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Ding, ding and ding! The donation bell has just rung and Kathy Skinner Klister has made her monthly generous donation of five dollars!

Kathy’s a folk singer who performs under the name of Kathy Folkulele. You can hear her songs by clicking here and then subscribe to her YouTube channel. Thanks for the donation, Kathy!

If you’d like to donate to help with the cost of drinks, Uber and gas, just click right here and hit the donate button!

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It’s time for our weekly night-out with my friend Jim, formerly known as Vern Damico and now we call him Karl. As in this guy Karl.

Karl picked tonight’s bar and we’ll find out where we’re going when we get in the Karl-mobile and start driving there.

Away we go!

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Bar Number 214: The Lounge, Wednesday, September 16, 2026

And there he is, the aforementioned Karl, behind the wheel!

Always great to have him along and he informed me that we are on our way to The Lounge in Wyoming, Illinois. This is the first time we’re going to a bar in Wyoming, so this is exciting!

Check out the open road ahead! Onwards and upwards to Wyoming, Illinois!

And through the miracles of these here interwebs, we’re here already!

There’s The Lounge, but I hate that truck that’s blocking part of this photo. We’ll have to get another shot on the way out of here. Stay tuned for that.

There’s Karl doing his weekly doorman duties!

As you can see, Karl’s already claimed a seat at the bar and there’s just one left. I’ll grab that seat and take some shots of the bar when it’s a little less crowded up there.

Chad’s not only the friendly bartender on duty, he’s the owner of The Lounge! Here he is serving me up a Busch Light and it’s a pleasure to meet him!

There’s Karl at the bar and his t-shirt of the week is one of my brother Jim/Swami’s classic SwamiStuff’s “Hound Dog Lager” t-shirts. Very cool!

There’s the back of the bar and Chad told us that he doesn’t have any beers on tap, but he did give Karl and myself Lounge beer koozies, nice!

Gaming machines line the far wall in here for all you gamblers out there.

There’s also two dart boards over on the opposite wall in here.

Okay, the bar has cleared out a little bit, so here’s some shots of the cozy, wooden bar in here at The Lounge.

There’s tables and chairs behind the bar and a comfortable couch sits near the door up in the front of the bar.

Hey, if you’re name is The Lounge, you have to have a comfortable couch inside, it’s just the rules!

Meanwhile, back at the bar…

Karl’s feasting on a Thin White Garlic Butch’s Pizza. And it was served up with a tub of warm marinara sauce. Chad told us Butch’s includes these tubs when you buy the pizzas, but this is the first bar to give us a tub of sauce.

Karl loved the pizza and gave it a high recommendation!

I took a bathroom break and I think this is one of the greatest things I’ve seen in a bar so far!

And as promised, here’s a photo of The Lounge without that stupid truck taking up half of the photo.

Thanks to Chad for the hospitality and a fun night at The Lounge in Wyoming, Illinois! And thanks, as always, to Jim/Karl for driving and hanging out for the evening! We’ll see him again next week!

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