Uptown · Chicago, IL

Max's Place

Cash-only Uptown rail under a faded sign: a pay phone, a CD jukebox, and a handwritten Yes, we're open.

Cash only Jukebox Cheap beer

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Uptown
Address: 4621 N. Clark 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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