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Message: [QUOTE="Ewekon, post: 3783601, member: 785"] Love that place. Lakeview has become quasi trendy these days. So many great dives in Chicago. Wrigleyville is full of them. Anyplace west of the loop with an Old Style sign out front is a definite. Wicker Park. 4 Farthings in near north. But I will add 2 that do not technically qualify for particular reasons. 1) The Red Head on Ontario. Piano Bar with truly the best pour of a "single" of any of the hundreds of establishments I have walked into and stumbled out of. Noted as the cougar of all cougar bars. If you are male, semi attractive in your 30s and on expense account .... Just have "protection". Single cocktails an easy 3 finger pour and the pianists are unstumpable. Very old school and just trashy enough where you may need a shower afterwards, whomever you do (or don't) leave with. 2) Gibson's Steak House. No way this qualifies as a dive. Pricey and good steak and ur in Chicago good. The dive angle? Options traders, lawyers and visiting expense accounted and the very young, very attractive PROfessional women who wish to serve them. PS. Original Billy Goat is more dive than not. Especially late and the 10 oz. drafts are classic. World class drinking city. Different than New Orleans. Maybe the best. A little Boston, Whitestone Queens and San Fran dock worker/Stevedore good drinking all together. Should there be a post on great cities and the dives in which you've imbibed? Hmmm. [/QUOTE]