Okay, we’re heading out to visit our first bar in the city of Lacon, Illinois. We’re going with a special guest star who won’t be introduced till the end of the post and she has a fun announcement, so be sure to read today’s entire post!

Okay, it’s off to Lacon, Illinois we go!

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Bar Number 196: WhiskeRz Pub, Thursday, August 20, 2026

We’re off to Lacon, Illinois on a nice Thursday evening. The special guest star is driving and I just took this photo!

Here we are at tonight’s destination, Whiskerz Pub in Lacon, Illinois. Let’s go inside and see what’s going on in there.

They have a nice rectangular wooden bar that’s all lit up! Let’s grab a seat and get settled in for this Thursday evening.

Lisa was the pretty bartender on duty and here she is serving me up an ice-cold can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. We’re off to s spectacular start in here this evening!

Here’s my view from where I’m perched at the bar.

There’s a shot of the back of the bar and the half a dozen beers on tap behind the bar.

Sabrina and Matt were seated at the bar and we chatted about bars in Henry, Lacon and elsewhere and it turns out that Matt plays live music at some of these bars. He plays bass and sings in the band, Blind Mice! They’re playing a live show today at Suds Bar & Grill in Toluca, Illinois.

Great to meet and chat with them this evening!

Speaking of live music, they have live shows here at Whiskerz Pub and tonight Shawn Mayer is playing a live show right here! Check it out if you can!

Here’s a shot of the other side of the bar and Lisa told me that patrons are welcome to bring in stickers from other bars they visit and they have quite a collection of them in here!

There’s a gaming room over here in this room behind the bar for all of you gamblers out there.

Lisa told me that Whiskerz has a nice association with St. Jude and they host rides and other events to raise money for this fine foundation. Here’s a wall that they devoted to St. Jude, very cool!

There’s an adjoining room over here with two pool tables, a drinking railing to sit at and the stage in the back for the live music.

And now…it’s time to present…

Our Special Guest Star!

This is my friend, Tricia, who’s a local author who’s pen name is P.A. Nimmo. You can check out her three books she’s written by clicking on these links: Running Blind In Traffic, Diary of a Mad White Woman and Tails of the Cat and the Bookstore.

She’s just completed her fourth book, Diary of a Mad White Woman, Volume 2, It Continues. Here she is holding her new book at the bar.

The book is a diary style journal of Tricia’s unique and fun observational humor and writing. In the book she muses about different expressions we use, the frustration that can happen while wondering what’s for dinner, wasting time on the internet, washable shoes and so much more!

Tricia says that the book is “written with humor and sprinkled with a little sarcasm.”

You can see and buy the book online at Lulu.com (it’ll soon be on Amazon and other online outlets.) And if you’d like to support local bookstores, you can buy it at: Stacy’s Book Rack, Book Nook, Lit on Fire Books, Moondancer Boutique, Relics and Tails of a Bookworm.

If you’d like to meet Tricia and buy a book from her in person, she’s going to be at the Between The Lines event at the Peoria Civic Center on September 26th from 10am to 5pm.

I encourage you to buy this book, it’ll brighten your day and give you fresh insights and chuckles about everyday life experiences.

Thanks to Tricia for driving to Lacon and being today’s special guest star!

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