Glascott’s is located on the southwest corner of Webster and Halsted streets in Lincoln Park and has been a fixture in this Chicago neighborhood since 1937. Beginning with Patrick Glascott, who immigrated to Chicago from Ireland and opened a saloon in the late 1800s on Ashland Avenue between Lake and Madison streets, Chicago's Glascott family has owned a Chicago tavern for more than 100 years.

The Glascott's celebrated their 65th anniversary at the Halsted Street location, which originated when Patrick Glascott’s son Larry opened Larry’s Saloon, a tavern that catered to working men. "Back then, women didn't go to taverns. It was a shot and beer place frequented primarily by Irish tradesmen. Larry’s opened at 7 a.m. and workers lined up to buy a shot before catching the bus to go to work."

Larry’s Saloon continued to prosper in the 1940s and 50s with the invention of the television. Most families didn’t have TVs in their homes until the late 50s, but Larry bought a TV and his tavern quickly became the neighborhood hot spot for watching the Friday night boxing matches and other popular evening programs.

In 1965 the seeds for modern Lincoln Park were planted when Mayor Richard J. Daley named the area Park West and implemented a neighborhood improvement plan. Larry died in 1975, leaving the family business to his sons. Renovation of the Halsted property was completed in 1979, revealing an original tin ceiling that had been well preserved.

Today, the fourth-generation of Glascott’s continue the family tradition of hard work and success as they enter into a second century of their family business. Glascott's Saloon is one of the few establishments of its kind in Chicago that can claim this type of family legacy.