Saturday, April 5, 2008

Schlitz Tied House


Schlitz Tied House, originally uploaded by kendoman26.

If you went to a bar prior to prohibition, you probably went to a "tied" house. A tied house was tied to a certain brand of beer. The brewery would help a bar owner set up shop and in exchange the bar only sold that particular brand of brew.

Located at 35th and Western, in Northeastern Brighton Park, this was a Schlitz tied house. Today, they still sell beer, but it's the package kind.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the history lesson and the great picture. I like the Schlitz logo that's planted on the building's facade--never seen anything like it.

Brokecompsoul said...

John,

Thank you, I've found out about these "tied" houses from the website Forgotten Chicago. I Agree that logo is awesome. It certainly was great masonry work. I don't think this one was ever painted. Some of the north side tied houses had the ball painted blue with brown and tan lettering.