A Wild Ride Winds Down: The Awesome Story Behind Wrigleyville’s The Wild Hare

Everyone has a story, as we writers relish pointing out. But when I stopped by Wrigleyville’s longtime reggae club The Wild Hare last night to interview the owner, Zeleke Gessesse, about why he’s closing the place on May 15th after 25 years, I found myself in the presence of someone with a Story—capital S, plus italics.

There was almost no one in the bar when The Creative Director and I showed up around 10 p.m. to meet my publicist friend Michael (who, after stumbling upon The Wild Hare recently and hearing the tale you’re about to read, offered to help get the word out about the club’s last month in business) and his boyfriend, Eric.

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