Jonathan Stockton

A guide to over ninety dive bars in Chicago

"From the world's largest urinal to the worst drunken story ever told, from the reformed ex-con Big Ol' Pimp to the sink pissing Pudge, Chicago's Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Windy City brings you the sights, sounds and smells of over ninety of the city's deliciously divey spots. This essential nightlife guide provides the lowdown on where to find the cheapest drinks, the scariest crowds, the coolest jukeboxes and everything else that makes a dive bar dive. So, if you are sick of the tourist traps and hisper havens listed in those 'other' guide books and want to discover 'real' drinking Chicago in all its grungy glory, Chicago's Best Dive Bars brings you the whole story, straight, no chaser."