In the Weeds: How Bartender, Poet, Musician and Artist Sergio Mayora Cultivated One of the Most Important Taverns in Chicago History

The Near North Side neighborhood tavern Weeds has been a garden of cultural delights. It was a cornerstone of Chicago’s poetry scene. It was the site of historic Thursday night jazz sessions…Actor John Cusack tended bar and Jamie Lee Curtis once drank tequila there. And there was Weeds bartender-host Sergio Mayora.