After nearly 80 years serving the Edgewater community, Hamilton's Bar & Grill will close later this month, according to Edgeville Buzz. The bar, a favorite hang for Loyola students, posted a note on its website and Facebook wall announcing the closure, which will happen on Oct. 27.

No explanation was given as to why it would close after so long, but one Facebook poster claims Loyola bought the building with "the intent of not having a bar there." Since the bar is currently closed, Eater wasn't able to get a confirmed reason.

Many Hamilton's fans have posted notes of displeasure or disbelief on the bar's Facebook wall. One man remembers having one of his first legal drinks there 40 years ago; another said the first date with his wife started at Hamilton's; another said he used to get in with a handwritten note from his mom saying he was 21. And yet another asked, "when it closes, will i get back some of my dignity i lost there?"

Hamilton's opened in 1933 in a building that dates back to 1904 and has had a definite impact on the community. In an attempt to honor it in its final days, one fan suggested organizing a worldwide Skype toast. "I would like to share one last drink in Hamilton's with my fellow alum around the world."

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

This was dated 2012. The bar is now called Bar 63 and still there.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

This was dated 2012. The bar is now called Bar 63 and still there.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

Actually TM I was talking to some co-workers on campus and there is more to the story. Yes the building is still there but Loyola owns the property. They rent it to what I think is an Armenian family that runs the bar.

Where it gets shady is what allegedly happened to Hamilton's. The university didn't like the bar being a haven for underage drinkers and that they weren't getting any money from it. So, allegedly, they paid some CPD to do some off the clock investigations. Long story short the business had it's liquor license revoked and the building hit the market.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Good friend of mine is in charge of security for Loyola.

Loyola is/and was making money in rent off of the building. They wanted to buy the whole block. The storage place refuses to sell, and the SE corner of Devon and Clark sold to someone other than Loyola.

This is hilarious for many reasons, including the fact that I lived only a few blocks away from Hamilton's through June of 2013.

I'm not sure how I missed the fact that they had closed.

Much of the time between 2010 and 2015 is a blur to me. That's when my kids were still newborns or toddlers and I was experiencing massive sleep deprivation.

Dead again.

http://loyolaphoenix.com/2018/10/bar-63-closes-for-good/

:lol:

HawaiiMidget

Dead again.

http://loyolaphoenix.com/2018/10/bar-63-closes-for-good/

Have a terrible night and die in MANY fires.

Damn where am I supposed to go for lunch?