The long wooden rail, black stools, and pressed-tin ceiling in the Empty Bottle front room — Photo: Empty Bottle. Official website · Source

High-tops along the brick wall and an Empty Bottle shirt in the merch case — Photo: Empty Bottle. Official website · Source

The Empty Bottle shotgun room, with a wooden rail on the right and brick wall tables on the left — Photo: Empty Bottle. Official website · Source

The Empty Bottle back room, with a flyer wall, green-lit arcade nook, and raised stage — Photo: Empty Bottle. Official website · Source

The Empty Bottle pool table, stickered light, tin ceiling, and flyer-covered back wall — Photo: Empty Bottle. Official website · Source

Ukrainian Village · Chicago, IL

Empty Bottle

Ukrainian Village's indie-rock dive: a cheap front-room rail, tin ceiling, and a stage that never asked to be fancy.

Live music Cheap beer Pool Historic

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Ukrainian Village
Address: 1035 N. Western Avenue
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Website: emptybottle.com
Why it is listed: Publicly documented as a dive. Source

Hours, a real floor plan, and a map pin will live here once we have them. We do not invent closing times.

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