sundevilpeg wrote:Anyone familiar with the north Winnetka area knows this location, originally a Packard dealership (!). While I commend Winnetka for attracting another grocer, I am skeptical about the "40 dedicated parking spots for shoppers" part of the article. Where? In the Winnetka village square? Something doesn't add up here at all.

Anyone familiar with Hubbard Woods.....


FIFY

Traviata Gelato, 1111 Burlington Ave, Lisle, is closed.

Just drove by what looks like a new location for Bow Truss at Kedzie and Milwaukee (just next to Reno). Good addition to the neighborhood!

Looks as though Pork Shoppe has opened a second location in the northern fringes of Andersonville; either that or they will be very soon.

Pork Shoppe
5721 N Clark
773-654-1800

Drover wrote:Looks as though Pork Shoppe has opened a second location in the northern fringes of Andersonville; either that or they will be very soon.

Pork Shoppe
5721 N Clark
773-654-1800

http://www.porkshoppechicago.com/

Rif

Unique ceremony marks opening of Fratello's deli in downtown Homewood

Fratello's Deli and Catering marked the opening of its shop at 18201 Dixie Highway with a salami-cutting ceremony.

Homewood Mayor Richard Hofeld did the honors during an opening reception Friday. The shop will open for business Monday, May 11, with regular hours of 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. during the week and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

Co-owner Adrian Martino said the shop is the realization of an idea he and co-owner Marco Caso had about 14 years ago when both were working in a delivery business.

The deli offers fresh meats, dessert delicacies from Sweet Annie's in Flossmoor, sandwiches, wraps and pasta dishes, from pollo caprese to buffalo blue chicken and rigatoni a la vodka. The shelves are stocked with pastas, spices and other ingredients for Italian cooking, from roasted peppers to lupini beans.

The dining area has nine tables.

Dateline: Jefferson Park, 4900 block of Milwaukee Ave

Godzilla Sushi coming. Moved into the old Cafe Soroni storefront.

https://chicago.everyblock.com/food-ins ... n-6856479/

Dateline: Northwest Side - Mayfair

How'd we miss this??

Rubino's Seafood at Halsted and Lake St closed in March 2015 and moved to 4949 Elston in Mayfair. Besides their normal wholesale biz they now have a retail outlet in their cooler. Going back to take photos and check out their offerings got there just a little while ago when they were closing up. Only opened until 3:30pm right now.

http://www.chitownseafood.com

This is gonna be great for me being it's minutes away via car.

kenji wrote:Dateline: Northwest Side - Mayfair

How'd we miss this??

Rubino's Seafood at Halsted and Lake St closed in March 2015 and moved to 4949 Elston in Mayfair. Besides their normal wholesale biz they now have a retail outlet in their cooler. Going back to take photos and check out their offerings got there just a little while ago when they were closing up. Only opened until 3:30pm right now.

http://www.chitownseafood.com

This is gonna be great for me being it's minutes away via car.

I had noticed the building was torn down recently. I didn't know if they had closed business or moved, so this is good news.

A Southeast Asian-inspired Chipotle offshoot is planning to open its first Chicago restaurant on West Jackson Boulevard in the Loop this fall. ShopHouse is patterned after the assembly-line style quick-service concept pioneered by the Denver-based burrito chain. It focuses on the cuisines of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... o-the-loop

Q-Tine, a Logan Square spot serving up BBQ and poutine opened yesterday. Stopped in for carry outs tonight, and it was pretty good. Eater has the menu posted.

Q-Tine
2339 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60647

After about a month in business, Heavenston Eatery (aka Brown Sack 2.0) has closed. Apparently, it was too hard sharing space with a nonprofit. Too bad, the slow-roasted pork was as great as ever.

Pita Puff in Elgin has been replaced by Cilantro Taco Grill. I haven't checked it out yet. We sure needed another Mexican restaurant.

Looks like a Le Pain Quotidien will be going in to the old Boston Market location at 1562 N. Wells.

http://chicago.everyblock.com/building- ... g-6861748/

Edited to correct incorrect street number.

New shop in the Mitsuwa food court. Didn't try myself, but there was a line about 10 people deep on Wednesday night. Tweet from Mitsuwa on May 8:

Grand Opening of 1st "Sutadonya" in the U.S.!! Congratulations! Pronounced "Sue tah don yah"

https://twitter.com/mitsuwa_chi/status/596706998831489025

After about a month in business, Heavenston Eatery (aka Brown Sack 2.0) has closed. Apparently, it was too hard sharing space with a nonprofit. Too bad, the slow-roasted pork was as great as ever.

I think the complete lack of identifying signage, the limited hours, non-existent parking, and extensive sewer replacement work on Dempster had much more to do with the demise of this place. That's a damn shame.

Dateline: Addison at the Kennedy

OK so now Mirabell isn't closing, new people gonna run it:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mi ... FB_CHBrand

Chef Rick Bayless' Randolph Street project will be a brewery, his team announced Friday. The new brewery, under development at 900 W. Randolph St., will be named Cruz Blanca, according to the company's blog. The brewery, slated to open later this year, will include a tasting room, food service and growler program, Bayless' team said.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150522 ... be-brewery

kenji wrote:Dateline: Addison at the Kennedy

OK so now Mirabell isn't closing, new people gonna run it:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mi ... FB_CHBrand

Only if someone buys it and keeps it as-is, which hasn't happened yet -- and I doubt it will for various reasons (namely location and changing culinary tastes). Jeff's still outta here one way or the other.

Kow Kow is closing. I'm not sure this link will work, as it is a picture of the closing notice shared on Facebook.

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hp ... e=55C9DF13

It says it will close at 9 pm on Sunday May 31st, next week.

This is rather devastating to my family, as we have a multi-generational history of meals at Kow Kow. 5 generations of my mother's side have gathered there to celebrate various life events and holidays. Heck, after my husband and I were an established couple, I learned his mother ate their egg rolls non-stop during her pregnancy with him, and that they frequented the restaurant. We most likely crossed paths several times times prior to meeting in college.

I do agree that it's gone downhill, or my tastes have matured since I started going here as child. The egg rolls and homemade mustard sauce are still the golden standard to me. I also enjoy their version of wonton soup, although it seemed to lack salt the last time I had it.

Kim

Coogles wrote:Looks like a Le Pain Quotidien will be going in to the old Boston Market location at 1962 N. Wells.

http://chicago.everyblock.com/building- ... g-6861748/

I believe the correct address is 1562 N Wells, at North Avenue. 1962 N Wells would be near Damen, and I do not recall a Boston Market there. Here is an Eater link to confirm the location: http://chicago.eater.com/2015/5/22/8645 ... ton-market

Smassey wrote:

Coogles wrote:Looks like a Le Pain Quotidien will be going in to the old Boston Market location at 1962 N. Wells.

http://chicago.everyblock.com/building- ... g-6861748/

I believe the correct address is 1562 N Wells, at North Avenue. 1962 N Wells would be near Damen, and I do not recall a Boston Market there. Here is an Eater link to confirm the location: http://chicago.eater.com/2015/5/22/8645 ... ton-market

You are correct, my fingers had a mind fart when I was typing that. This is going in the empty Boston Market at North and Wells.

Smassey wrote:1962 N Wells would be near Damen, and I do not recall a Boston Market there.

Wells and Damen are both north-south streets and thus do not intersect. You may be confusing Damen (2000W) with Armitage (2000N). Although Wells only goes as far north as about 1850 N where it runs into Lincoln, and Armitage ends at Clark, so neither one reaches their hypothetical intersection in the middle of the park.

nsxtasy wrote:

Smassey wrote:1962 N Wells would be near Damen, and I do not recall a Boston Market there.

Wells and Damen are both north-south streets and thus do not intersect. You may be confusing Damen (2000W) with Armitage (2000N). Although Wells only goes as far north as about 1850 N where it runs into Lincoln, and Armitage ends at Clark, so neither one reaches their hypothetical intersection in the middle of the park.

The location is at/near North Avenue, a few doors up from Up Down Tobacco, IIRC.

ld111134 wrote:

nsxtasy wrote:

Smassey wrote:1962 N Wells would be near Damen, and I do not recall a Boston Market there.

Wells and Damen are both north-south streets and thus do not intersect. You may be confusing Damen (2000W) with Armitage (2000N). Although Wells only goes as far north as about 1850 N where it runs into Lincoln, and Armitage ends at Clark, so neither one reaches their hypothetical intersection in the middle of the park.

Yes, I totally goofed on the 2000 W = Damen and N = Armitage thing. Bottom line, Boston Market was at Wells and North, 1562 N Wells.

The location is at/near North Avenue, a few doors up from Up Down Tobacco, IIRC.

Yes, exactly.

Now what's the new place that started all this talk?

Smassey wrote:
Now what's the new place that started all this talk?

That is of far less importance.

The restaurant group behind the newly opened Remington's and Lakeview staple Crosby's Kitchen plans a new American restaurant called The Windsor for the space at 160 E. Huron St. formerly occupied by Elephant & Castle.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... ville-spot

Things are happening on Broadway between Roscoe and Aldine!

L'Appetito Cafe looks as if it's opened. It's at 3332 N. Broadway and, based on the name and glimpses inside while it was under construction, appears to only/predominantly have prepared items vs. the grocery + prepared items at their other locations.

Shawn Michelle's Old Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream has opened at 3343 N. Broadway.

BB Bun Mi Express -- which has been closed for a couple months following a fire -- appears to have reopened. It's at 3409 N. Broadway.

And in a minor vent: As I walked down Broadway this morning I saw signs (presumably from the city) taped to the windows of many businesses letting them know the water would be turned off tomorrow morning and would be on by late afternoon. I'm sure that businesses which require running water to operate love being notified at the last minute that they'll have to close for most of the day.

Dateline: Downtown Jefferson Park, 4945 N. Milwaukee Ave Chicago

Godzilla Sushi opened a few days ago and reviews so far are very positive.

http://redd.it/37gfej

Cemitas Puebla is closing its Humboldt Park location after losing its lease, vows to re-open in HP:

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150527 ... ears-owner