Restaurant
Billy Goat Tavern (The Original)
Below-street-level tavern where a Greek immigrant's ejected pet goat spawned a seventy-year sports curse.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago follows William Sianis, a Greek immigrant who bought a struggling bar and adopted a stray goat named Murphy. It traces the October 1945 afternoon when Sianis walked Murphy into Wrigley Field for a World Series game, dressed to match his mascot, and what owner Philip Wrigley said before having them thrown out. The tavern later moved to lower Michigan Avenue, where a corner stool still bears columnist Mike Royko's name.
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