Monday, May 20, 2013
The Lake View hot spot snags the attention of the dining magazine for its strong selection of beer and the beautiful cottonwood trees shading the garden.
According to Food & Wine Magazine, Lake View is home to the hottest spot to snag a few brews in the great outdoors. Sheffield’s Chicago, sitting at 3528 N. Sheffield St., is ranked first on the list of the dining magazine’s breakdown of best beer gardens in the nation. The Lake View staple is noted for its hefty selection of tasty beverages and the feel of its outdoor space. “This popular Lakeview garden concentrates on the beer, offering a strong selection of American craft brews and a number of spectacular bottles from Belgium, like Brouwerij Verhaeghe’s Duchesse de Bourgogne, a complex fruity-and-sour blend of oak-aged ales,” Food & Wine writes. “Cottonwood trees shade the picnic tables on its comfy patio.” Also making the list are …
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3248 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL
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The revolving pop-up store moves to North Halsted Street with hot buys in the heart of Boystown.
Those looking to snag new clothes from designers like Tom Ford, Ralph Lauren and Jil Stuart can make a beeline to Boystown, because pop-up shop Re.Stock has landed on Halsted. Owner Julie Labarge moves the business to different storefronts around Chicago every few months, and even set up shop in 2009 at the current Five Guys location on North Broadway. This time she’s open at 3519 N. Halsted St. for three months to sell her designer digs to the boys in Boystown. “I just have so much men’s stuff,” Labarge said. “I was going to open the shop in Wicker Park on Milwaukee, but this just made more sense.” Re.Stock will be selling everything from hats and ties to jeans and jackets through the end of August before potentially moving again. It’ll …
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3519 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
The moving company next to the Vic will soon be developed 80 loft-style apartments with retail on the ground floor. Anderson Brothers Moving was in business for more than 110 years.
Friday, May 17, 2013
The theater company is adding multiple new features to its North Side cinema on Western Avenue.
New features will soon be coming to the Regal City North Stadium 14, with construction slated for both a screening space and the concessions area, City of Chicago permits confirm. The cinema, located at 2600 N. Western Ave., will soon have crews doing an estimated $220,000 build-out. Regal will be adding a new IMAX screen, in addition to renovating their existing concessions support area, plans detail. Regal on Western is already home to 3D movie capabilities, as well as the Regal Premium Experience, or RPX. Regal’s RPX is a “custom-built premium environment featuring elegant and luxurious seats with high-back headrests, a giant immersive screen illuminated by high-quality digital projectors and completed with a state-of-the-art sound …
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2600 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.
Patch has launched a new site to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to grow her business. Additional…
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The new business will renovate the gutted space to become Winehouse, a high-end store only selling wines and wine-related accessories. And one of the partners behind the store is responsible for branding Illinois' two IKEA stores.
Specialty wine shop Winehouse is headed to East Lake View, and the local owners say they plan to be the experts on fine wines in their newly renovated space. Formerly home to Superior Eye Care, the building’s landlord gutted the highly trafficked storefront at 3164 N. Broadway after their departure. Now Lake View native Gary Stephens and his partners plan to completely renovate the 1,400-square-foot space with hopes to open in early September. “Our plan is to open an upscale wine shop,” Stephens said. “We think it’ll enhance the neighborhood. The idea is a service-oriented wine shop where people can come in and learn about wine, get pairing advice and have a pleasant experience buying wine a relatively small store.” Winehouse will …
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3164 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL
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Ald. Tom Tunney says he misspoke when detailing the upcoming closure of the independent grocery store The Market Place. Lincoln Park Market on Clark Street, however, is shuttering.
Editor's Note: This story has been modified after Ald. Tom Tunney said he misspoke, and The Market Place will not be closing this summer. After detailing an upcoming closure of one of Chicago’s oldest independent grocery store The Market Place, Ald. Tom Tunney says he misspoke, and the store will not be closing in the foreseeable future. Lincoln Park Market, located at 2500 N. Clark St., however, will be shuttering its doors this summer. Tunney outlined the upcoming plans to shutter the business at Monday night’s South East Lake View Neighbors meeting, confirming rumors changes were coming to the business. But storeowner Peter Sellas and his brother George Stellas say it’s completely untrue, and Tunney’s slip-up is bad for business. “It’s…
Monday, May 13, 2013
The rumors are true: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream is coming to Southport Avenue, making it the company’s first storefront serving up the high-end treats in Chicago. Hear what Jeni herself has to say about the move.
The rumor mill can finally come to a halt, because Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream confirms they’ll open their first location in Illinois in Lake View. Formerly home to Safari Cup, the high-end ice cream store will open at 3404 N. Southport Ave., next door to the upcoming Starbucks location. A representative with the company says Jeni’s will complete construction and open in August. “We are beyond excited to be opening in Chicago,” said Jeni Britton Bauer, who founded Jeni’s in 2002. “I grew up in Illinois and have always dreamed of having a shop there. We are thrilled to be joining the amazing Chicago food scene, which simply can’t be topped.” Thus far, the popular ice cream company only has 12 storefronts in Ohio and Tennessee, but sells pints…
The historic theater on Southport Avenue is transforming one of its screening rooms. A bigger screen and new layout is in order.
Fans of foreign and independent films will soon have an updated, new space to sit back, relax and enjoy the show as the Music Box Theatre guts and renovates one of its screening rooms. The historic theater at 3733 N. Southport Ave. started construction on one of its two auditoriums, practically gutting the entire space. When finished, the 99-seat space will be downsized to 70 seats and feature a larger screen. Permits estimate the work will cost $150,000. Buck LePard, assistant general manager at the Music Box, says the project has been in the works for some time, and now it’s finally come to fruition. “We’re renovating our second theater,” LePard said. “We have two theaters—our main one that seats 700 and another that seats about 100. We’…
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3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
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3:42 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The address is 3258, not 3528. more ›