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Sunday, October 13, 2024

#5881 - Log Cabin Tavern, Des Plaines, IL - 9/7/2024

I haven't found much information about the Log Cabin Tavern, in Des Plaines, Illinois, some 5 miles northeast of O'Hare Airport. It is said to have been built in 1934 by Vincent "Charlie" Crement, opening as "Crement's Beer Garden," renamed "Crement's Log Cabin" in 1938, and then "Log Cabin Inn" in 1946. I've found no web site for the place, and the Facebook page is unclaimed. But when you actually come upon it, the old cabin and adjoining patio are quite remarkable.

The inside and especially the outside are crammed full of antiques, odd crafts, and random collections; a row of antique wood pulleys hangs over a set of old milk cans, a collection of meat grinders, nautical items, taxidermy and a koi pond, elaborately crafted birdhouses and framed music albums, tables crafted from tree trunks, sewing machines, a pot bellied stove, and old sewing machines, unfolding in waves as you seem to wander from room to room even on the patio.

More of an old neighborhood joint than a dive bar, the staff and many of the regulars are Polish. The kitchen offers a fairly simple menu, a mix of old-time bar food (e.g. burgers, soups) and Polish specialties such as zapiekanka, pyzy, bigos and pierogis. The beer menu is also relatively simple, with just 3 or 4 on tap, and 20 or so additional choices in bottles, but also including Polish options like Tyskie and Żywiec. 

I would probably hang out quite often if I lived anywhere near.







































 































346 Potter Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016 - (847) 299-1811
Est. 1934 - Building constructed: 1934 
Previous bars in this location: Crement's Beer Garden, Crement's Log Cabin 
Reviews: patch - yelp - tripadvisor - roadtrippers 

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