The Cubby Bear
The Cubby Bear is a sports bar, eatery, and music venue in Chicago, Illinois.
The Cubby Bear is located at Addison and Clark Streets across from Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. It was established in 1953 and is formally known as the Cubs Pub and Cubs Grill. The bar has won a few awards including Best Rock Club by the Chicago Music Awards, #1 Neighborhood Bar in Chicago by Maxim magazine and even 7th best sports bar in the United States by Sports Illustrated.[1] The restaurant includes private rooms that overlook Wrigley Field. The management of the Cubby Bear also caters and organizes the booking of three buildings on Sheffield and Waveland which each have a Wrigley Roof.
Bands that have played at The Cubby Bear (which was big in punk rock early on) include 1982-Naked Raygun (from Chicago, attended by a young Dave Grohl), 1985-Gregg Allman Band, 1988-Pixies, Social Distortion, Die Kreuzen (from Milwaukee), and Soul Asylum. 1991-Johnny Winter, Spin Doctors, Screaming Trees, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Phish. 1992-No Doubt. 1993-Dave Matthews Band. 1995-War, B.B. King. 1996-Jerry Lee Lewis, Run DMC. 2000-Papa Roach, 2001-Chevelle (from Chicago), 2005-Debbie Gibson, 2006-Violent Femmes (from Milwaukee), Los Lobos. 2009-Trapt, Tonic, Cage the Elephant, Metric, Our Lady Peace. 2010-Saosin with Story of the Year, Fuel, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (from Chicago), Filter. 2011-Sick Puppies. 2012-Adam Ant, Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe lead singer), 2013-Umphrey's McGee (from Chicago), 2014-Kongos with Airborne Toxic Event, Foo Fighters, Bush, Local H (from Chicago). 2015-Awolnation, Smoking Popes (from Chicago). 2016-Walk the Moon, Alcohol Ignition Switch
Notes
- ^ Chris Ballard. "The 25 Best in America". Sports Illustrated. February 7, 2005. Retrieved on October 28, 2016.
External links
- Official website
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- Established in 1874
- Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
- Based in Chicago, Illinois
- Tinker to Evers to Chance
- Bleacher Bums
- Wayne Messmer
- Ronnie Woo Woo
- Jerry Pritikin
- Yosh Kawano
- Life's Greatest Game
- Alibi Ike
- Mike Royko
- Harry Caray
- Holy Cow!
- Grant DePorter
- Wrigley Company
- Wrigley Field ivy
- Hey Hey Holy Mackerel
- Bill Holden
- The Heckler
- The Curse: Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Or Do They?
- We Believe: Chicago and Its Cubs
- Arne Harris
- "Go, Cubs, Go"
- "Sweet Home Chicago"
- "All the Way"
- "Jump"
- Cubs Win Flag
- Eamus Catuli
- Addison Red Line Station
- Sheridan Red Line Station
- Clark Street
- Addison Street
- The Winning Team
- Elmer, the Great
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Rookie of the Year
- This Old Cub
- The Natural
- Taking Care of Business
- A League of Their Own
- The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness
- Pat Pieper
- The Cubby Bear
- Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse
- Bohemian National Cemetery Columbarium
- Clark
- Back to the Future Part II
- Curse of the Billy Goat
- Ex-Cubs Factor
- Babe Ruth's called shot
- Steve Bartman incident
- Homer in the Gloamin'
- 1998 home run chase
- Brock for Broglio
- Merkle's Boner
- College of Coaches
- Ken Hubbs
- Billy Jurges incident
- June 23, 1984 game
- 1998 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
- 2015 NL Wild Card Game
- 2015 NL Division Series
- 2016 NL Championship Series
- 2016 World Series
- 2018 NL Central tie-breaker game
- 2019 MLB Little League Classic
- MLB at Field of Dreams
- 2023 MLB London Series
- Owner: Joe Ricketts family
- Chairman: Tom Ricketts
- President of Baseball Operations/General Manager: Jed Hoyer
- Manager: Craig Counsell
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affiliates
- Iowa Cubs (Triple-A)
- Tennessee Smokies (Double-A)
- South Bend Cubs (High-A)
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Single-A)
- ACL Cubs (Rookie)
- DSL Cubs Blue (Rookie)
- DSL Cubs Red (Rookie)
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