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    Much of the decor comes from bygone bars: ceiling beams from a Schlitz tied house, for example, and a mirror from Quenchers Saloon.
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    The Betty Boop figurine was bought from the owner of Marie’s Rip Tide, another bar Bolt loved. The other tchotchkes are from Bolt’s personal collection.
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    The photo booth’s backdrop was painted by artist Lauren Asta.
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    Bolt behind the bar
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    The house cheap beer? Hamm’s.
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    The Do It for Your Mama (bourbon, strawberry and lemon juices, Peychaud’s) is named for an Adam Sandler joke. “Nobody’s gotten it yet,” Bolt says. (The bar itself is named after a Nelson Algren book.)
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    A peak Thursday night crowd, at around 10 o’clock.
    Photo: Jeff Marini
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    Photo: Jeff Marini
A Night at Neon Wilderness

Brad Bolt, of much-missed Bar DeVille, has created a new drinking den — and it’s rapidly becoming Wicker Park’s center of gravity after dark. Here’s a tour. 1270 N. Milwaukee Ave.

By Carrie Schedler
October 12, 2018, 11:58 am
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