Steve's Lounge
Built in 1958, Steve’s has been a local staple in the East
Side neighborhood of Hegewisch since its opening. Hosting
events from baptisms to weddings to wakes, this tiny dance
hall and bar has held family gatherings encompassing the entire
lives and deaths of Chicago citizens for over a half a century.
Known for supporting neighborhood clientele with cultural
tastes such as the local Friday fish fry (a big to-do in heavily
Catholic neighborhoods) and polish sausage, it contains two
dance halls, a stage, and a little bar where sleepy pensioners
drink their days away. This bar style has been slowly disappearing from the Chicago scene for years (partly due to changing
tastes but also rumored to be due to some other, more malicious, influence) but Steve’s withstands the tide of change.
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