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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]
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 Chicago Sun-Times has called Sidetrack "one of the world's top gay bars". [11] Sidetrack ranked first in Time Out Chicago's 2023 list of the city's best LGBTQ+ bars. [3] Sidetrack has been called the "most popular bar in Illinois" by BuzzFeed and "one of the 50 top gay bars in the US" by Yelp. [12]
Alley entrance. Neo was a nightclub located at 2350 N. Clark St. in the Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park.Established on July 25, 1979 [1] Neo was the oldest [2] or one of the oldest [3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2.
Roscoe's is a gay bar in Chicago. It has multiple bars, a dance floor, and an outdoor patio. [1] Logo TV has said the bar is "known as a haunt for younger gay guys and their straight girlfriends". [2] Roscoe's plays music videos and hosts drag performances, [3] as well as karaoke, dueling pianos, and RuPaul's Drag Race viewing parties. [4]
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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 ...