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Durty Nellie's has been a friendly, neighborhood tavern since 1972. Mark Dolezal took it over in 1988 and gave the establishment its current identity as a noted suburban music room featuring local and national acts, an Irish pub with an extensive list of beers on tap, an outdoor beer garden and a great place for special events, such as the famous Spring and Fall beer festivals, not to mention the week-long St. Patrick's Day events.

Founded by a group of airline pilots, who were frequent fliers to Ireland, Palatine's Durty Nellie's at the 55 N. Bothwell location was modeled after a real Irish pub named Durty Nellie's that was built in 1620 and still stands today. The original Nellie's is near Bunratty Castle in County Clare. Legend has it that the pub was named after a feisty Irish woman who tended bar there in the 1600s. She had a way of getting back at nasty folks who drank there. When they weren't looking, she'd grab a dead mouse by the tail, dunk it a few times into their beer mugs and serve it to them. Once the victims figured out what she was doing, they called her "Durty Nellie" and the name has stuck for four centuries.

The new Durty Nellie's at 180 N. Smith Street opened its doors on December 19, 2003.