Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
Best Jazz Club in Chicago · IL
Jazz in Uptown since 1907.
The Green Mill Cocktail Lounge has been pouring drinks in Uptown since 1907, making it one of the oldest continuously operating jazz clubs in the country. In the 1920s it was a favorite of Al Capone's outfit — his booth is still there, with an escape route to the tunnels below — and the green-velvet, art-deco room has barely changed since.
Revived by Dave Jemilo in 1986 and home to the original Uptown Poetry Slam, the Green Mill remains Chicago's definitive jazz room and the 2025 Centurion Award winner.
What they're known for
- Live jazz seven nights
- The Uptown Poetry Slam
- Al Capone-era speakeasy history
Customers said it first.
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Why this business cleared the bar.
This record was published by The Centurion Awards from the public record. Selection follows the published criteria; Green Mill Cocktail Lounge met them on that evidence. The business can claim the listing or ask us to remove it.
- ✓Years in operation. Operating in Chicago since 1907 — 119 years of continuous business.
- ✓Sustained online presence. An established local institution with a consistent public footprint — listings, coverage, and word of mouth in Chicago.
- ✓Established customer track record. A deep public track record: Chicago has kept Green Mill Cocktail Lounge busy for 119 years.
- ✓Liked by customers and the community. Genuinely beloved by Chicago regulars and visitors alike — a bona fide community favorite.
- ✓Recognition in the local community. Named best jazz club in Chicago for 2025 for over a century of live jazz in the same Uptown room, from the Capone era to tonight's late set.
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The details, verified.
- Legal / trading name
- Green Mill Cocktail Lounge
- Category
- Music venue
- Founded
- 1907, Chicago, IL
- Founders
- Founded 1907; revived by Dave Jemilo (1986)
- Location
- 4802 N Broadway Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
- Centurion Award
- Best Jazz Club in Chicago — 2025
- Record last verified
- July 2026
Frequently asked questions.
What is Green Mill Cocktail Lounge?
Uptown jazz club operating since 1907, once a Capone-era haunt, still hosting live jazz seven nights a week under the original neon.
Is Green Mill Cocktail Lounge award-winning?
Yes — Green Mill Cocktail Lounge is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Jazz Club in Chicago, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best jazz club in Chicago for 2025 for over a century of live jazz in the same Uptown room, from the Capone era to tonight's late set.
Where is Green Mill Cocktail Lounge?
Green Mill Cocktail Lounge is in Chicago, IL.
Every award, on the record.
Each Centurion Award is its own dated annual record, and staying current means clearing the bar again each new year. The verification above is from the latest published award. Open a year for that year’s citation.
2025 Centurion Award
Best Jazz Club in Chicago Chicago, IL · Awarded under the 2025 evaluation View the 2025 award →Awards run one calendar year and renew only if the business clears the bar again. Selection is by published criteria, never for sale.
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