Saw an ad for Chicago legend Willie Pickens in the Metromix and figured out how to get there from downtown on the subway($2). It's right across the street from the Red Line stop at Lawrence Ave. This place is the absolute real deal. It is exactly what you expect and want a jazz club to be. Affordable cover ($12), killer band (Quintet), ...

if i die and go to heaven then i will be at the green mill for eternity getting drunk with jesus and watching the cubs in the afternoon and listening to jazz all night.

i had an excellent evening at the green mill - a perfect place for a fun evening of music and friends.

i work with alejandro escovedo and the band was in chicago for three sold out nights. after one of the gigs some of us took a cab from our hotel to the green mill for jazz and cocktails. this was my first time there. a couple of the guys in the band had been there before and said it was the best jazz club anywhere. that's all it took. we ...