Suzy Creamcheese wrote:I am really hoping this is affiliated with the Kabul House that brought us so much joy when it was located in easily accessible Skokie. Hopefully it will open before we move!

I don't know if they are affiliated, but in case you didn't hear, GNR Kabul House is again open in Skokie. I just had lunch there today. It was great as always.

Kabul House
4949 Oakton Street
Skokie, IL 60077
847-674-3830

Suzy Creamcheese wrote:Soon to arrive at the northeast corner of Devon & Bell: Kabul House Express. I am really hoping this is affiliated with the Kabul House that brought us so much joy when it was located in easily accessible Skokie. Hopefully it will open before we move!

Just checking - did you know that they opened up 6 months ago in downtown Skokie? Perhaps you consider that "not easily accessible Skokie", but I thought I'd mention it in case you were under the impression they were still languishing out behind the airport.

I too would be excited by a Devon location.

By the way, Habibi, the Faik-al-Baik spot you're talking about, is that on Devon, or where?

Yes, I do recall that they reopened in Skokie, but we used to walk to the old location. The new one is a bit further out I think.

daruma wrote:Sign on 33 Club (1400 block of north Wells)
"Closed look for our relaunch soon"
they better still accept my open table (or was it yelp) certificate!

I purchased a deal from Travelzoo. I contacted Travelzoo yesterday for a refund but have not received a response.

ryanwc wrote:By the way, Habibi, the Faik-al-Baik spot you're talking about, is that on Devon, or where?

Twas indeed Devon, just west of Ghareeb Nawaz at 2032 W. Devon, Chicago, IL 60659. The place was formerly known as Taza BBQ.

PreFlopRaise13 wrote:

daruma wrote:Sign on 33 Club (1400 block of north Wells)
"Closed look for our relaunch soon"
they better still accept my open table (or was it yelp) certificate!

I purchased a deal from Travelzoo. I contacted Travelzoo yesterday for a refund but have not received a response.

That's odd, we had dinner (not bad, not great) there a couple of weeks ago and it was packed.

Bumpa's Italian Beef is gone, and with it that wacky mural at the back. (5200 N. Elston at Foster & LaPorte)

Pie Lady wrote:Bumpa's Italian Beef is gone, and with it that wacky mural at the back. (5200 N. Elston at Foster & LaPorte)

It's a happy day in Forest Glen! That place was a blight on Italian beef.

Francesca's pizzeria (née Nella Pizzeria) has closed at 2423 N. Clark. A sign in the window says 'Reza's coming soon)

spinynorman99 wrote:

PreFlopRaise13 wrote:

daruma wrote:Sign on 33 Club (1400 block of north Wells)
"Closed look for our relaunch soon"
they better still accept my open table (or was it yelp) certificate!

I purchased a deal from Travelzoo. I contacted Travelzoo yesterday for a refund but have not received a response.

That's odd, we had dinner (not bad, not great) there a couple of weeks ago and it was packed.

Ah, good old fashioned mismanagement, not directly related to popularity:

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... ant-closed

Dammit, that means Gioco is closed too.

Pie Lady wrote:Dammit, that means Gioco is closed too.

That happened a couple of months ago.

from the Crain's article linked about 33 club, is a sidebar link about Gioco that includes this, "
The owners of South Loop restaurant Gioco say it will reopen for dinner service starting Wednesday after being shuttered for a month when its state taxes went unpaid.


The Italian restaurant at 1312 S. Wabash Ave. will add lunch service in two weeks and resume Sunday brunch in the fall, co-owners Jerry Kleiner and Howard Davis said in a news release.
Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/ ... z1MjSKK4Rz

Received an email from Gioco yesterday that they have in fact reopened "after an extensive Spring refurbishing!"

They are open for lunch M-F and dinner all week long.

Correction to my earlier post: Kabul House Express is not going in at Bell & Devon; that space is still occupied (profitably, it seems) by Hyderabad House's family dining offshoot. Kabul House is a bit further west...Oakley? Claremont? One of those Locations of the Damned, anyway.

New cupcake/candy shop in Little Italy. Serves about 10 varieties of cupcakes in both "skinny" and "piggy" portions with a wide selection of candies. I had a lemon drop cupcake; tasty, rich cream and moist cake. Doesn't look like a "destination" sweet shop, but I'll be back to check out some of the more interesting looking flavors.

Skinnie Piggy
1214 W. Taylor Street
http://www.skinniepiggy.com/

The website of Calypso Cafe in Hyde Park announces its imminent closing on Sunday, June 5.

And yet another new sign on the revolving location @ 3800 n on Harlem. Smokey Bears BBQ is now going to open there. I dont think the last occupant ever actually opened.

Is this the location of Jimmie G's (with the red awning?)

Pie Lady wrote:Is this the location of Jimmie G's (with the red awning?)

YES

visionarytics wrote:New cupcake/candy shop in Little Italy. Serves about 10 varieties of cupcakes in both "skinny" and "piggy" portions with a wide selection of candies. I had a lemon drop cupcake; tasty, rich cream and moist cake. Doesn't look like a "destination" sweet shop, but I'll be back to check out some of the more interesting looking flavors.

Skinnie Piggy
1214 W. Taylor Street
http://www.skinniepiggy.com/

Didn't we reach cupcake shop saturation levels about 9 months ago?

jazzman wrote:I don't know if this has been mentioned or not ..... Kopper Kitchen at Route 83 and St. Charles Road in Elmhurst is closed and boarded up.

There was an article on the Trib Local site about this back in March:

http://triblocal.com/elmhurst/2011/03/15/kopper-kitchen-closes/

Today is the last day for Pasticceria Natalina in Andersonville.

Newly opened in the AP, a Filipino restaurant run by the owners of Kapatid Oriental Store:

Resto Pinoy Fine Filipino Cuisine
3536 Lawrence Ave
Chicago IL 60625
773-681-9536

BBQ Bobs on Howard will soon be Sam's Chicken and Ribs. Speaking of BBQ, the former Fulton's Chicken on Touhy and Clark is still empty with a brand spanking new Aquarium Smoker. Any takers? The hood could really use a decent barbecue joint. GWiv, time for a mid-life crisis?

d4v3 wrote:BBQ Bobs on Howard will soon be Sam's Chicken and Ribs.

Assuming this is the same Sam's on Granville, is he moving or opening a second location? Food was never outstanding but servicible, I lived around the corner in 1994 when he first opened and other than McDonalds it was the closest food right there.

This is more of a clopening:
From an email from Jury's at 4337 N. Lincoln:

Yes the rumors are true, Jury's will have new owners soon. In fact this is the final week for Pete and Dan.
We will both be gone on a golf trip to Michigan until Thursday evening. We will be back for the weekend, closed on Monday, Memorial Day and our last day will be Tuesday May 31st.

The new owners John and Mike will officially take over June 1st. You can stop by and meet them this week Monday through Thursday. They intend to keep Jury's going the same as it has been. All gift cards will be honored. The staff is staying. The Royalty Rewards program will continue. I'm sure they will be interested in what you have to say about what you liked or didn't like at Jury's.
Dan and I started the Jury Room on June 12, 1979 at 2432 N. Lincoln, closed it the end of 1994. We then opened Jury's on March 16, 1996. That's a pretty good run! It's time to take it easy and enjoy the rest of our lives.

We have enjoyed serving all our wonderful customers over the years, many of you have become good friends. How can we say thank you for the great support that you gave us? I don't think that's possible. So......we will just say it, Thanks!

We hope you will get a chance to stop by and see us before we go, although we will be around the neighborhood and hope to see some of you from time to time.

Finally, we want to thank our great staff. Many of them have been with us for years. They are the real reason Jury's has been successful. We hope that you will continue to support them and Jury's in the future.

All the very best to everyone!

Peter and Dan

Grand Central
950 West Wrightwood
Chicago, IL 60610


Closed.

Yeah...I'm devastated too.

Is it too much to ask that The BOKA Group opens another “so hot you can’t get in” place here?

Achatz? Are you aware of this great location?

Six steps from being under the EL?

Across from that weird Euro-sausage place?

You could pick-up the pizza eaters who don’t want to wait two hours for Malnati's


HELP!?

DMChicago wrote:Grand Central
950 West Wrightwood
Chicago, IL 60610


Closed.

But where will I go when I want to wear oversize dress shirts, American Eagle jeans, a bent Oklahoma cap and sandals?

Never stepped into Grand Central but I used to hang out at Club 950 in that space back in the 90s.

Habibi wrote:But where will I go when I want to wear oversize dress shirts, American Eagle jeans, a bent Oklahoma cap and sandals?

Yeah, sounds like the Grand Central crowd was a bit different than what I remember...