Angus Bailey Restuarant & Lounge

In Carlinville, folks still talk about the legend of Angus Bailey. As the story goes, Angus was a loner, without friends, who rode into town on a cold, and windy night back in 1890. All he had on his mind was a big, juicy steak and the best whiskey money could buy. He quietly walked into a saloon at this very location and sat down to enjoy his meal when a fight broke out. Unfortunately, he was the cause of that fight. Seems that he had been wrongly accused of cattle rustling by Old Man Merriweather. Before he had a chance to defend himself; Angus was swinging from a rope right on the north side of the square. As the snow fell, the stranger was buried in a shallow grave at the edge of town. The rumor is: Angus walked back into the saloon the very next night to finish his meal. The saloon owner, scared as he was, prepared one of his finest cuts of beef and opened his best bottle of whiskey. When he finished, Angus was seen riding back out of town , just as he had come in. With the snow falling and the wind blowing, he never once looked back. Legend has it, Angus Bailey can still occasionally be seen on nights unfit for most, enjoying the best food and drink in the county, right on the north side of the square in Carlinville. Unsure of who may stop in, we serve only the finest here at Angus Bailey's.