I
t’s easy to miss McKinley Park’s
newest—and only—neighborhood bar among the billboards and bustling traffic
at the intersection of Archer and Ashland. All the better that One City Tap
has two sets of doors—one on Ashland, one on Archer—that open up into its
surprisingly spacious interior. Double the door, double the likelihood that
a passerby will end up sitting at the linoleum-topped bar, sipping on a
spicy cucumber margarita.
A spokesman for 12th Ward alderman George Cardenas wrote in an e-mail that
One City has already become a hub for neighborhood gatherings: “A keen
piece of the revitalization of McKinley Park is being built upon
communication. One City Tap offers the community a social space where our
future plans will be drafted.”
“We’re a place where people in the neighborhood wanna come for a birthday
party, . . . [where] the Neighborhood Association will have their
meetings,” Rodriguez says. “A lot of people know each other and are very
welcoming to newbies.” It’s a bar designed around the neighborhood it’s in,
but the bartenders are just as friendly to newcomers. Rodriguez is one
herself: shortly after she took over the bar, she moved to the
neighborhood.
3155 S. Archer 773-565-4777onecitytap.com
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