'It's been a roller-coaster of emotions,' Hunter said, fighting back tears. Hunter and his partner, Patrick Volkert, have been together for about eight years. He lives primarily in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and still owns Hunters Palm Springs in California. I don't want to work forever,' Hunter said Sept. It's just a good time I turn 60 years-old this year … and am just planning for the future. 'I just felt it was time, time to move on. It will, reportedly, be closed for a week or longer for renovations/modifications, and then reopen as The PhoenixBar. Robert Brumbaugh, who also owns Progress Bar on Halsted Street in Lakeview, purchased Hunters, which is officially closing after business Sunday, Sept.
13, Hunter announced he had sold the long-standing video dance bar on Higgins Road, with 5,000 square feet inside and almost 2,000 more square feet outside on the patio. He had to walk to the bar for its opening.įlash-forward 31 years, almost to the day, and Hunter is walking away from Hunters for good. Mark Hunter was driving to the grand opening of Hunters Chicago, a gay bar in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village, on that Friday in mid-October 1982, when his car broke down several blocks away. This article shared 17203 times since Sat Sep 14, 2013
