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Uncommon Ground

Supporting up-and-coming musicians for 16 years!!!

About Me

uncommon ground, located in the heart of Wrigleyville, Chicago is open for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner daily and features contemporary American bistro cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal, regional, organic ingredients. The bar features fabulous house-infused cocktails, a selection of international beer and an eclectic wine list. Come enjoy the tree-lined sidewalk café in the summer & 2 warm, cozy fireplaces in the winter. National music acts perform nightly in an intimate acoustic listening room while art openings feature local Chicago artists monthly. uncommon ground eat drink look listen Celebrating our 16 year anniversary July 1, 2007! 3800 North Clark Street Chicago, IL USA 60613 773.929.3680 main 773.929.0805 fax www.uncommonground.com 100% Smoke-Free for 15 years! "Best Brunch" - Redeye "Best of 2005" - Chicago Magazine "Critics Pick June, 2005" - Time Out Chicago "Hands down the best bloody mary in town!" - Redeye "Chicago's Best Coffeehouse & Cafe, Gallery & Cultural meeting place since 1991" "Jeff Buckley @ Uncommon Ground - BEST CONCERT of the YEAR!" - Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune "Coffeehouse most likely to grind out a great show: Uncommon Ground" - Chicago Tribune Clubby Award, Greg Kot "2004 BEST CHICAGO COFFEEHOUSE & Cafe" - AOL.com city guide 2004 "Chicago's Best Coffeehouse & Cafe" - Citysearch.com & New City audience and reader's poll "Most pet-friendly sidewalk cafe" - Chicago Tales

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/1/2008
Band Website: uncommonground.com
Band Members: Uncommon Ground has featured acoustic performances by... Jeff Buckley TRAIN David Gray Howie Day Andrew Bird Gavin Degraw The Frames Stacey Earle Tim Easton Erin McKeown Glen Hansard Tina Dico (Zero 7) MORLEY David Mead Susanna Hoffs (the Bangles) Josh Ritter Amy Correia Nora O'Connor Shivaree Steve Poltz Dolly Varden Pat MacDonald (Timbuk 3) Teddy Thompson Melissa Ferrick Anne Heaton Rachael Yamagata Cameron McGill Brad Peterson and some of Chicago's top emerging artists nightly.... ALL microphones provided by SHURE! "SHURE - It's your sound!"
Sounds Like: For all booking inquiries, please contact [email protected] Please do not send inquiries via the myspace page or by calling the restaurant - use the above e-mail address to contact our booking manager, David Chavez, formerly of the Hothouse. Basic questions about procedures and about the restaurant can be directed to his intern, Erin, at [email protected] you for your support and interest!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Marchs Artist in Residence - Algebro!

Our very own Algebro, AKA Thom Cathcart, will be playing every Wednesday this month as part of our Artist Residency Back Room Sessions.  Originally from Georgia, Algebro's unique voice carries th...
Posted by Uncommon Ground on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:02:00 PST

Congratulations Glen Hansard, Academny Award Winner and Uncommon Ground Veteran Performer

We are all pleased to congragulate a very special past performer of Uncommon Ground - member of the Frames (amongst many projects), star in 'The Commitments' and 'Once', and Academy Award Wi...
Posted by Uncommon Ground on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:19:00 PST

Johnny Cash Birthday Bash Thank You’s!

Thanks to everyone who helped make our 6th annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash such a huge success!  The musicians, the crowd, and the Uncommon staff were all amazing (all employees dressed in black...
Posted by Uncommon Ground on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:13:00 PST

Februarys Artist in Residence: Ben Sollee

I had the pleasure of meeting, seeing and hearing Ben's first performance at Uncommon Ground last night and might I say it is amazing and everyone needs to come and check him out. He will be playing e...
Posted by Uncommon Ground on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:58:00 PST

Don’t miss February 23rd 6th Annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash!

Hello everyone and welcome to our new and improved myspace page! Please tell all of your friends! This will be a place to check out our upcoming artists and special events! As always, please refer to ...
Posted by Uncommon Ground on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:53:00 PST