Julie Wertelkas Tavern

The beer is cheap. The place is a dive and the locals the night I went were among the drunkist,oldest crowd I have ever seen in many a bar lately. I wanted to see a bunch of shitty bars ina shitty neighborhood and found them around this place. Not much here except cheap beer and whinos with a few  bucks to spare.

Nothing else like it! The prices are so cheap you will get drunk with $10 to $15 depending on your tolerance. Aside from the junkies and drunken bastards the owner julie is a doll! Mondays & Thursdays are 50 cent 10 oz. draft beer. Although the crowd is rather odd they are very respectful. Once in a great while you will find a few hotties but who goes to a corner bar for that we just want to get F@#$%?^ waisted! I live down the block from here  but am not the biggest fan of bars. Yet, this one is a-ok with me when I can get away from the old ball & chain! You must go there & get a good kick from the crowd! At least one time in your life try something on the wild side! Don't worry the regulars are very polite & friendly & funny!!! So don't be so quick to judge a book by its cover! The neighborhood is quiet gang free area & first sign of trouble police are there in a flash! Especially when it is a call for the bar it was the second liquor License issued in the city of Chicago after the prohibition era! So come take part in a piece of history! Julie is about 80 something years old now with no kids to take over. It won't be around for long!

You may not get this right away but if you follow my reviews long enough you will understand why I embrace these local neighborhood dives.
I stopped in on my way home from a wonderful brunch expecting to take a leak, have a beer and get change to do laundry.
It seems that in our unfortunate economic situation Julie lowered the price of beer by a quarter so I will not be doing laundry today.
When I entered the bar I headed towards the restroom which was occupied by someone fixing his colostomy bag and had no problem talking about it.
I sat down for what was supposed to be my first and only beer when a drunken patron on her way to the ladies room used every male customer to prop her up on her way down the bar.
Well Bag Boy took this as an obvious sign of affection and in the smoothest way someone who shits in a bag can says"I haven't gotten into some pussy in a long time.Why is beyond me.
The bar is a square so if you have lived in the neighborhood long enough you will have to look the guy ,who is now banging your high school sweetheart ,dead in the eyes.
How's that for drama?
I had the privilege of playing the jukebox for the old timers who couldn't figure out how to use the internet jukebox and the homeless Vietnam Vet who broke out in tears telling me stories of what he had gone through is sleeping on my living room floor.
Julie's is a classic neighborhood bar with cheap drinks and real working class people.