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The Lodge Chicago sidewalk chalkboard asking got nuts beside the wooden door
Photo: Lodge Tavern. Official website · Source
The red Lodge Chicago Est 1957 neon on a brick wall inside the tavern
Photo: Lodge Tavern. Official website · Source
The wood-paneled rail, peanut baskets, chandelier, and jukebox at Lodge Tavern
Photo: Lodge Tavern. Official website · Source
The long wooden bar, Lodge floor mat, and front windows at Lodge Tavern
Photo: Lodge Tavern. Official website · Source
The Rock-Ola jukebox and wood-paneled hallway at Lodge Tavern
Photo: Lodge Tavern. Official website · Source
Evergreen garlands, red bows, and a packed rail inside Lodge Tavern on Division Street
Photo: David Wilson. CC BY 2.0 · Source

Gold Coast · Chicago, IL

Lodge Tavern

A 1957 ski-lodge tavern on Division: peanut shells on the wood floor, chandeliers, and Chicago's longest cocktail hour.

Historic Cheap beer Jukebox
Neighborhood
Gold Coast
Address
21 W. Division Street
Open in maps
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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