The Hungry Brain tiled storefront and yellow-on-black sign on Belmont, with a Roscoe Village banner — Photo: Paul Comstock. CC BY 2.0 · Source

The Hungry Brain door with its triangular window and a handwritten note not to lock bikes next door — Photo: Paul Comstock. CC BY 2.0 · Source

Roscoe Village · Chicago, IL

Hungry Brain

A Roscoe Village jazz dive on Belmont: cheap beer, a triangular door, and a room that still feels like a neighborhood bar.

Live music Cheap beer

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Roscoe Village
Address: 2319 W. Belmont Avenue
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Website: hungrybrainchicago.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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