Green Mill Chicago

Not easy to wander the streets of Chicago when you fingers are falling off but we did manage to get to the Old Town Ale House, which of course, was on my to-do list. No question about it. A subway trip gets us there in no time. I would have loved to see more of Old Town (northern area) which is a great area to walk around, but that will have to …

... park, saw the Washington Fountain, the giant silver bean, and then took the L train uptown to have a quiet drink in the Green Mill bar, famous as a Speak-easy during the madness of Prohibition and frequented by the Mob boss, Al Capone. It also featured ...

... walked around for about 30min, then we went back to the hostel, rested and made some yummy pasta. We then went to the green Mill and very famous jazz club in America, apparently the oldest running jazz club in the world been going since 1890. The band ...

... Jill, two girls from the Lake District who i'd met and chose the Green Mill as the place to go for the evening. The Green Mill was Al Capone's favourite boozer in the heart of uptown and still have the original tunnels behind the bar where he used to ...

... sour cream and guacamole – do I ever have to leave?! The jazz club is a block away from the Mexican place, called the Green Mill and used to be owned by Al Capone – cue me getting crazy excited and spouting everything that Mr Trump had ever ...

... joint that uses environmentally friendly and organic products - and was very tasty! I then went on the subway to head up to the Green Mill - the jazz club where we were meeting (supposedly an old Al Capone hang out). When I got out, it was pouring rain. ...

... listened casually to what he had said but still could recall some names. We called some of them and finally decided to go to the green mill, a jazz bar suggested by the Indian guy. What was strange to me was that you could take your own food there! So ...

... well. We had the obligatory deep dish pizza, did plenty of shopping, visited our first Cheesecake Factory, had a night at the Green Mill jazz club and went on a high brow architecture tour which was actually really interesting- it is a beautiful city. ...

... plays at this club as do other top name acts. If Chris wasn’t up for blues I had another suggestion. Jazz at the Green Mill Jazz Club which became a favourite haunt of Al Capone’s henchman in the 20’s. How exciting!! But no, Chris was ...

... , there was no way I was leaving Chicago without filling my soul with my favorite music. Before leaving NJ, I stumbled across the Green Mill Jazz club. On Saturdays they had free shows at 3PM. No brainer. http://greenmilljazz.com/  We arrive ...

... its a short stop and i really dont want to say goodbye twice. Other news.Today: i posted a new myspace track "pulling weeds" www. myspace.com/thegreatmundaneTonight: going to the green mill with my girl.tomorrow: who knows...maybe ill post some ...