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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

1940s Chicagoan was such a beautiful language 😊

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

It's Bar Madness, the Round of 32! Vote for your favorite Chicago bar here: forms.gle/zAJ9KzysytqD...

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

64 Bars, One Champion. Who will be crowned Chicago's greatest bar? Nominate your favorites in the comments! Selections revealed soon. Voting begins Thursday!

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Railyard in Chicago, 1943 Centrally located, the Windy City has been the master of the country's rails for over a century. Frankly, it's not a particularly close competition with over a quarter of all intermodal freight coming through Chicago. If all roads lead to Rome, all tracks lead to Chicago.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Imagine if there were an easy way to get from Logan Square to Pilsen...gives you chills

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Henry Kau was one of the wine kings of Chicago at the turn of the century. He hosted "kings of finance, captains of industry, merchant princes, and millionaires of all sorts." When Prince Henry of Germany visited Chicago in 1902, city leaders called upon Kau to provide the much-needed Rhine wine.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"The Burden of Chicago" In nearly every American city of the 1900s and 10s, saloons and reformers fought over drinking's place in society. Reformers pointed to Chicago, with over 7,000 saloons, as a prime example of how bars negatively impacted their community.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

One of Chicago's oldest bars: Shinnick's in Bridgeport! There's been a bar here since at least 1896 when it was the Shallow Brothers' Saloon and the Shinnicks have owned the place since 1938. It's seen a lot of changes over the years, but remains the best White Sox bar in Chicago.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

When the bartender asks me how many shots of Malört I need

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The Clover Bar Lounge, 172 N. Clark. In 1953, an undercover Tribune reporter went there to see if rumors of illegal gambling were true. He quickly lost $20 playing "holigan dice games." Disapproving of his form, a dice girl told him to "throw them faster." He lost another $5 and called it a day.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Western Illinois I was not familiar with your game....

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Different Strokes Tavern (1991), now the SoFo Tap. Clark and Argyle in Chicago's once heavily Scandi Andersonville. I dig the Viking Longship sign.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Hogen's on Lincoln and Wilson Avenue, 1985. Now it's Daily Bar & Grill, which was hopping last time I was over there.

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The emergency sirens getting tested the same day the national guard arrives is....unfortunate

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Chicago Bar Boi @chicagobarhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Fun pic of businesses across from Pullman. The company town was dry so workers had to go across the tracks to drink. Note the Pabst building on the right.