(TRUE DIVE JOINT) In a city gentrifying at warp speed,
true dives are a threatened species. But
the former Deano's—now renamed Club Chocolate City—remains untouched. It's shadowed by complaints of drugs and prostitution, qualities that have attracted state regulators.
After it's gone, dive-bar connoisseurs will be judged by whether they've been here. Have you? Time may be running out. (
2030 East Madison St, 322-7670. Noon–2 am, 21+.)