 The interior, in February 2012 | |
| Formerly | Huron-Orleans Restaurant |
|---|---|
| Company type | Tavern |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Founder | Vito Giacomoni |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | greendoorchicago |
The Green Door Tavern is reputedly Chicago's oldest surviving drinking establishment. [1] It opened in 1921, but the building dates from 1872. [1] [2]
The building, at 678 N. Orleans St. (700N, 300W), Chicago, Illinois, United States, was erected in 1872 by James McCole, just one year after the Great Chicago Fire. [1] [2] It has a wooden frame, a building technique outlawed in the Central Business District by an ordinance passed by Chicago City Council shortly afterwards. [1] The original tenant was Lawrence P. Elk, who used the ground floor as a grocery store and lived upstairs. [1] It was converted to a dining establishment, the Huron-Orleans Restaurant, run by Vito Giacomoni, in 1921. His sons Jack and Nello ran it as a speakeasy during the prohibition. [1]
In the 1930s, the bar acquired the nickname "The Green Door", and this was eventually adopted formally. [1]
George Parenti purchased the bar from the Giacomoni brothers in August 1985. [1]
The structure developed a lean from plumb in its early years, due to the construction techniques used at the time, and this is still noticeable. [1]
In January 2015, a small, speakeasy-like space opened in the basement known as "The Drifter." [3] [4] A rotating cocktail list is featured on tarot cards. [5]
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