The number maxed out at maybe 20, about four or five times fewer than the number that gathered there for the first three games of the National League Division Series, according to co-owner Mike Jannusch. But none of those was a weekday game with a midafternoon start.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were packed Saturday and Sunday, and [Monday] was full,\u201d Jannusch said. \u201cThe [3:37 p.m.] start time sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n
So did the result for the majority of the patrons. The Cubs defeated St. Louis 6-4 at Wrigley Field to clinch the series.<\/p>\n
Jannusch used to manage Sedgewick\u2019s, a Cardinals bar in Lincoln Park, before he opened the Tavern. He said his fandom is the reason both bars fly \u00a0Cardinals flags.<\/p>\n A few misplaced Cubs fans showed up at the tavern on Tuesday. Kelly Tino walked in wearing a Cubs sweater and hat, not realizing it was enemy territory, even though she lives in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cI just knew this bar and thought that we\u2019d be able to get in,\u201d Tino said. \u201cI knew a lot of places would be packed.\u201d<\/p>\n When a chorus of laughter greeted her entrance, she learned the bar\u2019s nature.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t like it. I don\u2019t like it at all!\u201d Tino said with a laugh. \u201cI came out for the spirit, and you don\u2019t really get that at a Cardinals bar. Everybody seems pretty friendly, though.\u201d<\/p>\n Attendees clearly cared about the outcome, but the demeanor in the bar was congenial and amused between rival fans. Some local Cardinals fans, such as Austin Zerkle, who grew up some two hours from St. Louis before moving to Chicago six years ago, sees that as returning the favor.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing a Cardinals fan around here, honestly, is pretty OK,\u201d Zerkle said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big city, so you can find places [for your team].\u201d<\/p>\n Kevin Humphries, a St. Louis transplant, and AJ Darrell, whose Missouri family ties have pushed him to wear red, agreed.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nowhere near as bad as advertised, I don\u2019t think,\u201d Humphries said despite the well-chronicled animosity at times between fans of the two teams separated by 300 miles. \u201cI go out in Wrigleyville in my Cards gear and never really have any problems.\u201d<\/p>\n They disagreed in which teams they hope reach the World Series, now that the Cardinals and their MLB-leading 100 regular-season wins are out.\u00a0While Humphries and Darrell are pulling for a New York Mets-Kansas City Royals matchup, Zerkle is falling back on Chicago.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the Cubs [have to] beat the Cardinals, I really [expletive] hope they win the World Series,\u201d Zerkle said. \u201cI really<\/em> do.\u201d<\/p>\n After the Cubs clinched the game with a Stephen Piscotty stikeout, the pair of Chicago fans present cheered and the Cardinals fans solemnly packed up their things. One guy yelled nonsensicalities, but also proclaimed, “I’m drunk.”<\/p>\n![\"Exterior](\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/10\/little-fort-exterior.jpg\")