Big Joe's
2.9
from - Neighborhood: Ravenswood
- 1818 W. Foster Ave.
- Chicago, IL 60640
- 773-784-8755
This Ravenswood neighborhood joint may look like your typical dive bar with a modest, brick exterior, wooden walls, carpeted floors and cheap drinks, but on most weeknights, the place gets hopping with a diverse crowd--from bikers to college students and people from their 20s to 60s--playing pool or old-school, steel-tipped darts. The weekends are no different. On Friday nights, regulars flock to the scene for the popular live turtle races. That's right: Interested participants buy drinks for raffle tickets, and if picked, race their assigned turtle on the bar's pool table upstairs. Even those who come in dead last win a free drink. Not your, uh, speed? Once in a while, bands come in to play live music.
Getting There
- Cross Streets:
- Foster and Damen.
- Parking:
- Street. Street Parking Possible: free, very accessible.
- Public Transportation:
- CTA Bus: #92 to Foster and Ravenswood. Red Line Train: Berwyn; 1 mile west of stop. Metra Train: Ravenswood; 4 blocks north of stop.
- Wheelchair Access:
- Yes
The Basics
- Hours:
- 1 p.m.-2 a.m.Monday-Friday; noon-3 a.m. Saturday; noon-2 a.m. Sunday
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Bar Style:
- Neighborhood
- Audience:
- All Ages
- Recreation and Sports Activities:
- Darts
Features
- Live Music:
- Yes. On occasional Saturdays.
- Games:
- Pool Tables
- Features:
- No food Bar allows you to order in food from outside venues.
- Facilities:
- Arcade
- Payment Methods:
- Cash
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Seating :
- 48
