Mount Prospect Neighborhood Bar Since 1902
100 E Prospect Ave, Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Standard restaurant and bar pricing. No admission fee for the dining experience.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Flat paved entry with dining room access
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1902 · Century-Old Restaurant · Cook County Dining History
Few dining establishments in the northwest suburbs of Chicago have operated continuously for as long as Mrs. P & Me. The address at 100 E Prospect Avenue has served the Mount Prospect community since 1902 — through Prohibition, the Depression, two World Wars, and multiple ownership changes.
The current ownership, in place since 2004, has maintained the restaurant's identity as a neighborhood institution: American comfort food, local hospitality, and a bar that has absorbed more than a century of community gatherings. The patio extends the seating in warmer months.
The property's age and continuous use as a hospitality venue have provided conditions that paranormal accounts consistently associate with residual and poltergeist-type phenomena: high human traffic, accumulated social history, and structures that have settled into their own patterns.
Sources
The shadow at Mrs. P & Me is described consistently: a tall figure, disproportionate in height, appearing and receding. It does not correspond to any visible person in the room at the time of the sighting. Staff who have worked at the restaurant for extended periods have reported it independently.
The kitchen activity is more physical in character. Objects depart counters without contact — not falling, according to accounts, but moving with apparent lateral force. The coat rack near the entrance has produced similar events: hangers spinning on the rod and flying off, particularly during quiet stretches when the building has settled and the human population of the room is minimal.
The bookshelf story is the most specific. Books on a decorative shelf sailed off with enough frequency and force that the decision was made to stop using the shelf for books entirely. It now sits empty.
No historical event at this specific address has been identified to anchor these accounts. The building's 120-year-plus continuous use as a gathering place is the primary context.
Notable Entities
Mrs. P & Me has served the Mount Prospect neighborhood since 1902, making it one of the area's oldest continuously operating dining establishments. The kitchen has a reputation for objects leaving the counter without human assistance, and a tall shadow figure makes occasional appearances. Settle in for comfort food and local history.
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