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Golden Years

Food + DrinkWest Town · Cocktail Bar Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1938 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Golden Years resurrects the bones of the old High Dive into a full 1970s fantasy — brown leather booths, low light, a rock-and-blues soundtrack — and landed at No. 3 on Chicago Magazine's ranking of the city's best new bars for the trouble.

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The Moonflower team runs it alongside High Dive's own former owners, so the pedigree tracks even if the vibe is a total reinvention.

It keeps a genuine dine-in happy hour (21+, first come first served, reservations only for groups of 8-12), though the bar publishes the exact specials as graphics rather than text — worth a call before you go if you're planning around a specific deal.

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Hours

Mon,Wed,Thu5PM-12AM
TueClosed
Fri-Sat4PM-1AM
Sun4PM-11PM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 697-9222

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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