Hungry Brain

Hungry Brain can be found at W Belmont Ave 2319. The following is offered: Bars & Pubs. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Chicago there are 572 other Bars & Pubs. An overview can be found here.

From its "excellent juke" to its "low drink prices", this Roscoe Villager fits the bill for those who like to kick back among mismatched "garage-sale" finds; the "nice staff" and live jazz on Sundays are more reasons to stick around.

One of the city's last great slacker watering holes, the Hungry Brain is furnished with old mismatched couches, tinderstick chairs and charming bedheads lit warmly by some kind of unseen phosphorescent moss. Drawn and sculpted renditions of brains line the wall behind the bar, along with memorabilia from the rock '90s when the Jesus Lizard, Urge Overkill and the Touch and Go record label ruled...

The Hungry Brain and thoughts of a dive bar should be synonymous, except with more artsy customers. Along with this place being a dive bar comes both the good and the bad aspects of such establishments. The confined space of The Hungry Brain makes the bar fill with smoke easily. When jazz bands play on Sunday nights talking becomes near impossible. But the local feel, the friendly service, and...