The Purple Palace
Editor’s Note: though we are not sure when it happened, the entire Purple Palace hotel has gone belly-up and weeds
Editor’s Note: though we are not sure when it happened, the entire Purple Palace hotel has gone belly-up and weeds
When the Hotel Florence and its Brass Tapper Bar closed, the Pullman Pub took the mantle of “most well known
Editor’s Note: sadly, the Prodigal Son is gone, literally. Apparently all that bacon made for one hell of a grease
Though Club Planet lists the bar on its website as if it was still in business, even though it has
Review coming soon…
“It was 1974 and my sister was graduating from high school. My parents were members of the Playboy Club on
Editor’s Note: PhilosoFur’s closed in 2001, was been replaced by Cherry Red and is now Uncle Fatty’s. In 1998, PhilosoFur’s
This short-lived West Town bar didn’t last long, perhaps because it tried to be an upscale Wicker Park-like lounge with
I recently ran across a blurb on this thought provoking establishment that used to inhabit Chicago’s Old Town. If you
Editor’s Note: Parkway Tavern succumbed to market forces and closed in February 2005, was torn down and is now a