Tony Cesare: Moose Love

Drafts and stories at the hippest bar in town.

Have you ever stepped off the Metra train at the Downers Grove Main Street station or been strolling along downtown after date night dinner and had your curiosity piqued as you glanced up at the imposing brick building just North of the tracks with the letters LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE pin-mounted to the façade in bold all caps? I have. True story. Stepping off the train one August evening with a neighbor back in 2004 we found ourselves with no wives to report home to (Bunco night) and so I suggested Ballydoyle and a pint of Guinness. My neighbor had another idea. “Let’s go to the Moose Lodge,” he said. “The Moose lodge?," I replied, eyebrows raised. “Are you serious? The big scary building kiddie corner from that other big scary building that …

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