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Yes, But Where Do You Put The Chalk?

By Karl Klockars in Miscellaneous on Jul 8, 2009 4:20PM

When times are tough and discretionary spending is non-existent, small business owners have to put on their thinking caps and get creative. Marie's Golden Cue, a pool hall on Montrose Ave. in Albany Park, mined the depths of innuendo to come up with this steaming pile of awesomeness.

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While we can't say for sure that it's gotten more people into the doors or anything, we at Chicagoist applaud the effort. Consider this a gauntlet dropped to anyone else with a sign that ain't doin' nothing - if your profits are down, what have you got to lose?

Terrible spur-of-the-moment cellphone photo by yours truly.