Trifecta of Awesome
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.
