Historic Bars of Chicago: A Guide to the 100 Most Historic Neighborhood Taverns, Blues Bars, Jazz Clubs, Cocktail... (Paperback)

They're famous and infamous, riddled with stories and scars, and thriving with contemporary personality alongside historic color. They're the essential bars for understanding what Chicago is all about. How about soaking up Chicago history and cultural knowledge one tavern at a time? In Historic Bars of Chicago author Sean Parnell delivers a compelling Chicago 101 and Masters program all in one. Simply visit the historic neighborhood pubs, dives, cocktail lounges, blues bars, jazz clubs, and bierstubes in his book; read a bit about them; mingle with the regulars; and join in their games, music, and banter. You will absorb the essence of the city and be thinking (and drinking) like a real Chicagoan in no time.

Kind of Like Museums...But You Can Drink There!

They're famous and infamous, riddled with stories and scars, and thriving with contemporary personality alongside historic color. They're the essential bars for understanding what Chicago is all about.

Your Chicago Bar Project

How about soaking up Chicago history and cultural knowledge one tavern at a time? In Historic Bars of Chicago, author Sean Parnell (chibarproject.com) delivers a compelling Chicago 101 and Masters program all in one. Simply visit the historic neighborhood pubs, dives, cocktail lounges, blues bars, jazz clubs, and bierstubes in his book; read a bit about them; mingle with the regulars; and join in their games, music, and banter. You will absorb the essence of the city and be thinking (and drinking) like a real Chicagoan in no time.

Chicago Culture on Tap

Pull up a barstool, order a cold one, and discover Chicago's past in its present.

--What is the oldest drinking establishment in Chicago?
--Which Chicago bar received the first liquor license following Prohibition?
--What are Chicago's oldest nightclub, blues bar, jazz club, sports bar, wine bar, an...

Sean Parnell runs the marketing consulting firm Innovaxis and is the creator of the Chicago Bar Project, which honors the city's great watering holes. He has written about Chicago's best taverns in Esquire Magazine and Time Out and on About.com, led historic pub crawls for the Chicago History Museum, and traveled the globe in search of the world's best pubs. He lives in Chicago.

Sean Parnell is a drinker with a writing problem. He created chibarproject.com in 2000 and has written about Chicago's best taverns in Esquire Magazine, Time Out, and About.com. Please buy his book Historic Bars of Chicago so that he can get some help.

When he's not writing about bars, Parnell runs a marketing consulting firm, Innovaxis, that provides marketing strategy and implementation services for companies looking to grow, take their website to the next level, and launch new products and marketing campaigns.

Author:

Parnell, Sean

Genre:

TRAVEL / United States / Midwest / East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

Audience:

General/trade

Edition:

1

Format:

Paperback

Pages:

269

Language:

English

Publisher:

Everything Goes Media Llc

Publish Date:

04/29/2010

Copyright Year:

2010

ISBN:

9781893121829

Height:

8.75 in

Wdth:

4.0 in

Thickness:

0.75 in

Unit weight:

0.5 lb