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Posted - Dec. 19, 2008 - 5:08 p.m.

Richards Check out today's RedEye cover story about the best dive bars in the city and the difference between a dive bar and a hipster watering hole.

The story also mentions the slashy, which is "when the bar is a bar-slash-liquor store, a place to drink and/or buy a six-pack to take home," said Ted Koerth, a lawyer who lives in Lakeview and conducts Dive Bar Tours.

Richard's, which has two entrances on Milwaukee and Grand Avenues, next door to Emmit's in River West, is a slashy.

Your favorite dive bar? I enjoy Matchbox in West Town, which was just named one of 10 "Great American Dive Bars" by Playboy last month, but not Marie's Riptide Lounge in Bucktown. Nothing good ever happens to me there. Probably because I'm not a cougar.

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Where do I sign up for a dive bar tour???

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