‘It’s like a family here’: Longtime customers mark last call for Durty Nellie’s

It might have been a typical Sunday at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine.Football games flickered on the TV screens, while customers sat around the bar sipping their favorite libations.But the taste would be bittersweet, since Sunday would be the last call for the venue that in many ways defined the nightlife in downtown Palatine.

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