Chicago restaurants hope voters overturn 117-year-old liquor sale ban ordinance in 9th precinct North Side neighborhood [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — Some Chicago voters are seeing an unusual question on the ballot this year.

In one small pocket of the North Side, businesses are banned from having a liquor license. There is now an effort to change the ordinance, which has been on the books for more than 100 years.

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You can get a great hot dog and fries at Slims on Montrose, but if you’re looking for a beer to wash it down with, you’re out of luck. It’s non-alcoholic drinks only, and it’s been that way in the neighborhood for 117 years.

“I don’t like it,” customer Andrew Johnsos said. “I think they should be allowed to serve beer and alcohol.”

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“It’s hard for me to imagine a dry neighborhood in Chicago as a restaurant and still make a living,” neighbor Kenneth Crane said. “Seems impossible.”

The neighborhood is …