GREAT 'Waterdog' story..................

[garczar]

Thanks! Maybe we will check it out. It’s always nice to play somewhere different. Maybe I will get to donate while I am there too!

Red Shoes Billiards – Alsip Billiards Hall

redshoesbilliards.com

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I am going to Chicago next month for a little weekend with the wife. I am planning on checking out Chris’s. I’ve never been. I’ll probably check out another pool room as well. Unsure which one yet.

Anyway, really looking forward to finally getting down there. It’s only 2.5 hours away after all.

Go to Red Shoes. Nice place.

Yes, Red Shoes is nice and gets plenty of action, but it's a bit of a trek from central Chicago (in the southwest suburb of Alsip - maybe 20 miles?)

A couple more nice rooms closer to town are the two "Surge Billiards" locations - one on Fullerton in the west Logan Square neighborhood and the other on Montrose in the Albany Park neighborhood. No action to speak of, but nice surroundings, tables, food & drink.

pj
chgo

 

[pt109]

Shark Out of Water - Chicago Reader

Broke and addicted, pool-hall legend Waterdog lives in the shadow of what could have been.

chicagoreader.com

This story made me feel so sad…but guiltily relieved also….I know a few stories like this…glad I’m not one of them.