HISTORY

 

The Galway Bay Pub is located in a historic building called the "Brewster". Movie fans may recognize this building as one of the scenes in films such as Child's Play and Running Scared.

 

In addition, Charlie Chaplin lived in the building during his early screen writing days.

 

Excerpt from the Access Guide to Chicago (1999):

Originally known as the Lincoln Park Palace, this eight-story structure was commissioned in 1893 by E. H. Turnock and renovated in 1972 by Mieki Hayano, it has been designated a Chicago landmark for its excellent early application on a residential building of the principles of metal-frame construction, in which the use of an iron or steel frame made it possible to erect higher buildings. The exterior is faced in rusticated stone; the upper stories are banded by a large terra-cotta frieze with details in the style of Louis Sullivan, and the terra-cotta cornice features lion heads. The entryway on North Pine Grove Avenue, originally the ladies' entrance, is flanked by four polished jasper colonettes inset with windows. Make a friend in the building so that you can see the interior which boasts one of the most fabulous remaining 19th-century atriums in the city. Patterns of the intertwined tendrils and oak leaves adorn the lobby moldings, and open-case elevators, staircases, and bridges are all woven in extraordinary cast-iron latticework.

 

Galway Bay was formerly known as Casey's - in the late 90s, it was purchased and renamed to Galway Bay.