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Very cool. I wish I could have visited. I miss wacky theme bars like this.

One of my favorite theme bars was a place in Mexico City called "Bang Bang" (closed down years ago).

It was Stanley Kubrick themed. There were little black and white TVs everywhere playing weird stuff. Then in the back was a replica 2001: A Space Odyssey bedroom; from the end of the movie. With a glowing white floor. Many people would pile into the bed to smoke, drink, and make out.

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There are still some. In Milwaukee, and now Chicago, there's a spy-themed bar called The Safehouse. The Milwaukee one has survived for decades, and they're still regarded as pretty cool.

Milwaukee is a weird town (disclosure: my home town, but left awhile ago). If it wasn't so close to Chicago, people would talk about it like Seattle or Portland. It's quirky with a world-class art museum, the largest music festival in the world every summer, a very reasonable cost of living, world-class universities, and amazing outdoor opportunities sitting directly on Lake Michigan and being a 30 minute drive from tons of massive state parks.

I'm from Chicago, and I think Milwaukee is pretty cool. SummerFest was always so much better than Taste of Chicago... at least the acts that played there. I never even went, and I'm still confident that it's true.

One of my best friends lives in the suburbs along the lake, and it's similar to the north shore of Chicago. Nice neighborhood.

Not too far from the Remote Lounge was a Clockwork Orange themed bar named Korova Milk Bar around the same time.

So many memories flooding back. We once had a party at Razorfish and I somehow got in touch with random downtown people who made weird alcohols. One of them was a woman who made legit absinthe from real wormwood back before absinthe was legal again, and the other one was a woman who made some sort of narcotic “milk” alcohol inspired by A Clockwork Orange. I’d be shocked if it wasn’t the same woman as this bar!

Just for reference korova is russian for cow.

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