Dill Pickle Club

Culled from: Drury, John. Dining in Chicago, New York: The John Day Company, 1931, pp. 188-189.

Note: The Newberry Library holds the personal papers of author John Drury.

DILL PICKLE CLUB, 18 Tooker Place

Are there people living here who haven't heard of the Dill Pickle Club? What Mecca is to a Mohammedan the Dill Pickle Club is to the bohemians of Chicago — and to those who merely come to see the bohemians. It is a center of night life activities in Tower Town and is the most often visited and most often denounced of near north side bohemian haunts. The walls are adorned with garish paintings, the dance room is dark and dusty and dimly-lit, the little theatre is awfully little, the garden is popular on summer nights, and the coffee shop serves coffee and a few light foods that are tolerable. Jack Jones, the bushy-haired, who founded the Dill Pickle, and his mild-mannered sister prepare goodly assortment of sandwiches for the Wednesday night literary crowd, the Saturday night dancing and drama crowd, and the Sunday night lecture crowd. Don't miss the Dill Pickle. It is not a club but a free-for-all place. Delaware 0669.