Happy Village

Happy Village Chicago dive bar
Image: Facebook/Happy Village
MONDAY - FRIDAY: 4 P.M. - 2 A.M. | SATURDAY: 12 P.M. - 3 A.M. | SUNDAY: 12 P.M. - 2 A.M.
773.486.1512 | WEBSITE

A hodgepodge establishment of board games, pieced together basement décor, ping pong tables and a goldfish pond-adorned backyard, Happy Village will keep any ADD drinker occupied late into the evening. Back in the day, HV’s building was a tied house (a tavern subsidized by a beer company) for the 19th-century local brewery, Peter Hand, and the building still bears its seal out front. If you stick around long enough, the tamale man (Chicago’s dive-to-dive tamale hawker) will stop by at least once to sell his steaming little cornmeal love letters.

Known For
  • outdoor / patio
  • games
  • cheap date
What to drink
A beer and a shot or whatever the $3 daily beer special is.
Neighborhood
Ukrainian Village
ProTip
When it's chilly, Happy Village will put out heat lamps in the backyard. If the front is looking packed, see if you can nab a toasty umbrella heater.