Wild Hare

CTL-E-0430 · Address · site · unspecified

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The Wild Hare, a reggae venue at 3530 N. Clark in Chicago, opened in 1986 and operated for 25 years under owner-musician Zeleke Gessesse before the original location closed in May 2011.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-114; source research type(s): Place. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Beachwood Reporter, 'One Love: Wild Hare' (beachwoodreporter.com)

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