What the *&%$ is a "Perth"?
A brief search in everyone's favorite search engine reveals clues that it can either be a city in Scotland or the name of a dance. Either in themselves are insignificant, but give it some English gentry title, such as "Duke" and you've found yourself in one of my favorite pubs in Chicago: Duke of Perth.
What I realize, is a key characteristic of a good pub, is the absence of TVs in the room; I get ESPN on cable at home, and if I wanted to watch a sporting event on TV, there are plenty of sports bars in Wriglyville area where I can rub shoulders with drunken sports fanatics or fight to get the barkeep to serve me a Budweiser. Of course, the aforementioned household appliance is blissfully missing at the Duke and you get to know the waitstaff by first name by the next night you show up; and the patrons congregate for conversation, the awesome selection of Scottish and British beers and scotch, and if they're like me, to get the *&@! away from the cookie-cutter Wriglyville/Lincoln Park bar setup.
The following review has some nice pictures to give you an idea of what the place is like:
http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/Duke/Duke.htm
I'm sipping a pint of Belhaven Wee Heavy as I'm updating this entry, courtesy of the free wi-fi at the Duke... 11:44 PM on a Monday night. Thats two more hours 'till last call.
What I realize, is a key characteristic of a good pub, is the absence of TVs in the room; I get ESPN on cable at home, and if I wanted to watch a sporting event on TV, there are plenty of sports bars in Wriglyville area where I can rub shoulders with drunken sports fanatics or fight to get the barkeep to serve me a Budweiser. Of course, the aforementioned household appliance is blissfully missing at the Duke and you get to know the waitstaff by first name by the next night you show up; and the patrons congregate for conversation, the awesome selection of Scottish and British beers and scotch, and if they're like me, to get the *&@! away from the cookie-cutter Wriglyville/Lincoln Park bar setup.
The following review has some nice pictures to give you an idea of what the place is like:
http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/Duke/Duke.htm
I'm sipping a pint of Belhaven Wee Heavy as I'm updating this entry, courtesy of the free wi-fi at the Duke... 11:44 PM on a Monday night. Thats two more hours 'till last call.
posted by choongster at 11:33 PM
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Perth is the largest city on the western coast of Australia.
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