(Chicago Sun Times) — At Gene’s Playmate Lounge at Cermak and Kildare, you can’t have a drink unless you’re at least 25 years old.
Young guys who might be packing pistols can get a cold beer somewhere else, owner Gene Payton said.
Playmate regulars spend late nights there talking about the shootings popping off on this gang-infested corner of Lawndale that locals call K-Town, where you can get a bag of heroin for 10 bucks behind the auto repair shop across the street.