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The empty rail and back bar at Shinnick's Pub, with St. Patrick's Day decorations
Photo: Shinnick's Pub. Official website · Source

Bridgeport · Chicago, IL

Shinnick's Pub

Four generations of the same family behind the bar, a Sox-adjacent beer-and-shot time capsule.

Historic Cheap beer
City
Chicago, IL
Neighborhood
Bridgeport
Address
3758 S. Union Avenue
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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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