Chicago pool happenings

[sixpack]

Send me some of what you are smoking.

That would probably be illegal

 

[Quesports]

I agree with all the local Chitown members about safety.

They , as I do, know where the worst places are and it is not everywhere. Get a hod dog, or a deep dish pizza, play some pool and your in for a great time.

Chris’s gets my vote. Sadly the parking lot next to the fire station is off limits or was when I retired to NC..

 

[Patrick Johnson]

If anybody's curious, here are stats from 2024. Chicago ain't Disneyland, but it ain't Memphis either - just another city.

pj <- wouldn't want anybody to miss a trip to Chris's
chgo

 

[sixpack]

If anybody's curious, here are stats from 2024. Chicago ain't Disneyland, but it ain't Memphis either.

pj <- wouldn't want anybody to miss a trip to Chris's
chgo

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Just for context my other home is Oakland. Lol. #2. I’ve also lived in Denver, Portland, Phoenix and Atlanta.

Atlanta is not on the list but when I lived there it was very dangerous.

 

[Chicagoplayer]

Yeah I was going to say Chris' billiards. Last time I was there Nick Varner was playing there.

2016?

 

[Black-Balled]

2016?

Yep...and still there.

This is what happens when you give pool royalty free table time and you find out he utilizes the wedge...he's still there...on the first game.

 

[Jaden]

2016?

2014 I think.

 

[Black-Balled]

2014 I think.

Shoulda taken the over.

Dammit

 

[Chicagoplayer]

2014 I think.

Was it when Ronnie O’Sullivan was there?

 

[fastone371]

We were headed north thru Chicago on the way home from a race down south on a Sunday night, we got off on I think it was the Coney Island exit with a trailer wiring problem, the police pulled up next to us and said "you folks should not be here at this time of night" he escorted us back to 94 (or 294), it was many a year ago.

 

[Rosewood]

this sounds like a death wish. I wouldn't leave my hotel room after dark in Chicago....anywhere in Chicago.

Northwest side is tame. I live there.

 

[Rosewood]

Also, the OP might want to try Cafe Billiards on Irving Park Road, just east of Austin Av. Good room. Also lots of pinball machines.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Also, the OP might want to try Cafe Billiards on Irving Park Road, just east of Austin Av. Good room. Also lots of pinball machines.

My Oldest son and his family live near Cafe Billiards. I have peered in the windows a couple times but I want to stop in soon and show my son 3C.

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[Rosewood]

Probably the only negative at Cafe Billiards is no billiard tables, only pocket billiards.

 

[skip100]

this sounds like a death wish. I wouldn't leave my hotel room after dark in Chicago....anywhere in Chicago.

Dumbest post of the year?

 

[Not Dead Ted]

We were headed north thru Chicago on the way home from a race down south on a Sunday night, we got off on I think it was the Coney Island exit with a trailer wiring problem, the police pulled up next to us and said "you folks should not be here at this time of night" he escorted us back to 94 (or 294), it was many a year ago.

It was STONEY Island, which means you were on the South Side, and the cop did you a big favor.

Like all cities, Chicago has safe and unsafe areas. I used to live in Cicero, back when it was still a mob town and very safe at all hours of the day or night. But, if you got on the wrong side of Cicero Avenue after dark, you were dead meat.

If you are worried about crime, there are online crime maps and gang maps, but best to ask the locals. Chicago is very neighborhoody.

 

[Cuebuddy]

Probably the only negative at Cafe Billiards is no billiard tables, only pocket billiards.

Thanks for the info. No billiard tables certainly throws a wrench into my plan.
I will still check it out, it has a rich history.