![]() They need fresh tools and toys to work with.” Bricks, windows, tuckpointing, air conditioning. When you start peeling that onion back you never know what you’re going to find. Some of these old Chicago buildings have been neglected. I sold beer to that place 30 years ago when I was a beer salesman for Budweiser. “The first day I looked at it I thought, ‘The only thing you can do with this thing is bulldoze it.’ We’re trying to save it. “The (Matchbox) building is falling down,” Weinstein said in a Sunday night interview. Weinstein and Killerman plan to lovingly restore the hearty brick Matchbox and eventually reopen the historic Silver Palm dining car next door. They brought the former magician’s bar Schulien’s back to life as O’Donovan’s, 2100 W. Their first project together was Kincade’s, 950 W. Owners Jackie and David Gevercer sold to Chicago bar and restauranteurs Gregg Weinstein and Kevin Killerman (Blind Robin, Rex Tavern). I was breaking up with a girlfriend in Palmer Square and the Matchbox was my shrink couch on the way home to my place in the West Loop. I’ve been going to the Matchbox since 2000. The patrons are a deep pocket of old and young, nickels and dimers, half dollars and occasional slugs. Photo by Anthony Mata.Ī good bar is a rich collection of loose change. Two views of the Matchbox, with David & Jackie (upper black and white).
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