Old Town Ale House, Chicago

Old Town Ale House, Chicago

The Old Town Ale House is a saloon in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago that has been operation since 1958.[1][2][3] It is currently located at 219 W. North Avenue.

Bruce Elliott and his paintings

Bruce Elliott is a painter and the current owner of the bar. The walls of the bar are filled with portraits of regular bar-goers and famous patrons (such as Stephen Colbert, Bill Murray, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd—many of whom had been working at the Second City Theatre also located on Wells and North Avenue). Other paintings include lewd political satire (such as Rod Blagojevich.[4][5][6] and Sarah Palin[7]) also painted by Elliott.

Elliott inherited the bar from a previous owner on the condition that the bar not be changed.[1][8][9]

The Old Town Ale House has been called "The best bar in the world that I know about" by Roger Ebert[10][11] whose biographical film Life Itself contains several interviews within the bar, and ends with a portrait of Ebert in the bar that was painted by Elliott.

References

  1. 1 2 "Drink Here Long Enough and They'll Give You the Bar | Feature | Chicago". chicagoreader.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ↑ "SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds". soundcloud.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  3. ↑ "Old Town Ale House: Chicago Bar Project". chibarproject.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Old Town Ale House Gives Blago the Nude Treatment: Chicagoist". chicagoist.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Painting probes the idea of nude Blagojevich in prison". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  6. ↑ "Naked Blagojevich Painting In Works By 'Nude Sarah Palin' Artist (VIDEO)". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  7. ↑ "SARAH PALIN: Sarah Palin nude portrait - chicagotribune.com". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  8. ↑ "The man behind the Palin nude | Bleader | Chicago". chicagoreader.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  9. ↑ "48 Hours in Chicago : The Layover". travelchannel.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  10. ↑ "The best bar in the world that I know about | Roger Ebert's Journal | Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  11. ↑ "Roger Ebert's Top One Bar in Chicago, and the World | Chicago magazine | The 312 February 2013". chicagomag.com. Retrieved 2014-07-13.

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