Opening Day is like Christmas Eve for a lot of businesses around Wrigley – you can feel the energy. Right now, they are stocking up for an anticipated record number of people heading to the ballpark to see the Cubs take on the Milwaukee Brewers Thursday afternoon.
"This bar, this neighborhood transforms overnight – and it stays that way for six months," Strauss said."When I was high school or junior high, I'd walk around and sell these on my arm," Strauss said as he folded a pile of T-shirts,"because my father, who founded this place, was trying to find ways to put me to work.""The Cubs are in town for a homestand. They're going to play six games straight," Strauss said.
The Town Hall District stretches from Lawrence Avenue on the north to Fullerton Avenue on the south, and from Lake Michigan on the east to the Chicago River's North Branch on the west.