How diners gave generations of punk-rock kids a reliable place to party. (via eaterchicago)
Jim’s Grill, a Korean spot that was open in the ’80s near the Metro on Irving Park. The restaurant had a large vegan selection, a rarity for the time: “The underground music community, being the adventurous group of people that we were, we wanted more adventurous food than, say, going to Denny’s or Olive Garden,” Jim Magas of Lake of Dracula said of the restaurant.
Alas, not all towns have a Jim’s Grill, and for plenty of kids in the north and south suburbs, Denny’s was the only game in town for a late-night snack. Plus, cell phones were rare in the ’90s. No one had Google or Yelp to direct them to hidden gems. Places like Jim’s Grill gained reputations through word of mouth, much like the bands its customers listened to.
In the ’90s, Geils was driving her 1988 Buick to the Fireside Bowl to see bands like Apocalypse Hoboken, Oblivion, Sidekick Kato, Slapstick, 88 Fingers Louie, and Not Rebecca. Some of the kids had difficult parental situations and the diner kept them away from their challenging living arrangements. Geils, who stresses a strong relationship with her parents, recalls her group would even call a Denny’s waitress “momma.
“I took art classes at a little private art school and I met a bunch of people that went to Wheeling High School,” Geils says. “They’re all misfits.”Crews were literally identified by their local Denny’s. Though, the kids would make the occasional stop at a few other diners —
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