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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".
In the 1930s, the bar acquired the nickname "The Green Door", and this was eventually adopted formally. [1] George Parenti purchased the bar from the Giacomoni brothers in August 1985. [1] The structure developed a lean from plumb in its early years, due to the construction techniques used at the time, and this is still noticeable. [1]
The Mirage Tavern was a drinking establishment at 731 N. Wells St. in Chicago purchased by the watchdog group Better Government Association and the Chicago Sun-Times in 1977 to investigate widespread allegations of official corruption and shakedowns visited on small businesses by city officials. The journalists used hidden cameras to help ...
The bar also includes a separate room where an "ice chef" prepares custom ice cubes for drinks. [1] The bartenders are treated like chefs, and work in a fenced-in "cocktail kitchen". [2] The bar is within the restaurant Next, in Chicago's Fulton Market District, part of the West Loop neighborhood. Another bar in the space, The Office, is a 22 ...
Less well-known is the Chicago municipal device, a symbol that looks like the letter Y inside a circle. According to the Municipal Code of Chicago, the device is "for use by the varied unofficial interests of the city and its people". Its design is inspired by the confluence of the North, South, and main branches of the Chicago River at Wolf Point
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]
Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres , which is a statue on the top of the building. [ 3 ] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages.
The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the "America's Classics" category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.