The rumble of the train drowns out your conversation in the beer garden every five minutes, but that’s a small price to pay for a laid-back day sipping beer in the sun. Servers are attentive, and the crowd outside is pretty chill—the only shit-talking going on is at the Golden Tee or at the pool table. That is, until the rest of the neighborhood’s bars close at 2 and the line outside waiting to get in gets unruly.

Nick’s Beer Garden
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Details
- Address
- 1516 N Milwaukee Ave
- Chicago
- 60622
- Cross street:
- between Honore St and Damen Ave
- Transport:
- El stop: Blue to Damen. Bus: 50, 56, 72.
- Price:
- Average beer: $4
- Opening hours:
- Sun–Fri 4pm–4am; Sat 4pm–5am
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