep. 2, 2009 at 12:57 pm:
they dont play any good black or latin music. the people that work there are stuck up! and its the only gay club in the city! witch is pretty bad!
TED (unregistered user) said on Nov. 17, 2008 at 2:26 pm:
duh
like there is any place ELSE in CU