From Irish pub to Chicago blues hub: What happened to Biddy Mulligan’s?

Summary

<p>In Rogers Park, a block from the lake, weeds are growing in front of a shuttered Irish pub. A sign above the door reads Mulligan’s Cafe, but a marquee above that identifies this closed business by another name: Biddy Mulligan’s. This unassuming storefront was once a hot spot for blues fans on Chicago’s North Side in the 1970s and 1980s.</p><p>During the Great Migration, African Americans moved north to escape Jim Crow-era racism. They brought the blues with them and settled mostly on the South and West sides of Chicago. What started in the Mississippi Delta with a single performer evolved…

Description from Chicago Sun-Times.