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Article: LOST IN THE FERN BAR TRIANGLE
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 20, 1986
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Fun was our co-pilot as we flew kamikaze into the Fern Bar
Triangle.
The fiancee was out of town and my buddy Johnny Esplinade was
out of his mind. A mere coincidence. So Johnny came over from the
other side of Ashland to participate in a mad mission: an examination
of the populace at Gamekeepers, Four Farthings and the Ultimate
Sports Bar & Grill - a teeming topsider triangle that wasn't prepared
for . . .
The Invasion of the Nowhere Men.
The corner of Armitage, Lincoln and Sedgwick is no place for two
gee-whiz guys who wear Oshkosh B'gosh, listen to Major Lance and hang
out at places called the Ting-A-Ling Lounge. But, hey-hey, we're
voyeurs.
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