After a long day of watching the Sox lose, lamenting they bygone days of Winnin’ Ugly and complaining about the Cubs and their fans, it’s time to get your drink on in these classy Chicago nightspots:
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Starting Point: Under right field stands 4:00-5:00 (depends on game time) |
A proper White Sox game can only end with beers here under right field, where you can also get a fix for your Pop-a-Shot jones. After the game: Cork & Kerry’s second location across the street. |
Pick up your Chicago Trolley just outside Comiskey’s main entrance, head west along 35th and south along Halsted. If you want to save some money, hoof it over and meet the trolley after Schaller’s. |
To book a trolley, contact Chicago Trolley for pricing & availability: Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co. Your pub crawl agenda is completely up to you. If you’d like to hire a guide, please be sure to mention that when you contact Chicago Trolley.
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1st Stop: 3714 S. Halsted 5:15-6:30 |
Schaller’s is the oldest pub in Chicago, one of the Top 100 most historic taverns, and a haven for Sox fans. If you’re hungry, try to resist your adolescent urges at bad humor and have the specialty butt steak sandwich. |
Have your driver head north on Halsted, east (right) on Congress, and north (left) on State. You’ll pass the historic Chicago Theatre and the Chicago River. |
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2nd Stop: 16 W. Division 7:00-8:00 |
Also known as “House of Beer,” She-nanigan’s is the logical Division Street choice for hitting new lows, South Side-style. Alternate: there are about ten other bars within spitting distance. |
West on Division, south (left) on Wells until Erie (northwest corner). |
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3rd Stop: 660 N. Wells 8:15-9:30 |
Get some wings in you while admiring the world-renowned attributes of the waitstaff. |
East on Erie, north (left) on LaSalle, north (left) on Clark, and west (left) on Lincoln just past Fullerton. |
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4th Stop: 2519 N. Lincoln 9:45-11:00 |
Cheeseball North Side “oirish” pub when, on Friday and Saturday nights, you’ll hear “South Side Irish” amongst other traditional Irish ditties, belted out by Gerry O’Connell and Whitey O’Day to a drunken horde. |
Southeast on Lincoln, south (right) on Clark, south (right) on LaSalle, east (left) on Ohio, and north (left) on Dearborn. |
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Final Stop: 632 N. Dearborn 11:30-4:00 (5:00 Sat) |
Excalibur is open late, until 4am (5am Saturdays), and you’ll be like a kid in a candy store with the arcade downstairs, the bachelorette parties on the main floor, and the club scene upstairs. Excalibur is also one of Chicago’s Top 100 most historic watering holes. |
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