Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Have you seen some stuff about a hole in a Chicago sidewalk with the outline of a rodent that is. driving people crazy? And you’re very confused about that whole thing? Don’t worry. We’re here to help.
I so wish this were a misleading headline. I desperately want to tell you that The Rat Hole is just some dive bar in Chicago recently made trendy again thanks to The Bear or one of the NBC shows set in the Windy City. Alas, we are literally talking about a hole in a sidewalk shaped like a rodent who once got stuck in wet cement and miraculously made it out.
Over the last few weeks, the Rat Hole has taken on a life of its own, with people waiting in line to see it, dropping in pennies to make a wish and even getting married in front of it.
Let me explain.