Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Dive-ersity

The Tribune has a fun article saluting Chicago's dive bars.  Carol's gets all the publicity, but the Tribune feels Max's (down the street at 4621 N Clark) is better deserving of the title.  An excerpt -- the whole article is here:
To divine whether you are drinking at a true dive bar, forget the neighborhood. Dive bars, thankfully, live everywhere in this city, a testament to tradition and one inescapable fact: Once we are in winter's teeth, few trips warm us like the short walk to a cheap drink. [...]

In Max's on a recent Tuesday afternoon, eight men in baseball caps sat with brown bottles before them. Old Style cost $1 on draft, so I ordered that. The bartender, the only woman in the place, set my mug down. I asked how long the bar had been there.

"I bet one of these guys would know before me," she said.

She turned to a customer and said, "Hey Eli, how long has this place been here?"

"About 37 years," Eli said.

But who's counting?

8 comments:

  1. I am all about dive bars, but this place is pretty shady.

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  2. They probably just don't like you because you're trying to steal my IrishPirate mojo.

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  3. Dueling marauders of Ireland!

    I'm so confused..and little scared..

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  4. This "dive" opens at 7AM. I have seen winos waiting for it to open when I walk my dog. It brings a lot of 911 calls throughout the day.

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  5. Hey, 'Murican! Read the article. It says one of the requirements of a dive is that it opens in the A.M.

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  6. Well looks like I have a new breakfast spot!!

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  7. pirate, no they do not serve any kind of food in the place. Lots of cab drivers stop there for a drink or two. The bar is known to over serve patrons.

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  8. @Americanit.... I think you missed my joke. WOW.

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