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Article: The Ale House aura is all about accepting
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- June 30, 1996
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There's a new face at the Old Town Ale House these days. It belongs
to a young, fair-skinned guy who seems out of place among the gallery
of rogues. His smooth features are shaped by innocence, like
something you would see on a grainy newsreel of pop music's 1964
British Invasion.
This is not the Ale House look.
Ale House people have lots of creases and lines in their faces,
looking like crumpled road maps in a crowded glove compartment. The
Ale House is more about where you've been than where you're going.
The other night the young man sat alone on the tavern's step
high section that is framed by used books and pinball machines. He
wasn't distinguished by his youth or his solitary ...