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Old 03-25-2009, 10:38 PM
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...We decided to go to Pontiac since it's so close by. I felt so old just walking the two blocks to Pontiac...
Pontiac Cafe has been closed for a few months. As far as I know it will not reopen as such if it ever reopens as anything. The most likely scenario is that old gas station getting torn down and condos built on the site.
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Pontiac Cafe has been closed for a few months. As far as I know it will not reopen as such if it ever reopens as anything. The most likely scenario is that old gas station getting torn down and condos built on the site.
It was closed a few months after we were there. It wasn't the coolest place in the world, but it was definitely a part of Wicker Park. When you think about it, given it's location, how hard did it have to try to be trendy? Just serve some drinks, have some T.V.s, have an outside patio, serve some crappy food and you are set.
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Old 03-26-2009, 02:07 AM
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It was closed a few months after we were there. It wasn't the coolest place in the world, but it was definitely a part of Wicker Park...
It was way cool way back in the days (like 10 years ago) before the neighborhood became yuppieville. 99% of the people that went to it were musicians and/or artists. Wicker Park 10-20 years ago WAS a great place to be.
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Wow, that reminds me of last year when my best friend and I went to visit our ex-landlord's son at our old place across from Pritzker. We decided to go to Pontiac since it's so close by. I felt so old just walking the two blocks to Pontiac!

Sorry, I couldn't rep ya. Gotta spread the love.
Lol, nothing like feeling old and despondent on a Friday night. The worst of it was that they were playing music from the 90's and I'm singing along. Then I realized this was "retro" music for these kids.
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Simon's is the only bar in Andersonville worth going to for me. Mmm glog.
I'll check it out. Thanks for the advice.
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Old 03-26-2009, 11:39 PM
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Odonovans on irving park right by northcenter is one. Also another one in northcenter right on montrose and lincoln.
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Old 03-27-2009, 12:58 AM
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Simon's is the only bar in Andersonville worth going to for me. Mmm glog.
Yep, Simon's is cool. And Hopleaf.
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Pontiac Cafe has been closed for a few months. As far as I know it will not reopen as such if it ever reopens as anything. The most likely scenario is that old gas station getting torn down and condos built on the site.
Wow, I had no idea. That was a great adaptive re-use of a building type that normally just gets bulldozed. I need to get over to my old neighborhood a bit more often...

So many of the old Wicker Park haunts have died.
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