John Barleycorn
Start Time:
10:00 pm
End Time:
01:00 am
Date:
Apr 22, 2011
On sale date:
Feb 22, 2011
Venue:
John Barleycorn
Address:
1100 American Lane
City:
Schaumburg
State:
IL
Zip Code:
60173
Country:
USA
JOHN BAR-LEY-CORN, a personification of barley used in malt liquor itself, or of any intoxicating liquor. (Random House Dictionary of the English Language)
The building that John Barleycorn calls home was constructed in 1890. The structure has a limestone rock foundation, vaults that extend under the sidewalk, the original tin ceiling, and Cyprus columns and walls, which are over two feet thick. The first saloon opened later that year and was operated by an Irish immigrant who moonlighted as a Chicago Policeman.
In the 1920's during prohibition, the rear dining room of the restaurant was a Chinese laundry. The laundry served as a front for bootleggers who rolled carts of liquor through the laundry to the basement. The laundry basement was conveniently connected to the saloons' basement providing easy transportation of the booze to the upstairs saloon via a small elevator. At the time, there were no large front windows to look through so from the outside the saloon appeared to be
The building that John Barleycorn calls home was constructed in 1890. The structure has a limestone rock foundation, vaults that extend under the sidewalk, the original tin ceiling, and Cyprus columns and walls, which are over two feet thick. The first saloon opened later that year and was operated by an Irish immigrant who moonlighted as a Chicago Policeman.
In the 1920's during prohibition, the rear dining room of the restaurant was a Chinese laundry. The laundry served as a front for bootleggers who rolled carts of liquor through the laundry to the basement. The laundry basement was conveniently connected to the saloons' basement providing easy transportation of the booze to the upstairs saloon via a small elevator. At the time, there were no large front windows to look through so from the outside the saloon appeared to be
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