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September 2, 2025

A Star Bar Blessed by a Chicago Journalist

Jim Tuohy was taller than this. (D. Hoekstra pix.) 

The fine Chicago writer Jim Tuohy was a curious guy. He cut his chops at the City News Bureau of Chicago, wrote for the Chicago Reader and Chicago Lawyer and co-authored 1989’s  “Greylord: Justice, Chicago Style” with Rob Warden.

My encounters with Tuohy were almost always after 2 a.m. at the Old Town Ale House and sometimes earlier in the evening at O’Rourke’s and Riccardo’s. He was always interested in what stories I was working on. He radiated a sincere sense of wonder. He leaned into me like light through a shadow.

Tuohy died of kidney failure in January [...]

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