The banana splits still come out in the original clamshell dishes, and the walls carry real history -- Al Capone, Kim Novak, Meryl Streep, and Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano have all stopped in, and the Beatles ordered a round of six-scoop 'Atomic Sundaes' here in 1965 after playing Comiskey Park, five girls in tow. (No source confirms a Rolling Stones visit, despite that claim circulating -- treat it skeptically.)
This Western Avenue original is where that history actually happened, not the 2005 Ravenswood location that a later Poulos opened decades later.
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