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Side Street Saloon

Super GemLakeview · Pizza (Tavern-Style)/Bar Community-sourced, unverified
📍 1456 W George St, Chicago, IL 60657

A bar has stood on this corner for well over a century, with a persistent neighborhood rumor that it served as a Prohibition-era drop point connected to Al Capone's operation; the current Side Street Saloon has run for roughly 30 years, splitting the space between a no-frills dive-bar front and a tavern-style pizza operation in back that Steve Dolinsky once ranked among Chicago's top five.

★★★★★ 4.7 (333 reviews) via Google
Super GemChicago Exclusive GemDish Gem$$
This is thin-crust tavern-style done properly, cash only, kitchen closing early but the pizzas somehow keep coming until half past eleven.
📈 Scores in the top 11% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

Cash only, kitchen closes around 9-9:30PM on weekends but pizzas keep coming until 11:30PM. Holds a 4.7-star rating.

Closed Monday and Tuesday.

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  • 4.7 stars — real, confirmed detail: cash only, kitchen closes around 9-9:30PM on weekends but pizzas keep coming until 11:30PM.

Hours

Mon-TueClosed
Wed-Sun 11:30AM-2AM
📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (773) 327-1127

Amenities & accessibility

🚶Walk-in only
🥡Takeout available
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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