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L & L Tavern is a bar at 3207 N. Clark Street (at Belmont Avenue), in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago. It was named one of the best dive bars in the country by Stuff Magazine. [1] When it opened was by Paul Gillon in the 1950s, the bar was called the Columbia Tavern & Liquors. Its current name comes from prior owners Lefty (John Miller ...
Devotees may describe a bar as "very divey" or "not divey" and compose rating scales of "divey-ness". [8] One such devotee is Steve Vensen, founder of a California group called the DBC (Dive Bar Conoisseurs) who says, "Every dive bar is like a snowflake: diverse and unique. . . you always get local subculture and every time is an adventure."
While the definition of a "dive bar" varies, the following is a list of notable establishments which have been described as such. A dive bar is typically a small, unglamorous, eclectic, old-style drinking establishment with inexpensive drinks; it may feature dim lighting, shabby or dated decor, neon beer signs, packaged beer sales, cash-only ...
At first glance, the White Horse, which opened in 1933 and claims to be the oldest LGBT bar in the country, would seem to be the classic gay dive bar, with pinball, pool tables, karaoke, and drag ...
Florida. Flora-Bama Lounge, Perdido Key, Florida (and Orange Beach, Alabama). This is the one exception to our rule that good dive bars don't have a lot of tourists. You'll find them here, but ...
Leading up to 2024, experts predicted the proliferation of Caesar salads, ranch dressing, and rooster-shaped pasta — and it all came to fruition, to varying degrees, over the last year in ...
Historic Bars of Chicago: A Guide to the 100 Most Historic Neighborhood Taverns, Blues Bars, Jazz Clubs, Cocktail Lounges, Sports Bars, Nightclubs, Bierstubes, Rock & Punk Clubs, and Dives of Chicago. Chicago, IL: Lake Claremont Press. pp. 88– 89. ISBN 978-1-893-12182-9. OCLC 428027352. Bizzarri, Amy (2015).
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".