Afternoon light through the windows at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap — Photo: frozenchipmunk. CC BY 2.0 · Source

The bar rail inside Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap — Photo: Kylio. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

The lighted Woodlawn Tap storefront on 55th Street at night — Photo: pingnews.com. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

The Who Dunnit pinball machine inside Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap — Photo: D.L.. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Woodlawn Tap lettered in a blacked-out storefront window on 55th Street — Photo: Kylio. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

The inexpensive food board and beer-bottle shelf at Jimmy's Woodlawn Tap — Photo: Kylio. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

Hyde Park · Chicago, IL

Woodlawn Tap

Jimmy's since 1948: cash-only Hyde Park tavern where the university and the block still share a rail.

Cash only Historic Cheap beer

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Address: 1172 E. 55th 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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