Kasey's went through a few iterations and name changes, too - a sit-down restaurant called George's Busy Bee, then Chester's Lounge, then Bernie's 701 Club - until Casmir Weglarz bought it and renamed it Kasey's Tavern in 1974, current owner Bill White said. But it only became Marge's in 1955, after a woman named Marge Landeck (or Lendeck or Lednick - the newspapers at the time couldn't decide on one spelling) took it over. Sedgwick St., where Marge's is, since 1885, general manager Meg Comstock said. There's been a pub of some sort at 1758 N. You'll eat well at all three.Īnd where is Marge's Still, the Old Town watering hole, or Kasey's Tavern in the South Loop, both of which, it's been said, date to the 1880s? It's true they're very old, but they belonged in our roundup of the city's oldest restaurants. You might wonder why Schaller's Pump, the Berghoff and Green Door Tavern are missing from this list. The neon sign above Gold Star Bar in West Town still announces 'Furnished Rooms,' for rent by the hour during the building's seedy hotel days, owner Mary Ann Reid said.
