Four Entertainment Group, otherwise known as 4EG, is working on opening a new late-night bar in Avondale, located at 3810 W. Belmont Ave.
The hospitality group behind The Owl, Central Park Bar, and Remedy has applied to receive a late-night liquor license to open an unnamed bar in the former home of Tepco Tune-Up & Auto Care. If approved, the bar will stay open to operate until 4 a.m. Sunday-Friday and until 5 a.m. Saturdays, according to Block Club Chicago. To secure this late-night liquor license, business owners must obtain signatures from more than half of the registered voters who live within 500 feet of a proposed bar.
“People have their stigmas about 4 a.m. bars,” David Halpern, Chicago’s managing partner, tells Block Club Chicago. “While some of it can be warranted, if you look at our operations, we are more neighborhood-bar driven and more driven by good happy hours and being staples in neighborhoods than what people may be thinking about.”
Halpern could only share a few details regarding the new project, which is in the early stages. What is known is the Avondale bar will have a similar vibe to two existing 4EG bars: Central Park Bar and Remedy, according to Halpern. Like many of the group’s other bars, customers can expect a large outdoor patio, a solid happy hour, and security to reduce crime and rowdiness. Four Entertainment Group owns and operates establishments in Cincinnati, Columbus, and northern Kentucky.
“Right now, it’s a shut-down old mechanic shop,” Halpern says. It’s a dark corner, which we would brighten up and have our trained security staff there, with our eyes and ears on the street.
