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The empty Tudor night exterior of Monk's Pub, with a hanging sign and a red door
Photo: Monk's Pub. Official website · Source

The Loop · Chicago, IL

Monk's Pub

A Tudor Loop tavern: peanuts on the floor, a red door on Lake Street, and a medieval dive that outlasted the office towers.

Historic Cheap beer
City
Chicago, IL
Neighborhood
The Loop
Address
205 W. Lake Street
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Website
www.monkspubchicago.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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