L & L Tavern

3207 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60657 USA

198 Reviews

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$$$$

Budget

Open Now

Thu 2p-2a

Independent
Credit Cards
not Accepted
Not Wheelchair
Accessible
No Wifi

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“A neighborhood bar with a terrifying past clientele”

Named one of the best dive bars by Stuff magazine, the L&L Tavern seems like your normal, everyday little city watering hole... What L&L doesn't advertise is the fact it's had not one, but two serial killers on its bar stools. The L&L Tavern was the favorite watering hole for both Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy. Dahmer used the L&L Tavern as he scoped out his next victim. Gacy even showed up once in a clown costume. Today the L&L probably doesn't have too many serial killers on its stools, but it will always have the rare distinction of serving beer to two of the most notorious murders ever.

Reviewed by
Victoria G.

December 29, 2021

My favorite bar in Chicago, maybe the world. It's a total dive with an excellent jukebox and chairs held together with stickers. Read more

Reviewed by
Suzanne E.

December 30, 2021

I was introduced to this bar in the 1990s by a brilliant and charismatic Irish actor who haunted it when he was alive--he was working with a small theater around the corner--and who I wish would... Read more

Reviewed by
Alex S.

February 12, 2022

Drinks are cheap, the atmosphere is everything you want in a dive bar from the PBR memorabilia and the local regulars right down to the jukebox with a will of its own. Nikki is a bartender's... Read more

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