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Super Bowl Specials!
Super Bowl Sunday Join us for $8 pitchers of Miller Lite and 40 cent wings! As always, brunch served all day along and Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas are on special Share this:
read more »Celebrate Festivus January 31st
Enjoy feats of strength, airing of grievances, fun prizes and great specials. Share this:
read more »Midwest is Best Dinner February 22nd
Midwest is Best Please join us for our first Bob’s Big Dinner. Every month we will travel to a different region of the US through a delicious four course meal. Reservations are required and there is limited availability, so get your tickets now! 1st Course Native American Origins Winter Succotash with Wild Mushrooms, Parmesan Polenta, [...]
read more »Samuel Adams Beer Dinner June 22nd
Tickets are $40 in advance,$50 at the door.Limited Availability.
read more »Butch’s 50th Anniversary
A party is in the works of Summer of 2011. A celebration of food, drink and friends. Join the email list for updates. Share this:
read more »March Only!! Abita Purple Haze on Draft
Purple Haze is a crisp, American style wheat beer with raspberry puree added after filtration. Therefore, you may see raspberry pulp in the beer. The raspberries provide the lager with a subtle purple coloration and haze, a fruity aroma, and a tartly sweet taste. This beer is best served with salads or light fruit desserts, [...]
read more »Bushmills Sampling
On Friday March 11th Butch’s and Bushmills will host a sampling of their Irish whiskey to gear up for St.Patricks Day. The event starts at 10 and goes until 11:30. Share this:
read more »The Best and Only Table at Butch’s during St.Patrick’s Day Can Be Yours
Sit where the owner sits...
read more »The Decorations are coming!
Watch our videos of the decorations going up. Click read more to find them! video1 and video2 Share this:
read more »Christmas Trains and the spirit of Butch
This Holiday season we are stepping up our commitment to the Chicago Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and you can be a part of it! As you all know, we are famous for our Christmas decorations, not the least of which are our 4 tracks of LGB trains. Our trains run from November through [...]
read more »Free People Watching at Butch’s!
Our Patio (the only one on Division Street) is now open; comfortably seats 13.
read more »Butch’s New Look!
While digging in the Butch’s vault for new and fabulous decorations we found 25 large unopened boxes. There had been rumors for years that Butch had had a back bar custom made in Wisconsin. This was it. No instructions, no directions, we began to puzzle the bar back together. It was complete with custom stained [...]
read more »Alderman Natarus Raises a Toast to the Late Butch McGuire with Son Bobby McGuire
Robert Emmet "Butch" McGuire Sr. was a gentleman, a barkeep and a father to a generation of Chicagoans.
read more »Chicago Bar Project Takes an Inside Look into Butch McGuire’s
For those of you familiar with the nightly bedlam unassumingly known as "Rush & Division," you can thank Butch McGuire. Following the dull Eisenhower years, ole Butch had the vision to create what he called, "The Singles Bar."
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