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The Original Billy Goat Tavern

The happiest and healthiest person in Wise Guy's corner is also the one who has been here the longest. Bob Borgstrom says, "When I was a teenager we'd go to hockey games at the Stadium, and between periods we'd sneak over to the original Goat. People were always four...

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Happy President’s Day

The real reason why Lincoln wore a stovepipe hat... Legend has it there was a Billy Goat Tavern on the other side of the Delaware.

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Mike Royko and Billy Goat Tavern

"It's after closing and nobody's in here, and I see Mike when he's dead," Sam says. "He had some kind of pile of papers in front of him and he's looking at the papers. I see that he is crying, and I say 'What happens , Mike? Is anything wrong?' And he says 'No, no...

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