Chicago’s South Side is on its way back and the Ramova Theatre, a 95-year-old community landmark, is part of that structural and spiritual renewal. Located just a few blocks west of the White Sox baseball team’s home stadium, the renovated Ramova, a former cinema in the Bridgeport neighborhood before it closed in 1985, now offers the area a beautiful 2,000-capacity Spanish Revivalist-style live music venue with an adjacent modern tap room, grill, and beer garden. Ringing in its official 2024 grand opening with a New Year’s Eve performance by Chicago favorites Slo ‘Mo, the $30 million renaissance of the venue has strong community support, including local celebrity co-owners Quincy Jones, Jennifer Hudson, and Chance the Rapper.
An exterior view of the 95-year-old Ramova Theatre, which recently celebrated its grand re-opening on New Year’s Eve (photo credit...
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