User:Peterfitzgerald/Sandbox2


 * A sandwich shop/eatery with open mic poetry nights T-W. The owner is openly gay and markets the cafe as a safe spot for the South Side LGBT community.
 * Offers paintings and contemporary furniture by African-American artists as well as Haitian art, all at quite reasonable prices.
 * A boutique specializing in trendy, very fashionable clothes by local designers for women of all sizes. The prices are outrageously low.
 * Books by and about African-Americans. Prides itself on distributing new and controversial publications. Also sells recordings of speeches by African-American leaders, African clothing, and other odds and ends.


 * Harold's #40, 307 E 55th St, ☎ +1 773 373-9016. 10AM-3AM daily.


 * This is the nicest club in the Marquette Park neighborhood, with a laid-back bar on each of its two floors. Willie T performs live blues on Fridays, Sundays feature spoken word night, and the rest of the time there is a DJ spinning R&B and other pop music. Locals usually dominate the crowd, except on Fridays and Sundays.
 * Live DJs W-Su, Sunday nights are all-jazz. Dress nicely, it's a swanky place.
 * A divey neighborhood sports bar that rises above the crowd for its thin-crust and stuffed Chicago style pizzas. Otherwise, cheap drinks and free pool are the draws.