The Green Mill
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In Chicago, we went to the Green Mill in Uptown, perhaps the best jazz bar in the city and probably the oldest jazz bar in the world (found a picture of the place in daylight from here). The Girlfriend and I had differing opinions on the atmosphere of the place: I like dive bars, and the Green Mill had a sort of dive-y throwback feel to it, perhaps attributable to its speakeasy origins - it was allegedly owned by Al Capone. I wasn't expecting this - the online descriptions made the place sound a bit chi-chi, but it turned out to be the kind of place that sells cheap Pabst and Schlitz. Two Pabsts, one Amstel Light, $10 altogether: great deal. (There was a $6 cover on a Tuesday, admittedly.) Nothing like a good old-fashioned jazz lounge.
We did have non-differing opinions on the performers, the Deep Blue Organ Trio, who were a good band with a hell of a funky drummer in Greg Rockingham. The trio's set that night featured an especially fine version of "The Way You Look Tonight".
Long review of the Green Mill, which reveals why I knew the place: it was in High Fidelity.
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