The green back wall, Odd Fellows banners, and cash-only chalkboard at Skylark — Photo: Lenny Gilmore. Official website · Source

The lighted Elvis pinball machine in a dark corner of Skylark — Photo: Octavio Ruiz Cervera. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Pilsen · Chicago, IL

Skylark

Pilsen's unfancy neighborhood bar that employees bought to keep the tots and cheap drinks in place.

Cheap beer Late night

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Pilsen
Address: 2149 S. Halsted Street
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Website: www.skylarkchicago.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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