The Sky Ride Tap storefront and sandwich-and-package-goods sign under the Loop L — Photo: Paul Sableman. CC BY 2.0 · Source

The vintage Sky Ride Tap sandwiches and package-goods sign — Photo: Andrew Filer. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

The Loop · Chicago, IL

Sky Ride Tap

The Loop's last cash-only commuter dive under the L, still poured by the same owner since 1972.

Cash only Historic Cheap beer

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: The Loop
Address: 105 W. Van Buren 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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