Alinea Group announces new project: The St. Clair Supper Club
http://bit.ly/2Zdydz0

Pastabilities (Buffalo Grove) - closed after 26 years.
167 McHenry Road

Huddle House is slated to open in March 2020 at 9401 S. Stony Island Avenue

https://chicago.eater.com/2019/6/13/186 ... e-location

Former Jilly's Bistro and Creperie St. Germaine space is now Mid Kitchen — primarily a breakfast & lunch menu. I'll be interested to see how dinner service works with a closing time of 4 pm.

Mid Kitchen
1512 Sherman Ave
Evanston, IL 60201

Two openings in sleepy little Riverside....

Nada - a Middle Eastern spot - just opened at 3216 S Harlem ave. Early reviews seem favorable, I'll be hitting it up on Tuesday.

El Famous Burrito will be taking over the old Riverside Restaurant spot at 3422 S Harlem. I know that is a huge disappointment for many that had hoped for someone to revive the old spot.

El Santo Taqueria, 3352 W. Foster Ave, is closed. Phone is turned off, online ordering is kaput, and a drive-by confirms the place has been cleared out. Sadness! El Santo was really good, a cut above a standard taqueria. Just a month ago they were promoting on Facebook all the menu ideas they got from a recent trip to Mexico. They will be missed in our household.

Kesey wrote:Pastabilities (Buffalo Grove) - closed after 26 years.
167 McHenry Road

One of my all-time favorite restaurant names. For years my friends and I would replace the word possibilities with Pastabilities; especially when talking about food combinations.

Opening 8/1:
Hub & Spoke Provisions
481 Roger Williams Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035
"Hub and Spoke is an all-day cafe serving brunch every morning, with an onsite artisanal coffee roastery, and a tapas style restaurant (small plates) serving wine/beer/bubbly in the evening."

It appears Asian Cajun Too is kaput; windows papered over, and signs announcing Shinsen, a sushi and noodle restaurant.
1322 Chicago Ave
Evanston, IL 60201

Lloyd's has closed permanently as of June 14 per announcement on their web site.

Waiter for our dinner before West Side Story said that dinner service would stop after the musicals run but lunch would be served for another week. He was vague as to whether a different concept was going in by the same operator, which also runs Catch 35, whether the space would be vacant or whether a new operator would be in the space after remodeling.

I think that the food quality had improved in recent years, and it was certainly convenient for pre-opera dining with evening parking in the one South garage available for $8.50 for diners.

Formerly at 1 South Wacker Drive.

ekreider wrote:Lloyd's has closed permanently as of June 14 per announcement on their web site.

Waiter for our dinner before West Side Story said that dinner service would stop after the musicals run but lunch would be served for another week. He was vague as to whether a different concept was going in by the same operator, which also runs Catch 35, whether the space would be vacant or whether a new operator would be in the space after remodeling.

I think that the food quality had improved in recent years, and it was certainly convenient for pre-opera dining with evening parking in the one South garage available for $8.50 for diners.

Formerly at 1 South Wacker Drive.

They were phoning it in for a long time. Its neighbor at One North is a much better option.

Coming to Highwood:
Papa Willie’s BBQ - 148 Green Bay Road

Ram4 wrote:A new Shake Shack is nearing completion in Vernon Hills at the Melody Farm center. It's right on Route 60 just east of Milwaukee. Looks like it will be open by summer.

Now open for business

Dave148 wrote:Coming to Highwood:
Papa Willie’s BBQ - 148 Green Bay Road

In the prior location for Domino's on the corner of Prairie Ave and Green Bay Road.

Cafe Petopia has closed. A Mexican restaurant is now there. In the same strip mall (and maybe the same location?), there is a Mexican restaurant whose name has Posole in it.

I was driving and did not get an opportunity to properly figure out the restaurant game of chairs at this location.

Regards,
Cathy2

Cathy2 wrote:

Dave148 wrote:Coming to Highwood:
Papa Willie’s BBQ - 148 Green Bay Road

In the prior location for Domino's on the corner of Prairie Ave and Green Bay Road.

Cafe Petopia has closed. A Mexican restaurant is now there. In the same strip mall (and maybe the same location?), there is a Mexican restaurant whose name has Posole in it.

I was driving and did not get an opportunity to properly figure out the restaurant game of chairs at this location.

Regards,
Cathy2

Doña Paty's Restaurante
848 Sheridan Rd.
Highwood, IL
https://www.facebook.com/donapatys
FB post from 6/21 indicates - Pozole Weekend

Exclusive: Former Grace partners Curtis Duffy and Michael Muser reveal their next project: Ever, opening Spring 2020 (Tribune)

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from an email:

Kitsune is closing July 13th and Bunny is closed, effective today.

Elizabeth and Milkweed will continue to operate.



Kitsune
4229 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL 60618

MILKWEED INN
Nahma Township, the UP, MI

Rough week for Lincoln Avenue between Irving and Montrose. According to Facebook post from Chef Ricardo Meza, Dos Ricco's is taking a break.

https://www.facebook.com/dosriccostacof ... &__tn__=-R

Yelp says it's closed

https://www.yelp.com/biz/dos-riccos-chicago-4

There's a sign about retooling. I liked the tacos.

Dos Ricco's
4064 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL

Dave148 wrote:Alinea Group announces new project: The St. Clair Supper Club
http://bit.ly/2Zdydz0

St. Clair Supper Club opens tonight inside Roister

https://chicago.eater.com/2019/7/1/2067 ... servations

polster wrote:And Another new Chicken Wing place, Miss Saigon Express has opened on Lincoln Ave in Chicago:

G Wiv wrote:If the past few places at this address are indication of longevity sooner rather than later is suggested if one has interest. Don't mean to be needlessly negative, but this seems one of those "haunted" spaces where even Barry Sorkin offering low slow Doug Sohn dogs on a stick for .40c would have trouble.

Miss Saigon Express: RIP

Unfortunately, another place nearby with a similar name has met the same fate.

Saigon bistro in the same strip mall as yewoosai and gogi has also closed. Bummer

ekreider wrote:Restaurant Sarajevo, a fairly old Bosnian restaurant in Lincoln Square, has closed per signs in windows and Open Table listing as permanently closed.

Signs in windows for Himalayan Sherpa Kitchen coming soon. Subtitle is Spices of Mountain. Menu on web site is a work in progress.
Himalayan Sherpa Kitchen
2701 W. Lawrence Ave.
Chicago 60625
https://himalayansherpakitchenchicago.com/

Edit to note that more of the web site than the menu is a work in progress. I seriously doubt that hours on any day will be 9 am to 5 pm or that a Tuesday happy hour will happen anytime soon.

Grand Opening happened recently, I noticed it was open last night. They have a 25% off special right now. Website is updated with a menu.

Mozzarella Store opens today on the Mag Mile, pizzeria, cafe and house-made cheeses:

http://mozzarellastores.com/

The former location of Boltwood is about to become... a Clarke’s.

Kill me.

cilantro wrote:The former location of Boltwood is about to become... a Clarke’s.

So they're moving from their longtime space a block north on (coincidentally) Clark Street. No big deal. I wonder what might move into that space...?

spinynorman99 wrote:Mozzarella Store opens today on the Mag Mile, pizzeria, cafe and house-made cheeses:

http://mozzarellastores.com/

I’m dying to hear reports. In this location there are so many things that can go wrong. But, maybe they’ll get it right.

Via Roma, formerly on Lee street in Des plaines, is now at 464 E. Northwest Hwy, Des Plaines

Tuesday-Saturday (3pm-10pm), with a "Patio" that is a closed off former alley next to the restaurant.

BYOB

Parking on both Northwest Hwy and behind the restaurant

diversedancer wrote:Via Roma, formerly on Lee street in Des plaines, is now at 464 E. Northwest Hwy, Des Plaines

That's a curious choice, for a relatively out-of-the-way part of Des Plaines, although it'll get traffic and visibility from commuters. With prime spots such as the former Leona's o Miner in downtown Des Plaines vacant, price must be a factor.
The block that Via Roma was on previously is being torn down for 7 stories of condos. There's expected to be first-floor retail so I would expect new restaurants.

Boston Market is closing 10% of their restaurants. I couldn't find a complete list of which ones closed, but it looks like the one in Aurora on 59 closed since it's no longer listed on its website. If you go there frequently, I would call there first to see if they're still open.
https://www.qsrmagazine.com/finance/bos ... sing-costs

In a weird bit of vertical integration Crate & Barrel is now in the restaurant business.

https://www.tableatcrate.com/