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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. [4] [full citation needed] [5]
Marie's Rip Tide lounge was a late-night Bucktown lounge and dive-bar. [1]It had garnered national attention numerous times, most recently by its appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he referred to it as his "favorite Chicago bar".
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.
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.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912. [3] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago, featuring an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café). The ...
On January 3, 2005, the upper and lower levels were closed at Kinzie Street for reconstruction (in conjunction with the Trump Tower Chicago development) but have since been reopened. The city's famed Billy Goat Tavern, immortalized by John Belushi in a Saturday Night Live sketch as the Olympia Cafe, [6] is located on the lower level of Michigan ...
After the end of Prohibition, the Green Mill became a more reputable establishment, attracting many popular jazz acts including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Al Jolson, along with cabaret icons like Texas Guinan: a onetime rodeo rider and vaudeville performer, Guinan reinvented herself during Prohibition as a bawdy, breezy master of ceremonies for cabaret shows at spots like the 300 Club ...
In 2013, Double Door's basement bar, formerly The Dirtroom, reopened as Door No. 3, [2] with a renewed focus on up-and-coming DJs as well as special events, ranging from electro-swing and cabaret to roots reggae. [6] After 22 years in Wicker Park, the Double Door began looking to relocate in the Logan Square neighborhood. In 2016, following ...