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Episode #121 - Michael Roper of Hopleaf
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This week, we sidle up next to our favorite curmudgeon at the end of the bar — a legend of Chicago’s bar and beer scene, the one and only Michael Roper. He opened Andersonville’s Hopleaf back in 1992, a bar renowned for its extensive selection of Belgian beers and its famous mussels and fries. He joins us to tell us all about his journey — how being laid off from his assembly line job and doored (in the throat) on his bike changed the trajectory of his life, to how he’s failing at being retired (but still giving it the old college try). Join us for a conversation about the historical significance of Trappist ales, one of the first R.E.M. shows on record, how a bunch of barflies reacted to having their noontime porno viewing taken away, and so much more.
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