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Meanwhile, Back In Peoria...

A Travel Blog In And Around The River City With Your Host, Marty Wombacher

May 23, 2026

A Guy Walks Into 365 Bars…Again! Bar Number 126: Hangovers

by MBIP


I’ve always been curious as to why someone would name a bar, “Hangovers?” I would think that the word, “hangover” isn’t something you want people thinking about when they enter your drinking establishment, so I thought I’d stop by, have a couple beers and see if we can find out why this bar is named, “Hangovers.”

Okay, off we go on our 126th night out on the town!

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Number 126: Hangovers, Thursday, May 21, 2026

Here we are at Hangovers bar on Lake Avenue. There’s the front door, but that’s not where you enter…

You go over here to the side, walk the plank and enter at this open door over here.

See, we’re inside!

The bar is located right over there and there’s plenty of open seats, let’s snag one and get settled in for our stay in here.

Here’s Lance serving up an ice-cold bottle of Budweiser to me.

Lance is not only the bartender on duty, he owns the place. He took it over from his dad who was the original owner of this neighborhood watering hole.

There’s the back of the bar and here’s a cooler back here that’s stocked with cans and bottles and is adorned with the “Hangovers” logo.

Tyler and Shawna were at the bar and enjoying themselves in here.

Shawna just started working at Castle’s Patio Inn, which was our 81st stop on this tour back in April. Great to meet both of them!

Here’s the other side of the bar and they have Butch’s pizza and chips for sale in here if you have the munchies!

There’s a nice pool table opposite the bar and gaming machines are discreetly located in this back corner of the bar.

They have six dart boards lined up on this wall over here, which I think is the most dart boards we’ve ever seen in one bar so far on this tour.

Lance said they host a lot of dart leagues in here and the season starts next week. I never knew dart leagues had a season. You learn something new at every stop!

Here’s a shot from the back of the bar.

I never did find out why this place is called, “Hangovers.” Lance wasn’t totally sure so it remains a mystery that wasn’t solved. Such is life on a 365 bar crawl!

We’ll see you all tomorrow!

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The Drinks

I had two bottles of Budweiser…it is the King of Beers!

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Hangovers

629 E. Lake Avenue

Peoria

309-681-1244

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Hangover…

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