Still Open Today…
- Burwood Tap (Wrightwood Neighbors)
- Butch McGuire’s (Gold Coast)
- Chipp Inn (Noble Square)
- Club Lucky (Bucktown)
- Continental (Humboldt Park)
- Cork & Kerry (Beverly)
- Durkin’s (West Lakeview)
- Edgewater Lounge (Andersonville)
- Emmit’s Pub (River West)
- Exchequer Restaurant & Pub (Loop)
- Glascott’s Groggery (Sheffield Neighbors)
- Gold Star Bar (East Ukrainian Village)
- Green Door Tavern (River North)
- Green Mill (Uptown)
- Halligan Bar (Lincoln Park)
- Hangge Uppe (Gold Coast)
- Hideout (Bucktown)
- Inner Town Pub (East Ukrainian Village)
- Jake’s Pub (East Lakeview)
- John Barleycorn (Lincoln Park)
- Marge’s Still (Old Town Triangle)
- O’Donovan’s (North Center)
- Paramount Room (River West)
- Rainbo Club (West Ukrainian Village)
- Riverview Tavern (Roscoe Village)
- Schaller’s Pump (Bridgeport)
- Simon’s Tavern (Andersonville)
- Twin Anchors (Old Town Triangle)
Read all about these former speakeasies in Historic Bars of Chicago written by Sean Parnell
Honorable Mention
17 West at the Berghoff – according to Dennis McCarthy in his book, The Great Chicago Bar & Saloon Guide (1985), “During Prohibition the Berghoff family did a very un-Chicago-like thing. They did not run a speakeasy. Their brewery made beer and extracted the alcohol from it. Maybe that spurred their history of excellent, reasonably priced food.”
