L&L Tavern

L & L Tavern

Address	3207 N. Clark Street, Lakeview Chicago USA
Coordinates	41°56′25.25″N 87°39′0.87″W

L & L Tavern is a bar at 3207 N. Clark Street (at Belmont Avenue), in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago. It was named one of the best dive bars in the country by Stuff Magazine.[1]

When it opened was by Paul Gillon in the 1950s, the bar was called the Columbia Tavern & Liquors. Its current name comes from prior owners Lefty (John Miller) and Lauretta. It is currently owned by Ken Frandsen.

The bar is rumored to have been visited by serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy, the latter being said to have worn a full clown outfit there during the 1970s.[2]

In popular culture

• Interviews in the tavern feature substantially in Against Me!'s We're Never Going Home.^[citation needed]
• A song on Lawrence Arms' A Guided Tour of Chicago (1999) is entitled "The Northside, the L&L, and Any Number of Crappy Apartments."
• Anthony Bourdain visited the bar for his Travel Channel series The Layover (Season 2, Episode 1 "Chicago").[3][4]
• The bar was a shooting location for the HBO series Lovecraft Country.[5]

References

1. "Dark Days and Blue Ribbon Nights at the L&L: Bars + Clubs: Karl Klockars: CenterstageChicago.com". Archived from the original on July 8, 2011.
2. Sudo, Chuck (January 16, 2013). "Chicago's Best Dive Bars: Chicagoist". Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
3. "TV review: Eat (and drink) up: Bourdain takes a Chicago 'Layover'". Chicago Tribune. November 18, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
4. Vallera, Katherine (June 18, 2018). "Remembering a Night of Drinks with Anthony Bourdain". Travel Pulse. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018.
5. "Monday, July 16 Filming Locations for You're The Worst, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, The Chi, John Wick 3, & more!". On Location Vacations. July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019.

External links

• L&L Tavern at Centerstage
• L&L Tavern at Planet99