Carol's Pub

A hillbilly roadhouse on one of Chicago's darkest, shadiest-looking corners, this 35-year-old dive bar is a popular college student and tatted hipster hangout, with a never-ending bar, dart tournaments and big bluegrass bands. But the real draws are the dirt-cheap prices (from another era), sweet Southern bartenders and the famous Thursday night karaoke. But the kitsch-factor runs highest on Wednesday and Sunday nights when live country and western jam band karaoke takes to the stage.