Openings, Closings, Comings & Goings, January - March 2014
Openings, Closings, Comings & Goings, January - March 2014
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Openings, Closings, Comings & Goings, January - March 2014
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Post #1 - December 31st, 2013, 11:43 amPlease post all related news on this thread.
For last quarter's Openings and Closings, please this thread:
Openings, Closings, Comings & Goings, Oct. - Dec. 2013
Please, remember, that per our Posting Guidelines, posts pertaining to health code-related issues are not permitted here unless they include a link to a credible, third-party source.
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Post #2 - December 31st, 2013, 11:43 amImportant Reminder:
LTH,
Please, do not post about a closing without making absolutely certain that your information is correct and accurate in every way.
Please, do not post rumors of closings without linking to a credible, 3rd-party source that substantiates your report. (i.e. "Eater.com reports . . ." is ok)
It's far more important to be accurate than early with your information. The best course of action may be to make a phone call to the establishment before posting anything. But whatever you do, make sure you are 100% correct before posting about a closing on this thread or any other in these forums.
Thanks again,
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for the moderatorsBy protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #3 - December 31st, 2013, 4:49 pmSo I've googled and googled and surprised you guys have missed this one.
NOK has been open for a little while now. It's Mir's Noon-0-Kabab expansion to Norwood Park / Gladstone Park neighborhood. Right at the corner of Milwaukee and Elston here on the Northwest side. Fast casual service and darn great food.
Persian.
http://nokrestaurants.com/
6075 N Milwaukee ave Chicago Il 60645
(773) 647-1988
info@nokrestaurants.com
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Post #4 - December 31st, 2013, 4:53 pmkenji wrote:So I've googled and googled and surprised you guys have missed this one.
NOK has been open for a little while now. It's Mir's Noon-0-Kabab expansion to Norwood Park / Gladstone Park neighborhood. Right at the corner of Milwaukee and Elston here on the Northwest side. Fast casual service and darn great food.
Persian.
http://nokrestaurants.com/
6075 N Milwaukee ave Chicago Il 60645
(773) 647-1988
info@nokrestaurants.com
It's been there for several months. That little pocket is finally starting to diversify. Nice to see some change in the (almost) neighborhood.
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Post #5 - December 31st, 2013, 5:03 pmspinynorman99 wrote:It's been there for several months. That little pocket is finally starting to diversify. Nice to see some change in the (almost) neighborhood.
Weird there was no mention of it yet on LTH, dontcha think?
I'm calling that stretch of N. Milwaukee Ave, Restaurant Row, these days. Lots of fine places in 2013.
BTW, I've been to NOK 6 times since they've opened. Just tuned back into LTH recently.
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Post #6 - December 31st, 2013, 6:09 pmkenji wrote:spinynorman99 wrote:It's been there for several months. That little pocket is finally starting to diversify. Nice to see some change in the (almost) neighborhood.
Weird there was no mention of it yet on LTH, dontcha think?
viewtopic.php?p=458059#p458059Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #7 - December 31st, 2013, 6:22 pmstevez wrote:http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=458059#p458059
That's kinda obscure.
I'm the Admiral Byrd of NOK on LTH!
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Post #8 - January 1st, 2014, 11:27 amCurious if anyone has heard any progress updates on LSC in Evanston."I live on good soup, not on fine words." -Moliere
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Post #9 - January 1st, 2014, 1:40 pmkenji wrote:spinynorman99 wrote:It's been there for several months. That little pocket is finally starting to diversify. Nice to see some change in the (almost) neighborhood.
Weird there was no mention of it yet on LTH, dontcha think?
I'm calling that stretch of N. Milwaukee Ave, Restaurant Row, these days. Lots of fine places in 2013.
BTW, I've been to NOK 6 times since they've opened. Just tuned back into LTH recently.kenji wrote:stevez wrote:http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=458059#p458059
That's kinda obscure.
I'm the Admiral Byrd of NOK on LTH!
I beat all of you. Nyah nyah.
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=37993&start=180&sp=457904
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Post #10 - January 1st, 2014, 2:23 pm
HA!
Now go there. The flavors are delicious and the prices even better.
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Post #11 - January 1st, 2014, 2:47 pmI forgot to mention that I visited a couple weeks after they opened and was decidedly underwhelmed, though it was a step up from the previous place that inhabited that location of the dead. I wish it was still Cozy Corner.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #12 - January 1st, 2014, 5:50 pmChicagoist posting that La Bocca della Verita is CLOSING - a friend posted on Facebook she ate there last night that they are moving not closing. Any further details appreciated...
http://chicagoist.com/2014/01/01/la_boc ... _close.php
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Post #13 - January 1st, 2014, 8:23 pmFuzzbone wrote:Chicagoist posting that La Bocca della Verita is CLOSING - a friend posted on Facebook she ate there last night that they are moving not closing. Any further details appreciated...
http://chicagoist.com/2014/01/01/la_boc ... _close.php
Closing on 1/6 with hopes to reopen somewhere in the neighborhood at a yet to be determined time and place. I hope to find time for one more visit before they close.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #14 - January 1st, 2014, 8:55 pmPosted on December 30 in previous quarter's closings: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=38587&start=270
There are inconsistencies in the Eater and DNAInfo links noted in there as well as the Chicagoist story linked immediately above both with respect to closing date and to status of possible move.
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Post #15 - January 2nd, 2014, 8:51 amNoticed a restaurant near Lawrence & Elston called Shibam City. Has it been open long? It's a Yemeni restaurant (how many of these does Chicago have, if any?) and has been getting some favorable online reviews I see.
Shibam City Restaurant
4807 N Kenneth Ave
(773) 993-05182019 Chicago Food Business License Issuances Map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AGfUU ... sp=sharing
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Post #16 - January 2nd, 2014, 9:17 amstevez wrote:Fuzzbone wrote:Chicagoist posting that La Bocca della Verita is CLOSING - a friend posted on Facebook she ate there last night that they are moving not closing. Any further details appreciated...
http://chicagoist.com/2014/01/01/la_boc ... _close.php
Closing on 1/6 with hopes to reopen somewhere in the neighborhood at a yet to be determined time and place. I hope to find time for one more visit before they close.
My friend who had dinner there on New Years Eve told me that her waitress said they are still in negotiations for a location on Lawrence by Harvestime.
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Post #17 - January 2nd, 2014, 11:10 amkenji wrote:
HA!
Now go there. The flavors are delicious and the prices even better.
I have. We were quite pleased, but then again, when lamb is involved we're easy targets.
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Post #18 - January 2nd, 2014, 11:12 amPie Lady wrote:kenji wrote:
HA!
Now go there. The flavors are delicious and the prices even better.
I have. We were quite pleased, but then again, when lamb is involved we're easy targets.
How about both of you posting in the NOK thread about your experience at the new location? I'd like to hear more about it in case I ordered wrong on my visit.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #19 - January 2nd, 2014, 11:14 ammarothisu wrote:Noticed a restaurant near Lawrence & Elston called Shibam City. Has it been open long? It's a Yemeni restaurant (how many of these does Chicago have, if any?) and has been getting some favorable online reviews I see.
Shibam City Restaurant
4807 N Kenneth Ave
(773) 993-0518
I was shocked to find it's been open for over two years already. I didn't know it had a name, but ReneG ate there: www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=32086
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Post #20 - January 2nd, 2014, 2:15 pmPie Lady wrote:marothisu wrote:Noticed a restaurant near Lawrence & Elston called Shibam City. Has it been open long? It's a Yemeni restaurant (how many of these does Chicago have, if any?) and has been getting some favorable online reviews I see.
Shibam City Restaurant
4807 N Kenneth Ave
(773) 993-0518
I was shocked to find it's been open for over two years already. I didn't know it had a name, but ReneG ate there: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=32086
This is actually a different restaurant, but it's good to know. The one you posted is from 4748 N Kenneth Ave while the one I posted is from 4807 N Kenneth Ave. The reviews on some sites, and this one are pretty favorable (though I hope none of them are from the owners/management):
http://www.zabihah.com/d/Chicago+50353+Shibam/
I've never had Yemeni food but I'm a big fan of Middle Eastern food, so I need to try this place. Saw some pictures on another site too and it looks delicious. I guess there are two Yemeni restaurants right near each other. There must be some Yemeni people in that area huh?Last edited by marothisu on January 2nd, 2014, 2:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.2019 Chicago Food Business License Issuances Map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AGfUU ... sp=sharing
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Post #21 - January 2nd, 2014, 2:22 pmWow, that's bananas. Right on the other side! Sorry for the confusion!
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Post #22 - January 2nd, 2014, 2:24 pmNot a problem, and it's good to know that there are two Yemeni restaurants in town within a half block of one another.2019 Chicago Food Business License Issuances Map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AGfUU ... sp=sharing
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Post #23 - January 2nd, 2014, 3:21 pmNot a problem, and it's good to know that there are two Yemeni restaurants in town within a half block of one another.
Even if one of them sounds perfectly awful?
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Post #24 - January 2nd, 2014, 4:50 pmsundevilpeg wrote:Not a problem, and it's good to know that there are two Yemeni restaurants in town within a half block of one another.
Even if one of them sounds perfectly awful?
Doesn't matter. The one that appears to have opened within the last few months has all stellar reviews so far and seems to be from people who know the cuisine.2019 Chicago Food Business License Issuances Map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AGfUU ... sp=sharing
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Post #25 - January 3rd, 2014, 12:04 pmstevez wrote:
How about both of you posting in the NOK thread about your experience at the new location? I'd like to hear more about it in case I ordered wrong on my visit.
Sorry, I went to the website and none of the dishes look familiar. I went so long ago I forgot what I had. But it was lamb and it was delicious.
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Post #26 - January 3rd, 2014, 2:48 pmPinch Spice Market in Bucktown closed on New Years Eve but will remain doing wholesale business.
Anouncement
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Post #27 - January 3rd, 2014, 3:07 pmSwim Cafe in Noble Square/West Town has closed
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/ ... utters.php
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Post #28 - January 3rd, 2014, 3:58 pmVinny Garcia of Bleeding Heart Bakery has passed away.
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2013/ ... s-away.php
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Post #29 - January 3rd, 2014, 6:41 pmSuparossa in Portage Park on Central Ave.: Suparossa on Central Restaurant Remodeling to Become 'Mia's' As reported on my Next Doors here in Six Corners: "fun new restaurant based around our wood burning oven, small plates, homemade pastas and fresh entrees.". Currently take-out is up and running and not effected by the remodeling of the restaurant.
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Post #30 - January 4th, 2014, 6:40 pmLa Boulangerie has closed their Logan Square location. They have a Lakeview location that remains open.
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2013/ ... rs-eve.php
