Our friends at Chicagoist point out that the Billy Goat Tavern, that Chicago institution parodied in Saturday Night Live’s “Olympia Restaurant” sketches in the 70s, is planning on coming to D.C. This news may have many Chicagoans a little miffed, as the Billy Goat is a unique Chicago experiences akin to walking the Magnificent Mile or catching a game at Wrigley. Moving the restaurant to another time zone seems an odd decision for a restaurant uniquely Chicago — as if Ben’s Chili Bowl opened a branch in St. Louis. Of course, Chicagoist points out that the Billy Goat Tavern is no stranger to franchise controversy. In fact, when the decision was made to expand beyond its original Michigan Avenue location, many locals doubted the “authenticity” of the satellite restaurants.

One thing we don’t know is where in D.C. the Tavern is planning to set up shop.

But their may be some logical reason for the Tavern to come to D.C. The food at the Billy Goat is nothing spectacular (they aren’t near challenging Five Guy’s). Instead, the trademark of the restaurant (besides their gruff banter of “No fries, cheeps!” and “No Pepsi! Coke!”) is their connection to the “Curse of the Billy Goat” — afflicting the Cubbies since 1945 with an interminable streak of bad luck baseball. And like Chicago, D.C. has a long standing tradition of hapless baseball teams. Of course, D.C. baseball doesn’t have the storied tradition of the “lovable losers” — but consider the fact that the last time a D.C. baseball team won a pennant was 1933, and the last time we won a world series was in 1924. Combine that with the abysmal record of the Nats’ previous incarnation, and it looks like we have a curse-worthy team after all. When the Billy Goat Tavern opens in D.C., we’ve got one word of advice for Tavares: let the goat in.