Matchbook Monday: PJ Clarke’s Chicago

Today’s vintage PJ Clarke’s matchbook comes from Jon at The DC Traveler, who says that he and his buddies used to hang out there back in the 80’s. 

Located just a few doors off Rush Street (1204 State Street, Chicago), he claims that it was known among local guys as a “Flight Attendant Bar,” because there would always be at least one or two groups of flight attendants there while on a layover.  While I’m not sure if that’s true, then or now, it sounds like a diverse, yet friendly, kind of place:

The place catered to late-20s through 40s crowd, with people dressed in everything from suits coming from work, to shorts and flip-flops if they were playing hookie on a boat at Diversy Harbor, at Oak St. Beach on The Mag Mile or catching a Cubs game and stopping in for happy hour.

PJ’s features diner-style comfort food.  Things like chicken pot pie, meatloaf, and macaroni and cheese.  They also have a large imported beer selection, and over 50 choices of Scotch.

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