Category: Restaurants
Ravenswood Manor by night
Remember the other night, when you and your buddies were trying to find a place to eat? One wanted Indian, the other wanted Mexican and you wanted Ar [...]
Cure for a rainy day – pho and window shopping on Argyle in Chicago's Asian village
Nothing will perk you up on a rainy day like a little pho and a stroll - or dash - down Argyle Street, in Uptown. During yesterday's deluge, we head [...]
Mather's is more than just a cafe to Chatham
Many neighborhoods have well-loved cafes, but few are as integral to the community as Mather's is to Chatham and its environs. From the outside, Ma [...]
Argyle is one of North Side's biggest Asian retail hubs
We've talked a little this month about the vibrant retail emerging in pockets of Uptown and Edgewater, but most of these corridors pale in compariso [...]
Bryn Mawr Avenue is a selling point for Catalpa Gardens Condos
Construction is well underway at Catalpa Gardens Condonminiums as we discovered on a recent trip up to those parts. Computer programmer Harry McClello [...]
Hashbrowns in University Village distinctly Chicago
Hashbrowns Cafe in University Village may be new, but it's also got some pretty deep roots to Bridgeport's Franco's and Beverly's Franconello's. Mana [...]
Bryn Mawr retail corridor shaping up nicely
Yo's truly went for a stroll along the stretch of Brywn Mawr near the el station to gawk at the new businesses that have opened up there in the last o [...]
High taxes deter some retailers from moving into Uptown
High property taxes and correspondingly high rents deter many smaller retailers from setting up shop in Uptown and other Chicago neighborhoods, says J [...]
Anybody who's anybody eats at Edna's
With Garfield Park week looming, YoJoe stopped by Edna's Restaurant, 3175 W Madison St, last Tuesday to listen to a presentation on plans to make Ma [...]
Old Town hotel/restaurant update
That project at the corner of Wells, Lincoln and Clark that was reported on many weeks ago right here on the Yo is starting to take shape.
The entire [...]
Retail vacancies down in the Loop – a tasty development?
Another sign the Loop is on the rise: Crain's reports today that retail vacancies were down 14.6 percent last year from 16.7 percent in 2005. Millenni [...]
What's a neighborhood without a Tastee Freez?
Every neighborhood needs one, says a reviewer at Yelp, and it's hard to argue the point with her.
Not every neighborhood, alas, has one of these [...]
Not your classical Chinese restaurant mural
But then we don't get around Marquette Park enough to be certain of that. This one's on the south side of Arden Chinese Restaurant, 6207 S Kedzie Av [...]
The death of Irish music in Lincoln Square
The short-lived Irish traditional music session on Sundays at The Atlantic Bar & Grill, 5062 N. Lincoln Ave. (773-506-7090), has been shelved for the [...]
Work begins on former Louie on the Park space at key Old Town Triangle location
Construction began Saturday on the former Louie on the Park bar and restaurant at the corner of Clark, Wells and Lincoln. A wooden super-structure (if [...]
Brunch is no yolk in the South Loop
With restaurants like Eleven City Diner at 1112 S Wabash Ave and a relatively new Bongo Room at 1152 S Wabash Ave (formerly Room 12), you'd think the [...]
Hungry? Try Andersonville in Edgewater neighborhood
Burgers or baklava? Steak or sushi? Turkish or Swedish? If you're hungry, but you're not quite sure what for, cruise Clark Street through the Anders [...]
Take a Smoque break with Erica
Watch Erica Gunderson's review of the newly-opened Smoque BBQ, 3800 N Pulaski Rd in Irving Park.
Smoque's also been getting some good reviews at Ye [...]
New Cy's restaurant in Ravenswood is on track – for Cubs season
A curious commenter in our Lincoln Square forum recently wondered what was up with the building at the corner of Lawrence and Leavitt, in Ravenswood. [...]
Irish tunes in Lincoln Square
Not this Sunday, and not the Sunday after that, but every other Sunday after those in 2007, there will be Irish traditional tunes being played live an [...]