Nisei Lounge Chicago
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Chicago's oldest baseball bar, a little dive founded in 1951 at Clark & Sheffield in Wrigleyville and pronounced - Knee Say.
3439 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago
Joined February 2010
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Reminder: Lee Elia Day 2024 (Observed) will be Thursday, April 25th. There will be souvenirs and drink specials.
Makeup date (if needed) will be Wednesday, May 8th. And even if it’s not needed we’ll STILL have drink specials and souvenirs on May 8th too. AND YOU CAN PRINT IT!
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IF YOU ARE THE HORRIBLE PERSON who defiled our women’s bathroom yesterday late afternoon bring in cash TODAY for our poor bartender who had to deal with it and we will say no more of this.
Otherwise we’re pulling tape and if we figure out who you were we’re tweeting it.
#JFC
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Cubs showing “Field of Dreams” over the statues of Ron Santo & Billy Williams. This is right. This is good.
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F*ck it. We were closed for over 90 days. We’re not closing early now. Patio’s open until 10:30. BYO Poncho.
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Though we aren't part of this gesture by
@JLester34
we do appreciate the hell out Big Bad Jon's years with the Cubs and will be donating $1 from every
@CoorsLight
or
@MillerLite
we sell you this weekend to his
@NVRQT31
charity.
Regardless of what's next I want to thank the fans for the past 6 years. So this weekend (10.30-11.1) Im buying y’all my favorite beer. Make a res at
@Hopsmithchicago
@LodgeTavern
@ButchMcGuires
@ShenannigansHOB
& your 1st
@MillerLite
is on me. Just tell em to put it on
#JonsTab
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Fuck you bar floor shitting defender.
@NiseiLounge
Why don't you compensate the bartender yourself? If you actually were stupid enough to post a picture, maybe you had the wrong person, or they did do it but had plausible deniability. You could possibly have a big lawsuit on your hands. I'd like to see the outcome of that.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Out of respect to the passing of everyone’s best friend in the world we will be open at 10am Monday and air the entirety of
@93XRT
‘s tribute to
@LinBrehmer
. All (any) tips from 10-5pm will go to charity.
#RIP
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@ZuletaStan
Dude don’t be gross. Camera is on the entries. And we weren’t that busy at time. And the next customer in was horrified and reported it right away. This probably isn’t going to be too hard to figure out.
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Official Nisei Lounge Announcement.
For immediate release.
—30—
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Nisei Lounge’s Official Statement on Wrigley Field
@Cubs
Opening Day 2023:
#WinOne4Lin
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Confidential to all the randos cluttering our notifications with their most unhinged opinions about politics since we posted burglary video.
We. Don’t. Care.
We posted the video because we want the burglar caught so we can get restitution for all the damage dumbass did.
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The Oxford comma?
Without Syracuse, Missouri or Northwestern who will the media root for now?
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WINTER STORM WATCH CONTEST ALERT: If this tweet gets a few hundred likes surely our bartenders will agree to wear this penguin costume all week.
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So as you may have heard our “iconic” “beloved” and “resilient” (media description of us, definitely not our own) bar got burglarized last Friday morning.
Perhaps you or someone you know are familiar with our unwelcome gentleman caller?
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In light of recent events we have some dandy new signs. The relentless gentrification of Nisei Lounge continues. Sigh.
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Reasons we card everyone….
1) Keep minors out.
2) So we can bark “O-H!” at IDs from Ohio to get a Pavlovian I-O response.
3) See if you can get ID out soberly.
4) See where everyone is from (lotta South Carolina today?)
5) To be quietly amazed at how good you look for your age.
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We aren't letting anybody wearing these stupid things in the bar.
#NiseiFacts
So Cubs and White Sox fans, what do you think of these new caps from
@NewEraCap
called “Team Describe,” that features the Chicago flag in the front and deep dish pizza in the back?
@WGNNews
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So on 2nd day of vax carding at door (so we can be fully open) we had our biggest sales day in at least 18 months. What to do...What to do?
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Look
@JeppsonsMalort
we’ve sat quietly while you built your brand this fall copying our infusions and selling them as house bottles at CH at a filthy profit without crediting us.
But THIS IS FUCKING BULLSHIT. Quit stealing our mixology ideas without attribution.
Introducing our final seasonal Malört of the year: Candy Cane Malört. This limited edition Malört has notes of peppermint candy cane with an even more bitter finish.
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Remind us again why we give a shit if you don’t like our rules, haven’t been here in at least 18 months, and can’t pronounce our name? 🤷♂️
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OFFICIAL NISEI LOUNGE STATEMENT (UPDATED YET AGAIN):
Why yes Nisei Lounge does do our graphic design and production in house. Why do you ask?
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GUYS WE FUCKING FROZE A BOTTLE OF MALORT ON THE PATIO!!!
WAY TO GO
#PolarVortex
CHICAGO!
#NiseiLabs
FTW!
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Yes. It is. Because you’ve obviously never been here. Because there is no salaried manager here you nimrod. And our long time staff of bartenders made it very clear they’d prefer not to have one when the bar used to. Now quit defending floor shitters and go back to being blocked.
@whereducksgo
@NiseiLounge
Is it standard for a business to block someone for inquiring why a bartender, whose income is primarily derived from tips, is cleaning up a restroom instead of the salaried manager with ample time to xeet about it
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BREAKING: In light of several arm chair dive bar experts insisting what our loooong time staff really wants is a “salaried general manager” we have promoted our William Bass, our current Director of HR & Customer Feedback to General Manager effective immediately.
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Closed until further notice. Official Nisei Lounge statement.
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Cubs should be in Cincinnati today. So we're obligated to note that Cincinnati "chili" is just a terrible second rate spaghetti sauce served with crackers.
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Official 1:20pm statement from our not well run organization on recent controversy:
In the spirit of the season we proudly debut for your pleasure 100 bottle wall of Chicago Non-Apology Apology juice. We’ll be donating $1 from each shot to the
@FoodDepository
until it’s gone!
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Yes we were burglarized by one person between 7am and 7:15am today. CPD has been very responsive and we are now waiting for the evidence technician so we’ll be opening late.
Thank you to the many people who reached out to alert us this AM.
More later.
At whoever broke into Nisei last night — Fuck you with the fury of a thousand suns
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You guys drank 1052 beers yesterday.
Thank you.
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It's going to be awkward when all these newborns named Wrigley discover they share the name with half the black labs on Chicago's north side
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On a lighter note here’s the moment of horrifying bathroom defilement discovery on Saturday. And nobody in that picture is responsible for it TO BE CLEAR. Just horrified regulars.
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Thank you to everyone who's suggested this, that nice
@BarstoolBigCat
reached out right away and we'll be talking to them the next hour or two via email.
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Find the Chicago basketball fan hero in this picture.
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We just got told we got nothing from this BIG grant program. We will survive to spring but likely will need to close entirely for much of January & February to get there.
Please come see your favorite bartenders this weekend and tip them well. We're sorry, we're trying here.
Guys we're still waiting on word if we get a
@IllinoisDCEO
Business Interruption Grant before the end of the year. More money there will let us do more right by our woefully underemployed staff this winter so thoughts and prayers and positive karma please.
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On this Jackie Robinson Day (as is tradition) we share Mike Royko’s legendary column about seeing Robinson’s debut at Wrigley Field. Full column at the link (scroll down).
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Sunset 10 minutes ago: I’m pretty.
Sunset now: Hold my beer.
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2 Cardinals fans walk into the bar and what do we do?
Nothing. Because they’re vaxxed, masked, and we like money!
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Just a 69 year old Chicago tavern doing our best & hoping to see 70. This fucking year.
Open til 10. Go Bears.🤷♂️
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Right now we should all be in London pre-gaming our asses off before
@Cubs
Vs Cards at Olympic Stadium.
🤦♂️🍻⚾️🇬🇧⚾️🍻🤦♂️
Thanks again 2020🖕
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Haven’t had to use the ol’ occupancy clicker in a long, long time. Nice to need it again.
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Fuck this "concept" bar and it's 16 rules. We believe in diversity and tolerance. Show up, be respectful, don't piss on stuff or people. That's our rules.
Go inside The Hyde, the South Side’s new speakeasy-style bar with a list of rules limiting cellphones and Cubs and Trump fans
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So many random people seem to think this dive bar is staffed and run like a fucking Applebee’s. 🙄
@F93592151
@NiseiLounge
Should not have made the poor bartender clean it up. That is the type of thing you hire out or have the manager clean. They get paid more for a reason.
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My God, my God it’s actually come to this at Wrigleyville’s oldest tavern…🤦♂️
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And on Christmas Day we share the greatest DAY BASEBALL play of the 2021
@Cubs
season.
Merry Xmas everyone!
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If you’re drinking here & say you hate
@CubsJoeMadd
- a manager who led the Cubs to 3 NLCS you’re gone.
#NiseiFacts
Love him or hate him, Joe Maddon was always true to himself — and the Cubs
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Any friend of Steve Goodman was a friend of ours. RIP Jimmy Buffett.
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Hey you fucking jagoff do you know another Chicago tavern that’s been at the same place, under the same name, and in eyeshot of Wrigley or Comiskey since nineteen fucking fifty one?
No motherfucker you do not. Now stuff your bougie apples up your hot take dingus hole.
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“Oh no, what did Tony do?”
“Tony LaRussa?”
“Oh, THAT Tony! Oh hell yeah, he’s gotta’ go!”
#NiseiCares
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Our Wrigleyville neighbor Beth Murphy has passed away.
Beth was the best.
Our condolences to the entire
@murphysbleacher
family on Beth’s passing.
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Carnival rides? Bumper cars? A MERRY-GO-ROUND! On Wrigley Field?
Lee Elia wasn’t wrong. He was just 40 years early.
#NiseiFacts
But hey, if it pays for Ohtani it’s fine.
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On behalf of our many Chicago bar & restaurant friends struggling to stay open and keep people paid during Covid19...
Shut the fuck up Jay.
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BREAKING: If the Bulls win 10 in a row in 2019 Nisei Lounge will offer 10 cent beers the next day. That work for you?
I’d love to write a Bulls related restaurant/bar free agent story, but it’s hard when GarPax is never in the running for a superstar
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Ok, hear us out. If Cubs are shedding salary for prospects this week why not trade Crane Kenney to the Pirates for a replacement level exec?
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Sir this is a dive bar not a registered voter….nor are we a Wendy’s.
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For those Wrigley Field concert sales scoring at home fans:
Weekday Bruce Springsteen concert fans are 2x the business of weekday Morgan Wallen concert fans. And Springsteen fans ordered about as much hard seltzer but 5x more draft beer. 🤷♂️🍻📈
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A Sox logo? At Sheffield & Addison? You f’ing suburban jagoffs.
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Screw Mets fans. Wear a Javy jersey to the bar on Wednesday or Thursday and we’ll take 30% off your tab (specials not included).
#NiseiCares
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A twitter acct that doesn’t even follow us has opinions about how we operate? Hold on, gotta’ grab the micrometer to gauge our fucks given.
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BREAKING: Customers swarmed Nisei Lounge immediately after opening today for our $1 Malortarita special! Remain patient! The line to get in is moving quickly!
Live look at the chaos!
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Say what you want about Bud Selig as
@MLB
Commissioner at least we never doubted whether he actually LIKED baseball.
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Guy born in 1959 just coughed up his ID without getting salty. You can learn from him 1988
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We're doomed as a people.
IN CASE YOU WERE CONFUSED 🤔 Corona beer has NOTHING to do with the coronavirus. There has been a significant spike in web searches for “corona beer virus,” “beer virus” and “beer coronavirus” in the past two weeks, according to Google Trends.
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Burglary update: The relentless gentrification of Nisei Lounge continues. 🤦♂️🤬💸🖕
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PSA: This Friday and Saturday we are requiring proof of full Covid vaccination for entry. It allows us to let a lot more of baseball's finest fans in the bar without risking a fat City fine. Thank you for understanding.
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When your boss or ex comes in the front don’t fret! We’ve already shoveled your escape route out the back! Just another way
#NiseiCares
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We are EXTREMELY pleased to report that $524.13 was raised in
@LinBrehmer
’s memory between 10am - 5pm today during
@93XRT
tribute broadcast.
We are also pleased to share we’ll be donating 100% of sales of our $5 DAY BASEBALL house beer this week to charity in his Lin’s name too.
PSA: All tips between 10-5pm will be donated to the charity of the
@LinBrehmer
family’s choice.
#LinBrehmer
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Hi friends. We need to talk. This City action today hurts our 69 year old Chicago business. It hurts us badly.
Chicago's top doctor, Allison Arwady, and Deputy Mayor Samir Mayekar will talk about new coronavirus restrictions during a call with reporters at 11:30 a.m.
I'll live tweet. Follow for updates and let me know if you have questions.
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If the Chicago Cubs score 21 runs today it’s $2 beers TOMORROW. 20 or 22? You get nothing!
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Three exclamation points? Think hard about what you’re getting into Amber.
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Nisei Lounge is excited to announce our new NYT Newark Inspired Meal Deal!
For JUST $75 we’ll sell you the beer of your choice, include a shot of Malort, AND send somebody over to the diner next door to bring you a sammich and fries.
#NiseiCares
This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
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BREAKING: The famous Wrigley Field Ivy is greening up! Spring is gonna’ happen!
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Cubs have a .194 hitting DH with 0 HR? Gosh! What other position could put up numbers like that at the plate?
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As our “salaried manager” watches video tape of the weekend I can’t believe we actually need to say this but… Lady patrons if you open our bathroom door and find poop on the floor PLEASE tell us and don’t immediately just turn around and walk away and gather your squad… 🤦♂️
IF YOU ARE THE HORRIBLE PERSON who defiled our women’s bathroom yesterday late afternoon bring in cash TODAY for our poor bartender who had to deal with it and we will say no more of this.
Otherwise we’re pulling tape and if we figure out who you were we’re tweeting it.
#JFC
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Productive lunch break at the
#NiseiLabs
Wrigleyville History Preservation Design Lab. What do you guys think?
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