Casey's Corner

Casey's Corner is a pretty outstanding local dive bar. With a long bar, several high tops on the right hand side of the bar, a smallish pool area out back and couple of TV's above the bar. It is a small place with a license for a maximum of 38 patrons.
Beer range is very much domestic dive bar and cheap, do not expect craft beer here.
The crowd is very local (of the many generation in the US variety), super friendly (greeted by hello from the entire bar) and very male. A mix of veterans and blue collar workers finishing up for the day.
No food, however on a Saturday during the day there are plenty of bar snacks on the bar.
Service is outstanding, with a friendly and engaging old school bar woman - what a pleasant change.
Great place for a low key drink.

This place is divey, but not divvvey-divey, per se...it's clean, and on the larger-side. (Although, granted, their fridge is pasted with bumper stickers involving sexual humor and blanket political statements, such as "F**** George Bush). Semi-old man bar, eastern European. FREE pool tables...although there may be quite a wait to get a game...to piggy-back on Craig B:

"I think we may have been the first group of non-locals to enter this place this decade. I must say they were polite as they could be with us invading their turf." - exactly; super clicky, but welcoming.

Drinks are incredibly strong; bar is clean; cards are accepted for any amount; backdoor area for smokers; rear parking lot. Anddd the kicker:

One of the best - fuk, maybe THE BEST - jukebox I've come across in Chicago. Everything from Nofx to Biggie Smalls to Agnostic Front to The Pogues to The Dead Kennedys to The Velvet Underground. Total. Awesome. Randomness, indeed.

PS: Instead of the Tamale Guy, apparently in West Roger's Park, they have the "Socks and Porn DVD Guy" - who yes, showed up selling his wares per rolling suitcase, as I was told would occur. Sexy.

Hey, this is a neighborhood bar. If you're not from the neighborhood, you just might not get it. The locals are : Jewish, Arabic, Hispanic, and African. But all seem to get along (try that in the Middle East). This is a bar one would not go out of their way to go to, however, on the right night, you
will have a blast. Good people.