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Forty Acres Fresh Market Breaks Ground In Austin After Years Of Delays
AUSTIN — Forty Acres Fresh Market is under construction after multiple delays. The Black-owned store, the brainchild of Elizabeth “Liz” Abunaw, broke ground Wednesday at 5713 W. Chicago Ave. The...
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Marshalls In Rogers Park Closing In January
ROGERS PARK — The Far North Side will lose a discount department store after the holiday season. Marshalls is closing its store at 7507 N. Clark St. on Jan. 6, a company spokesperson confirmed...
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After Designing Heels For Woman With World’s Largest Feet, Chicago Boutique...
WEST TOWN — The story of the Chicago Artisan Co-op begins with a shoe. A really big shoe. This winter, Annie Mohaupt and Justin Walker, the co-owners of Mohop in West Town, designed a custom high heel...
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Common Decency Bar Bringing 80s Vibes To Former Lost Lake In Logan Square
AVONDALE — The bar opening on New Year’s Eve in the former Lost Lake space has a serious mission, but it will be anything but dull. Common Decency, 3154 W. Diversey Ave. on the Logan Square/Avondale...
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Weinberg Hosiery Closing In December After 60 Years On Roosevelt Road
SOUTH LOOP — One of Felice Nelson’s earliest childhood memories is playing with the empty boxes that cluttered the floor of Weinberg Hosiery as her parents and their employees tended to customers and...
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Good Neighbor Boutique Brings ‘Chill’ Everyday Outfits To Logan Square
LOGAN SQUARE — An independent boutique carrying over a dozen clothing and jewelry brands from local artists has joined Logan Square’s Milwaukee Avenue business corridor. Owner Carli Goltowski opened...
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Tin Roof, Nashville-Born Bar And Music Venue, Opens In Wrigleyville
WRIGLEYVILLE — Tin Roof, a live music venue chain with origins in Nashville, opened its first Chicago location Friday in Wrigleyville. Tin Roof, 3519 N. Clark St., is a bar and restaurant with two...
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New Portage Park Shop Ecclection Is Stacked With Local Artwork, Vintage Finds...
PORTAGE PARK — The owner of a funky and colorful resale shop filled to the brim with affordable goods and trinkets wants to increase business and community on the western end of Portage Park. Julie...
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Berlin Nightclub Closes After 40 Years In Chicago: ‘There’s A Lot Of Pain In...
Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago LAKEVIEW — Legendary LGBTQ+ bar Berlin Nightclub is closed after a month-long boycott amid stalled negotiations with its newly formed union. The nightclub...
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Logan Square’s Your Happy Place Liquors Closing After 7 Years, Blames...
LOGAN SQUARE — A popular liquor store and event space is calling it quits after its owners say their landlord forced them out of their location to benefit a neighboring business, a claim the landlord...
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La Catedral Cafe & Restaurant Opening North Lawndale Location In December
NORTH LAWNDALE — A popular Little Village Mexican breakfast restaurant is set to open another location next month inside North Lawndale’s Ogden Commons. La Catedral Cafe & Restaurant is opening...
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Oro Chocolate & Coffee, With Beans Sourced From Nicaragua, Opens In Wicker Park
WICKER PARK — A chocolate shop and cafe that uses sustainably harvested cacao and coffee beans from Nicaragua to produce “bean to bar, crop to cup” products has opened in Wicker Park. Oro Chocolate...
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Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine Moves From Uptown To Bigger Edgewater Space
EDGEWATER — A celebrated African restaurant in Uptown has moved to Edgewater and upgraded to a bigger space. Tesfa Ethiopian Cuisine opened Friday in its new location at 5352 N. Broadway, the...
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At Berlin Nightclub, Lakeview’s ‘Island Of Misfit Toys,’ Anything Was Possible
LAKEVIEW — “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge pulsed through Berlin Nightclub’s speakers as everyone on its dance floor — many of whom had just gotten out of jail after that weekend’s ACT UP protest —...
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Farm Bar Ravenswood Opens Tuesday Night
RAVENSWOOD — Farm Bar Ravenswood, from the owners of the popular Farm Bar Lakeview, will open at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The restaurant in the former Land & Lake space, 1970 W. Montrose Ave., offers a...
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6 Vintage Resellers Coming To West Town With Launch Of Pep Club Vintage...
WEST TOWN — A coalition of vintage resellers offering a wide range of styles and sizes of secondhand clothing have teamed up to open a store and workshop in West Town. Pep Club Vintage brings together...
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Gangnam Market Brings ‘American-Asian Hybrid’ Grocery Store To West Town
WEST TOWN — An “American-Asian hybrid” grocery store, food court and bar will host its grand opening in West Town this weekend after an extended soft launch over the past year. Gangnam Market, 1001 W....
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Emeche Cakery Closes After 4 Years On Bronzeville’s Prairie Avenue
BRONZEVILLE — Emeche Cakery is saying goodbye. Owner Janell Richmond announced via Instagram Tuesday that the cafe, 3453 S. Prairie Ave., would close immediately after four years in Bronzeville. The...
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Open Books Opens North Lawndale Pay-What-You-Can Store And Headquarters
NORTH LAWNDALE — After years of West Side pop-ups, literacy nonprofit Open Books opened a new headquarters in North Lawndale this week — its fourth shop in Chicago. The nonprofit unveiled its new home...
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Steingold’s Of Chicago Opening Deli Across From Wrigley Field
LAKEVIEW — Steingold’s of Chicago will bring its modern Jewish deli to Wrigleyville with a second location across from the Friendly Confines soon. Steingold’s announced the new deli, within the Hotel...
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