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Best Chicago White Sox sports bars...

• I am a Chicago White Sox baseball fan. And the Chicago White Sox play ball on the south side of Chicago near 35th and State St. My question is this, where are the best (or considered the best) "White Sox" sports bars to hang out and watch the games? Due to the neighborhood and parking, etc. I don't know of any bar "right across from the park", etc. And the White Sox, being a South Side ballclub, would probably have more sports bars near the south side than north side (my guess there would be some good ones in the Bridgeport community just west of the park?). Anyway, I have a two-fold question then; Where are the best sports bars within proximity of the ballpark (ie. walking distance), and then where are best White Sox sports bars in the greater chicagoland area? (please keep in mind that the "other" chicago ballclub is insidious and they have sports bars that "cater" to them everywhere...) Thanks!

• Answer:

  Zoomie -- Mr. Reinsdorff's team site at MLB.com also has a list of suggestions, including 9 different saloons in the area (and a number of other restaurants with bars): Chicago White Sox "Neighborhood Fare" (April 9, 2001) http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/cws/ballpark/cws_ballpark_localinfo.jsp Please note that this later page has the official name of the park: "The White Sox are part of a uniquely historic Chicago neighborhood filled with excellent eating and drinking establishments. In and around Comiskey Park. . ." The White Sox page mentions these 9 bars: Bernice & John's Place 3238 S. Halsted St. Catcher's 901 W. 35th St. Dugan's Bar 128 S. Halsted St. First Base 3201 S. Normal Ave. Jimbo's 3258 S. Princeton Ave. Puffer's 3356 S. Halsted St. Punchinello's 234 W. 31st St. Shinnick's 3758 S. Union Ave. The Show Sports Club 3503 S. Halsted St. And with a little research on Chicago-area establishments, we quickly come up with: Barfly Newspaper Moose Skowron's (Cicero) http://www.barflynews.com/reviews/call_me_moose.htm Citysearch recommends four places on the South Side: Citysearch "White Sox Bars" (undated) http://chicago.citysearch.com/feature/15841/1.6.html There are a couple of good online sites for Chicago-area bars: The Tap -- Chicago's Bar Journal http://www.thetapchicago.com/tapNews.php The above-mentioned site: Barfly Newspaper http://www.barflynews.com For a refined opinion on the finest Chicago-area and stadium-area activities it's best to check with experts on sports message boards. The White Sox have several active message boards: White Sox Interactive "The Parking Lot" is the most-relevant area for this discussion (and they have a live one on steakhouses) http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/index.php?s= This site will require registration but once in, you'll want to do one of two things: 1. do a site search, using Google's advanced search capabilities 2. post a query to the group EzBoards Chicago White Sox Forum http://insiders3.ezboard.com/fchicagowhitesoxfrm1 Google search strategy: -- use of sports message boards. I'd have suggested the Chicago Tribune message boards too, but the Tribune Company owns the team-that-cannot-be named: White Sox Message Boards http://forums.prospero.com/sp-sox -- "White Sox" + bars -- "White Sox" + bars + suburbs -- "White Sox" + bars + "south side" Best regards -- and remember the last two words of the "Star Spangled Banner," Omnivorous-GA