Marie's Rip Tide lounge was a late-night
Bucktown lounge and dive-bar.
It had garnered national attention numerous times, most recently by its appearance on ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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'', where he referred to it as his "favorite
Chicago
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bar". Marie's was open until 4 am on weekends and was known for its pickled eggs and
Old Style
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sold by the six-pack.
Marie's closed in August 2013.
Marie's was filmed in an episode of the 1980s drama ''Crime Story'', and was the subject of songs including
Robbie Fulks
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' "Marie's Riptide" and
Michael McDermott's "20 Miles South of Nowhere".
Honors
* Editorial Winner for Best Dive Bar in
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: Chicago's annual poll (2000)
* Editorial Winner for Best Jukebox (Citysearch 2001)
* Editorial Winner for Best Bar to Celebrate the Holidays (Citysearch 2001)
* Top After-Hours Bar by Digital City Chicago (2002)
* One of Citysearch's Top 10 Taverns in the US (2002)
References
Drinking establishments in Chicago
1951 establishments in Illinois
2013 disestablishments in Illinois
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