The Mirage Tavern was a drinking establishment at 731 N. Wells St. in Chicago purchased by the Chicago Sun-Times in 1977 to investigate widespread allegations of official corruption and shakedowns visited on small businesses by city officials.
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Pam Zekman, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, and BGA’s director of investigations Bill Recktenwald worked together to open a "fake" tavern called the Mirage Tavern to attempt to uncover bribery in investigators and inspectors.