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Curious City | WBEZ

Chicago tavern history: Did you know the vote to make us a city happened in a bar?

Carol’s Pub in Uptown, where WBEZ’s “Curious City” crew learned about Chicago tavern history. (Maggie Sivit / WBEZ)
Even before Chicago was a big city, its drinking establishments served as oases for the tired, the thirsty, the lonely.

WBEZ’s Curious City podcast crew stopped in at the iconic Carol’s Pub in Uptown for a night of beer, honky-tonk and Chicago bar history with writer Robert Loerzel — who has reported on the history of Uptown’s nightlife and entertainment scene — and Liz Garibay, founder and executive director of the Chicago Brewseum.

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