ROGERS PARK — Those with a thirst for neighborhood history (and beer) are getting another shot at the popular and previously sold-out bar crawl through Rogers Park led by history students and the historical society.
The "Legal Limits: A Historic Bar Crawl" walking tour was created by history graduate and doctoral students at Loyola University, with help from the Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society, and evokes the spirited past of the Far North Side neighborhood along 1.5 miles of Sheridan Road, Glenwood Avenue and Devon Avenue.
The first tour, held in May, quickly sold out, but those who missed out can register now for the 5-7 p.m. tours on July 30 and 31.
For $10 ($5 for historical society members), the tour includes stops at 4-5 bars along the route, starting with grabbing a pint at favorite neighborhood watering hole Cunneen's, 1424 W. Devon Ave. The price of drinks is not included in the tour.
"Rogers Park for the longest time was very dry, and the boundaries of Rogers Park were sort of this battleground between the tavern-keepers and the prohibitionists," Matthew Amyx, a doctoral student in Loyola's history program, told DNAinfo in May.
In between drinks, the walking tour will explore the community's history with prohibition, booze-related crime and politics, dancing, movie theaters and more.
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