DECATUR — The lack of windows and doors provided a challenge for Decatur firefighters in their battle to extinguish a Wednesday morning fire.Â
The Decatur Fire Department responds to a fire at the Belvidere Liquor building on North Water Street in Decatur on Wednesday, July 10.
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The Decatur Fire Department responds to a fire at the Belvidere Liquor building on North Water Street in Decatur Wednesday morning.
Flames emerge from the building.
Decatur Fire Department works to put out a morning blaze at Belvidere Liquor, 1871 N. Water St.
17 Decatur bars you'll never drink at again
Anchor Inn
Decatur's first liquorless tavern, the Anchor Inn, opened on August 12, 1938 The tavern was endorsed by the Decatur Church Council.
- Newspaper clipping: Crowd Jams Dry Tavern for Opening
- Newspaper clipping: Looking back at Central Illinois: Anchor Inn
- Newspaper clipping: The History Corner: A Look Back
Block's Brewery
Block's Brewery opened on New Year's Eve in 2005.
- Newspaper clipping: No people like Block's people
- Newspaper clipping: Watch it! Flocks of fans will make every effort to indulge themselves
- Newspaper clipping: What recession? Area restaurants remain busy, keeping city's coffers steady
Circle C
Circle C was located at 3785 E. William St. Road.
Ds Country Lounge
D's Country Lounge was a landmark on North Water Street for 36 years. A fire hit the bar and caused some $80,000 damage in 1981 and it later was torn down to make room for a parking lot.
- Newspaper clipping: Always the best entertainment at D's Country Lounge
- Newspaper clipping: Landmark tavern being torn down
Esker's Tavern
Esker's Tavern was located at 1703 E. Clay Street.
- Newspaper clipping: 'Saint Jeanne' is no longer Esker's fixture
- Newspaper clipping: AÂ Look Back
- Newspaper clipping:Â City-initiated rezoning of Esker's property would please owner
Fleta's Tavern
Fleta's Tavern was located at 1045 W. Pershing Road.
- Newspaper clipping: License transferred for Fleta's Tavern
Garfield Tap Tavern
The Garfield Tap Tavern was located at 1938 N. Railroad Ave. and owned by Mike and Germaine Frank.
- Newspaper clipping: $180 taken at Garfield Tap
- Newspaper clipping: Garfield Tap burglary
- Newspaper clipping: Garfield Tap Tavern sold to M.B. Teske
Hard Hat Inn
Hard Hat Inn was located at 1464 E. William Street.
- Newspaper clipping: Liquor license transfer set
- Newspaper clipping: Tavern, 3 residents cited in FBI warrants
- Newspaper clipping: Photo → The Hard Hat Inn team met Wagner Castings in the industrial tug-of-war men's final
Lakeside Tavern
The Lakeside Tavern closed on Jan. 1, 1941. Â It was considered one of the finest and largest night clubs in downstate Illinois and was built by Conrad Blenz.
- Newspaper clipping: Lakeside club stays closed; buyer sought
- Newspaper clipping:Lakeside in foreclosure
Limelight
The Limelight opened on December 27 of 1980 at 985 W. Pershing Road succeeding the Silver Saddle, the S.S. Olympic and the Macon County Light Co.
- Newspaper clipping: 'Limelight' succeeds 'Silver Saddle'
Ralph's Pub
Ralph's Pub was located at 135-139 South Oakland St.
Silver Saddle
The Silver Saddle was located at 985 W. Pershing Road. Â It was later replaced by The Limelight.
- Newspaper clipping: Court's injunction pens up nightclub's mechanical bull
- Newspaper clipping: Silver Saddle, Decatur
- Newspaper clipping:'Limelight' succeeds 'Silver Saddle'
Decatur Cocktail Lounge
The Decatur Cocktail Lounge was located at 545 N. Water St. It closed in February 1975 after 30 years of business.Â
- Newspaper clipping: Particular people with discriminating taste will find our air-conditioned Decatur Cocktail Lounge the finest place
- Newspaper clipping:Noting the past - The musical night spots have vanished
- Newspaper clipping: Unusual evidence use backed in burglary of Decatur Cocktail Lounge
Lone Oak Tavern
Lone Oak Tavern was located at 175 S. 22nd St. Cynthia Craig inherited the tavern from her father, Fred Dolson, in 1956. The tavern opened soon after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.Â
- Newspaper clipping: Nothing lonely about Lone Oak
- Newspaper clipping:Shuffleboard teams sizzle
Shenanigans
Shenanigans  restaurant and lounge was located at 1423 E. Mound Road. and was originally open between 1979 and 1989.
- Newspaper clipping: Let Shenanigans jog your memory
- Newspaper clipping:Shenanigans plans new look, menu
Longhorn Tavern
Longhorn Tavern was located at 1591 N. Water St.
Alcazar
The Alcazar bar was located at 1683 N. 22nd St.
Contact Donnette Beckett at (217) 421-6983. Follow her on Twitter: @donnettebHR
Donnette Beckett
"Together Decatur" Columnist and Food/Drink Reporter
