Mighty Bob

I just discovered the El Mont Liquors and Tap, at the corner of Elston and Montrose, which has three qualities that I have always found compelling in an establishment:

1. It’s an Intersectionym, named after the intersection of Elston and Montrose.

2. It’s an acute “flatiron” retail space built right up to the vertex and out to the sidewalk .  You don’t see much of that.

3.  It’s a classic Chicago liquor store/tap room.  You see fewer of these every year.  You walk in, it’s a liquor store; in the back of the joint is a bar – an air conditioned bar.  I’m not sure if it’s the same as having the “Packaged Goods” license, which I think applies only to bars who are allowed to sell you booze to go; I think it’s more likely a special license or a combination of two others.

Bonus Awesome: Did you see the phone number?  Do you know what that is?  Oh yes it is!  It’s an old telephone exchange name.

At Lawrence and Springfield.  The smudgy parts of the pic are actually raindrops on the bus window out of which I was shooting.

[Intersectionym: A name for a building or business derived from the cross streets at or near which it is situated, esp. in Chicago.]

Intersectionym, originally uploaded by bobobobob.

Intersectionym: A name for a building or business derived from the cross streets at or near which it is situated, esp. in Chicago. I got a good deal on a case of Old Style at the Lawrel Liquors and Tap Room on Lawrence near Elston. They must have one of those “Packaged Goods” licenses.

The Ashlie, originally uploaded by bobobobob.

Intersectionym: A name for a building or business derived from the cross streets at or near which it is situated, esp. in Chicago. I’m staying with friends at The Ashlie on Ashland south of Ainslie – you can’t miss it.