Eight decades later, the Hanson family still owns and runs it inside the same 1889 Logan Square building -- wood paneling in and out, string lights, free pool and darts, and decor that leans hard into the family's White Sox allegiance, right down to a sketched rendering of old Comiskey Park on the wall. It's cash-only, which fits; nothing about the place feels like it's updated its systems since the Blue Line stop at California opened down the block.
The Logan Square Preservation Archive even holds a run of Bob Inn photographs dating back to the 1940s and '50s. Independently corroborated across Block Club Chicago, Time Out Chicago, and 127 Yelp reviews.
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