Feds getting hip to Chicago club scene

John Kass reports:

A battle for control of Chicago's hottest nightclubs -- Reserve and Crescendo -- playing out in federal court is drawing the attention of the U.S. attorney's office.

No, U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald isn't spending $2,000 for bottle service and VIP treatment at top clubs like Reserve or its rival, RiNo. He doesn't roll that way.

And I don't think Fitzgerald will drop in at Tavern on Rush, the alpha and omega of the Chicago way, to chat about the Chicago bar scene with guys named Marty and Jimmy and Freddie and Tommy and Uncle Amrish.

Instead, the U.S. attorney's office is receiving court documents about the nightclubs from the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a tsunami of a case.

You'll want to read this article to find out how Alderman Roti's nephew is involved.