LAST WEEK, Mark Hunter, founder of Hunters Nightclubs , officially announced the closing of Hunters Chicago after 30 remarkably joyous years of service
to the Chicago suburban gay community.
The OUTPOURING OF NOSTALGIA & Loving Words, commented on Facebook, from our patrons from the past 3 decades has been overwhelming; bittersweet to say the least.
Below are some of these heartwarming comments :
Philip Jeremy Just
heard you are closing. How sad. I met my partner Jim on January 28th
2000, it'll be 14 years in 2014. Best thing to ever happen to me!!! I'll
always remember Hunter's. We all have so many stories and memories.
Thanks for the memories Mark Hunter and staff, you'll be missed.
Roman Liufa I will miss "Hunters Chicago". Super dance floor, cool DJs. And very nice staff! Thank you all!
Roman Liufa I will miss "Hunters Chicago". Super dance floor, cool DJs. And very nice staff! Thank you all!
Keith Sunde Mark
I'm sure don't remember me as we met several times through-out the
years. Thank you for Hunters you gave us a place where we were safe and
had fun! The 80's it was shoulder pads and dance music & big hair. I
would stay until the lights came on. I also
remember when you bought the matching riviera cars & every New
Years Eve Party....Hunter's Chicago is Missed & will be Missed! It
was a Landmark of Elk Grove Village. Mark Hunter you are huge part of
the Proud Gay Man I Grow Up to Become for that THANK YOU! I would like
to meet you once again sometime in the near future I'm near Disney World
these day in Clermont FL.
Scott Zuncic Best of luck to you Mark & Patrick.!!!
I just want to thank you for the many many years I have gone to
Hunters. It felt like "home" there because it was the very first place I
went to after I came out. I had my very first date there.....so
it's a very special place in my heart. So many good memories!!! I
know the name and owners are changing, the bar will live on. I just hope
it still feels like "home". Thank you again, especially to you, Mark,
for making Hunters a great place to celebrate life!
Hunters was the first bar I went to when I turned 21. Spent many evenings in there from 21 to 26. I met my husband there in June of 2000. We have been together for 14 years now. I want to thank Mark and Patrick for all the wonderful memories I have had at Hunters. We wish you both the best.
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ReplyDeleteEsbuna lastima que este lugar cierre ya que yo alli fue donde empece a ir a dvertirme miercoles jueves sabado y domingo recuerdo cuando tenia 19años que tuve k falsificar mi id tan solo por estar alli adentro quiero lloear al recordar cuantos amigo conoci alli en el 1997 y aun mantengo la mayoria en mi circilo de amistad ..gracias HUNTERS
So sad to see an institution like HUNTERS close. So many memories I can't even count...visiting Mark and Marion always there to welcome everyone...those special Wednesday nights..one of the first video bars anywhere..and most importantly so many wonderful people I met there, some still here and some not. Times change they say, and I wish the new Pheonix bar all the success, but I know I'm safe in saying there will never be another HUNTERS.
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