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The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois. Its restaurants are based on the original Billy Goat Tavern founded in 1934 [1] by Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko, a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs, and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday Night Live.
The Bottle Rockets performing at the Hideout in Chicago on November 21, 2015. Hideout Chicago, also known as Hideout Inn, is a music venue and former factory bar located in an industrial area between the Lincoln Park and Bucktown neighborhoods of Chicago in the Elston Avenue Industrial Corridor. [1]
The bar has won several awards and titles, including being named 13th best bar in the world, in The World's 50 Best Bars publication in 2014. [12] Eater lists the bar among its 28 "essential bars in Chicago". [7] The bar does not address the controversy involved with tiki culture, and still is known as a "tiki bar".
Sidetrack representation at Chicago's 2013 pride parade. Established in 1982, [6] Sidetrack is owned by Art Johnston and Jose "Pepe" Peña, [7] [8] In 2013, Sidetrack boycotted Stoli Vodka over Russia's anti-gay laws. [9] In 2023, the business announced stopped selling Anheuser-Busch products as part of the Bud Light boycott. [10]
More than 40 bars participate, and some have been known to have more than 40 kegs in anticipation. In 2008, TBOX attracted 6,700 participants. [4] The event gained national recognition in 2010 after becoming the unofficial largest pub crawl with over 10,000 attendees. [5] [6] The name of the event is a playful spin on The Twelve Days of ...
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. Located at the center of downtown Chicago [3] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan.
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The name of the bar was inspired by an experience Fire had on a trip to India, where she was referred to as "Big Chick," by men in Bandra. [3] Big Chicks opened on December 11, 1986. [ 4 ] Prior to Fire purchasing the bar, it had been a veteran's bar and when Fire took over, she inherited the clients, their dogs and the original bartenders. [ 5 ]