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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.
Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]
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 ...
Near the lake, Grant Park "Chicago's front yard" is Chicago's oldest park but was significantly expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and houses a number of features and museums. Starting in the 1920s, road improvements for highways were constructed to and into the Loop, perhaps most famously U.S. Route 66 , which opened in 1926.
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.
River North is a neighborhood in the Near North Side, Chicago located north of the Chicago River, south of Division Street, and west of Wabash Avenue. [1] It is adjacent to the Magnificent Mile retail corridor. River North has become one of Chicago's top neighborhoods for nightlife especially on and around Hubbard Street.
Easy Peasy and Lowkey are two new bars officially open on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. Billed as a neighborhood bar, Easy Peasy is on the corner of Woodward Avenue and John R Street.
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]