Openings and Closings, Comings and Goings
Openings and Closings, Comings and Goings
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Post #1651 - July 24th, 2009, 2:33 pmIt appears that O'Fame (formerly on Webster, now at Western and Berteau) has closed. The sign and website say that they are closed for the holidays starting June 29th. Unless the holidays include Labor Day, I think they would be open now. An additional sign in the window says "For Lease".
I am not exactly sure what I'm going to do without their garlic, oil, and tomato pizza. Probably lose a few pounds....
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Post #1652 - July 26th, 2009, 12:57 pmRustik in Logan Square has a sign saying that they'll be reopening on 8/18 as Rustico Cafe.It is VERY important to be smart when you're doing something stupid
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Post #1653 - July 27th, 2009, 2:05 pm12345ne wrote:It appears that O'Fame (formerly on Webster, now at Western and Berteau) has closed. The sign and website say that they are closed for the holidays starting June 29th. Unless the holidays include Labor Day, I think they would be open now. An additional sign in the window says "For Lease".
I am not exactly sure what I'm going to do without their garlic, oil, and tomato pizza. Probably lose a few pounds....
You can always travel a little further EAST and try the delicious GO&T pizza at Bojono's. We've never eaten there, only had it delivered. Great crust that seems to have some herby seasoning in it. We order it well done.
BoJono's
4185 N Clarendon Ave
Chicago, IL 60613-2228
(773) 404-9700Last edited by Beverator on July 28th, 2009, 9:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post #1654 - July 27th, 2009, 6:09 pmBeverator wrote:12345ne wrote:It appears that O'Fame (formerly on Webster, now at Western and Berteau) has closed. The sign and website say that they are closed for the holidays starting June 29th. Unless the holidays include Labor Day, I think they would be open now. An additional sign in the window says "For Lease".
I am not exactly sure what I'm going to do without their garlic, oil, and tomato pizza. Probably lose a few pounds....
You can always travel a little further north and try the delicious GO&T pizza at Bojono's. We've never eaten there, only had it delivered. Great crust that seems to have some herby seasoning in it. We order it well done.
BoJono's
4185 N Clarendon Ave
Chicago, IL 60613-2228
(773) 404-9700
Interesting - I don't believe I've ever had anybody's GO&T pizza (and sorry I missed O'Fame's if it was good, as it is pretty close). Now I've got a hankering to try it. (might want to update the directions to advise people to head EAST of O'Fame, though, rather than north).Objects in mirror appear to be losing.
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Post #1655 - July 28th, 2009, 11:50 amLooks like a new Japanese place has opened on Irving Park just east of Western. It's called, Mio Bento. The only mention of it I could dig up was on Yelp. Apparently they are only open for lunch now, but plan to offer dinner soon. Seems like it's quick sushi. I'll have to give it a whirl when they do dinner.
Mio Bento
2245 W Irving Park Rd
(between Bell Ave & Oakley Ave)
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Post #1656 - July 28th, 2009, 11:53 amIt appears that O'Fame (formerly on Webster, now at Western and Berteau) has closed. The sign and website say that they are closed for the holidays starting June 29th. Unless the holidays include Labor Day, I think they would be open now. An additional sign in the window says "For Lease".
Sad. We were a little suspicious when we called for delivery last week and got voicemail similar to the sign on the window and the website.
I've never tried Bojono's... does anyone know offhand what their delivery area is? I don't find a website for them. O'Fame was one of the few great pizza joints (along with Marie's and Art of Pizza) that delivered to the pizza delivery dead zone that I live in (near Montrose & California.)
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Post #1657 - July 28th, 2009, 3:05 pmNigerian Kitchen is going to open in the storefront next to Hae Woon Dae, featuring Nigerian and African cuisine. If it takes, parking is going to get a lot more interesting in that lot.
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Post #1658 - July 28th, 2009, 4:28 pmjaybo wrote:Nigerian Kitchen is going to open in the storefront next to Hae Woon Dae, featuring Nigerian and African cuisine. If it takes, parking is going to get a lot more interesting in that lot.
Great intel, any target opening date?
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Post #1659 - July 28th, 2009, 4:54 pmNoticed yesterday that another mediterranean place is going into the Location of the Damned on Lincoln between Wilson and Leland previously held another mediterranean place, Skewerz.
Seems like throwing worse money after bad money, but maybe they'll make a go of it.
There's another taco/burrito joint going into the old Con Sabor Cubano space as well.Writing about craft beer at GuysDrinkingBeer.com
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Post #1660 - July 28th, 2009, 5:11 pmG Wiv wrote:jaybo wrote:Nigerian Kitchen is going to open in the storefront next to Hae Woon Dae, featuring Nigerian and African cuisine. If it takes, parking is going to get a lot more interesting in that lot.
Great intel, any target opening date?
Has an "opening soon" sign in the window, but we ate at HWD a couple weeks back and they were clearly open to the Nigerian community: it was packed, and the music bleeding through the walls made for an interesting cultural mash-up. I think there was some kind of wedding? At any rate, they're "sort of" open, which is why I didn't post.
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Post #1661 - July 28th, 2009, 6:06 pmPitaChip wrote:It appears that O'Fame (formerly on Webster, now at Western and Berteau) has closed. The sign and website say that they are closed for the holidays starting June 29th. Unless the holidays include Labor Day, I think they would be open now. An additional sign in the window says "For Lease".
Sad. We were a little suspicious when we called for delivery last week and got voicemail similar to the sign on the window and the website.
I've never tried Bojono's... does anyone know offhand what their delivery area is? I don't find a website for them. O'Fame was one of the few great pizza joints (along with Marie's and Art of Pizza) that delivered to the pizza delivery dead zone that I live in (near Montrose & California.)
This thread regarding pizza delivery to Lincoln Square might help you out a bit.
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Post #1662 - July 28th, 2009, 6:45 pmChuy's Chicken at 3652 Lawrence is closed with a For Lease sign in the window.
When I drove on Sunday there was a new awning that said something like "Nick's BBQ Pit". The Chuy's sign had not been replaced. It looks like the For Lease sign was gone, windows were covered.
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Post #1663 - July 28th, 2009, 11:23 pmmrsm wrote:Chuy's Chicken at 3652 Lawrence is closed with a For Lease sign in the window.
When I drove on Sunday there was a new awning that said something like "Nick's BBQ Pit". The Chuy's sign had not been replaced. It looks like the For Lease sign was gone, windows were covered.
It's a sign for Nick's Pit Stop, same font and design as the Bucktown location. I've enjoyed that place for over a decade and have always thought about mentioning it in the Places That Don't Get the LTH Love thread. Would be a nice addition to Albany Park if it happens.
Nick's Pit Stop
2011 N Damen Ave
(773) 342-9736
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Post #1664 - July 29th, 2009, 11:06 amAnyone know what happened to PJ Clarke's on Armitage this time around? Just noticed the closed signs and windows papered over ...
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Post #1665 - July 29th, 2009, 11:43 ambbk wrote:Anyone know what happened to PJ Clarke's on Armitage this time around? Just noticed the closed signs and windows papered over ...
Their website only reflects the Gold Coast and Streeterville locations, so I think it's safe to say it's gone for good.
Apparently they've been there for three years, yet all this time I didn't even realize they had a Lincoln Park location.
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Post #1666 - July 29th, 2009, 12:04 pmthere is a sign up & construction at 2045 North Ave for a joint called "J. Wellingtons".
Considering "Wimpy" from the Popeye cartoons was really "J. Wellington Wimpy" and the sign had a Wimpy-like bowler hat on it, perhaps this is a burger joint ?
Will they let me pay them on Tuesday ?
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Post #1667 - July 29th, 2009, 12:11 pmSince Wimpy's is still a going concern in the UK, I foresee a letter from a lawyer. Or at least from a solicitor.Watch Sky Full of Bacon, the Chicago food HD podcast!
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Post #1668 - July 29th, 2009, 1:10 pmtem wrote:Considering "Wimpy" from the Popeye cartoons was really "J. Wellington Wimpy" and the sign had a Wimpy-like bowler hat on it, perhaps this is a burger joint ?
Just what Chicago needs, another burger joint.
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Post #1669 - July 29th, 2009, 2:23 pmLAZ wrote:d4v3 wrote:I am not sure what this means exactly, but interestingly, I was driving past East of Edens, and noticed they were putting up yellow Vienna Beef awnings that said Harry's Hotdogs.
100-year-old Harry Heftman is now working at East of Edens and Fulton's Chicken. The signs probably went up at the welcome event.
Recent article about Harry - http://www.pioneerlocal.com/skokie/news ... s1.articleNever order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
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Post #1670 - July 29th, 2009, 3:52 pmSmashburger is adding to the invasion of hamburger chains
http://www.smashburger.com/blog/2009/07 ... tore-deal/
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Post #1671 - July 29th, 2009, 7:04 pmtapler wrote:... Nick's Pit Stop, same font and design as the Bucktown location. I've enjoyed that place for over a decade and have always thought about mentioning it in the Places That Don't Get the LTH Love thread...
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Post #1672 - July 30th, 2009, 2:33 pmhttp://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/ ... coln-park/
Yesterday, the business owners around Minnies looked on in confusion as the tiny-portions restaurant emptied its store of its chairs, tables, silverware—and, yes, probably those miniature burger buns, too. By midday, brown paper had been plastered on the windows and signs had been hung. “Sorry, we’re closed,” they said. But that doesn’t quite get to it: The restaurant is gone for good. Apparently in this economy people don’t want to drop two dollars on a sandwich sized to feed Barbie. And that’s something not even an endorsement from the President could change.
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Post #1673 - July 30th, 2009, 2:35 pmEric wrote:And that’s something not even an endorsement from the President could change.
So a Minnie's summit isn't in the cards, then.
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Post #1674 - July 30th, 2009, 5:37 pmThe space housing the short-lived Zahrat el Madaen has signage for Chicago's Big Dog with a coming soon sign in the window as well as a lighted open sign. I wonder if this isn't another ill-conceived project in part because that stretch of Kedzie does not have a lot of foot traffic.
Chicago's Big Dog
4503 North Kedzie
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Post #1675 - July 31st, 2009, 7:53 amsundevilpeg wrote:The erstwhile Taylor Street resto on Central St. in Evanston now has papered-over windows, and a sign announcing the imminent arrival of the "Bonsai Cafe," which will feature sushi/pan-Asian dishes. I believe that this marks the opening of the 1,021st place of this type in Evanston. . . .and a very similar place just a couple of blocks away opened and closed within a year, leaving no trace (former Daruma space, now a gluten-free bakery).
For the LOVE of GOD, can we please get a Korean place, or a really good Thai or Vietnamese place, or even a reasonably authentic Chinese place of ANY kind up here? ARRRGH! (I get like this every time I come back from a couple of days in Madison - had a wonderful dinner Monday with the Customary Dining Companion at Lao Laan-Xang, which is so successful that they now have two locations. Sadly, an Evanston branch is not in the long-range plan. . . *sigh*)
At least that Taylor Street Italian place is gone. I ate there twice and both times where awful, so much for giving a place a second chance. Sushi/pan-Asian isn't there one of those just down the street on central.
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Post #1676 - July 31st, 2009, 8:57 pmAn awning with the name "Hello Sushi and Thai" is up on the south side of Devon, just east of Clark. It doesn't look like they are too far along on the work on the inside. A website is also on their awning, http://www.hellosushibar.com, but nothing seems to be up there yet. Probably not related to the Hello Sushi in Baton Rouge, though.
Hello Sushi and Thai
1553 W Devon Ave
Chicago, IL 60660-1378
(773) 942-6734
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Post #1677 - July 31st, 2009, 9:09 pmSushi/pan-Asian isn't there one of those just down the street on central.
Yessir - two, in fact, IIRC. One's called Pinto, on the North side of Central (next to the post office, or at lease close by); the other, on the south side, is just a few doors away to the east (between the Christian Science Reading Room and Bluestone). The name of that one escapes me.
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Post #1678 - July 31st, 2009, 10:24 pmThe pan-asian restuarant and sushi bar across Central Street from Pinto is Royin. Very good.
Royin Pan-Asian Restaurant & Sushi Bar
1930 Central St.
Evanston IL 60201
847-332-2204
http://www.royinsushibar.com/
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Post #1679 - August 1st, 2009, 6:30 pmPanther in the Den wrote:Panther in the Den wrote:There is a new sushi and noodles place opening up on the SW corner of Des Plaines and Madison in Forest Park...
Another doomed corner.
Coral Sushi and Thai
Now open. Boy! People must love Sushi in the tri-suburb area (Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park).
I believe we have reached maximum sushi/Thai capacity in the Oak Park area. With that said, there's another place opening on Madison (and Circle, I think) later this year. No more -- please!If knowledge is the key then just show me the lock ...
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Post #1680 - August 3rd, 2009, 11:13 amThere is a Mista opening at Clark and Balmoral between the tanning salon and Restoration.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mista-chicago
(that's the Lakeview one)
It's cracker crust pizza, some other italian things too - fresh, organic.
But seriously....... Great Lake is around the corner, Calo is almost next door, and a block south is Homemade Pizza Co. and across from that is Ranalli's.
I wish Andersonville would put in something besides pizza. We have more than enough already. I'm sure this will be good, and I like cracker crust - but we're oversaturated.
