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Billy Goat Tavern

430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
📅 1964–present🏛️ Tavern / DinerStill hereBuilt 1964
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Billy Goat Tavern, 430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL
Billy Goat Tavern, Chicago (2018) · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The story

'Cheezborger! Cheezborger! No Coke... Pepsi!' Billy Sianis cursed the Cubs in 1945 after his goat was ejected from Wrigley. They didn't win for 71 years. Below Michigan Avenue, between Tribune and Sun-Times.

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