Back in 2017, hearts across Chicago and beyond were broken when the Double Door was evicted from its iconic location in the Wicker Park neighborhood — where fans gathered to see Chance the Rapper, The Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, the New York Dolls with David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain still at it, and even The Rolling Stones, among countless other A-list acts.
But after the Double Door closed, and a little over two years later as a sad viral video showed a crane taking down the neon Double Door Liquors sign — which dated back decades before the rock club opened in 1994 — there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city’s Uptown neighborhood.
Now that is not happening anymore…