Gold Star Bar

Gold Star Bar can be found at W Division St 1755. The following is offered: Restaurants: Grill. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Chicago there are 64 other Restaurants: Grill . An overview can be found here.

What's the draw of this Prohibition-era room with stools in front, pool in back? Must be its consistency because it's changed not at all in 15 years or more. Not quite a total dive but nowhere near a respectable establishment, Gold Star carries a certain element of drunken danger in the air at all times. Don't dally in the bathroom or someone may just kick its rickety, graffiti'd door in on you.

The Scene
As slick sushi bars and trendy night spots push into Ukrainian Village, the Gold Star's an unabashed workingman's bar from old Chicago. Now a low-rent, hip hangout for area...

This is a shot and a beer bar. Local art hangs on the wall, but make no mistake, this is a dive bar. But that's exactly what makes it a secret hangout for all of the Wicker Park artist-types who want to keep it to themselves. So far, the artists have been doing a pretty good job of it. Old Style in a bottle is the standard drink of the bar.