The weekend’s coming and you know that you and your friends have been talking about trying out at a local dive bar – but which one should you go? How about checking out “Hungry Brain” – well, the name may sound a little scary and perhaps a tad too “zombie-like”, but trust us, you will not get eaten up by zombies at this place! And since you are going to be chilling out with drinks, make it a safe outing with your friends by renting a bus to Hungry Brain.
Rent a bus, gather your friends and tell your bus driver to take your party gang to Hungry Brain – a local dive bar located at 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 in Roscoe Village neighborhood. The place is open daily – from 8pm till 2am (Mondays through Fridays and Sundays) and from 8pm till 3am on Saturdays.
Upon entering the place after you and your friends get off the Chicago rented bus, you will quickly notice that they have a Pacman machine placed near the stage but take note, the machine only accepts 5’s and 1’s only – so be sure to have plenty of those handy, as the game can be quite addictive! Other than the Pacman machine, they also have some other arcade games machines available. Oh, and they have a jukebox in there too, with a great variety and genre of music – you will surely find something you enjoy listening to – but you may just have to dance at the spot where you are at because they do not have a proper dancing floor, unfortunately. At least you get to choose the kind of music you want to listen to compared to other pubs or clubs where the DJs are the one choosing and spinning the songs all night long – whether you like them or not.
Unlike some of the funky pubs that you and your friends may have visited, at Hungry Brain, it is almost like a place where people just come in, have some drinks, chat and make new friends, then go home. Like any local dives, there would always be some interesting characters to see – especially when it is what it seems to be “comedy” night, where you will have funny people telling jokes, some funny and some not so.
Hanging out at Hungry Brain could be a change of scene for you and your drinking friends. The drinks are not expensive and the crowd – different, yet friendly. Who knows, you may even make some new friends (we hear that there’s this tamale man who comes in every night) at Hungry Brain before you hop on the rented bus to go home.
