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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:52:00

Pitchfork once saluted it as the last great indie rock dive bar standing, and the description still fits: cheap beer, a pool table by the door, a photo booth, and some of the most adventurous booking in America crammed into a 400-capacity room. The Empty Bottle at 1035 North Western Avenue in Chicago's Ukrainian Village began in 1992 as Bruce Finkelman's cat-inhabited neighbourhood bar two blocks south, where nine beers cost a buck-fifty or less; after the landlord vetoed live music, the operati...