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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 ...
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Chicago-based comic Whitney Chitwood recorded her 2019 album The Bakery Case live at the Green Mill; the album reached No. 9 on the Billboard comedy chart [11] and was the first comedy album to be recorded at the club. [12] Recently the Green Mill hosts performers ranging from jazz quartets to swing orchestras who frequently play to a packed ...
Among the other defendants charged with various crimes in the same indictment were Chicago Outfit leaders Harry Aleman and Rocco Infelice. [2] Sarno was identified in the indictment as a mob money collector of extortion payments and juice loans and the owner of a tavern in Cicero, Illinois. During hearings on whether to give Sarno bond, federal ...
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.
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 ...
2424 North Lincoln Avenue is a building in Lincoln Park, Chicago, adjacent to the Biograph Theater. From 1912 to 2006, it variously housed the Fullerton Theater, an auto garage, the Crest Theater, and the 3-Penny Cinema. Since 2009 it has been Lincoln Hall, a music venue.
The Green Door Tavern is reputedly Chicago's oldest surviving drinking establishment. [1] It opened in 1921, but the building dates from 1872. [1] [2] History.