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[Ed. Note: corrected to add 'Sephardic Sisters' below]The saga of the star-crossed 'restaurant row' on Wilson between Malden and Beacon continues this weekend as "Dear Flo's" has its soft opening this weekend. The restaurant, which will focus on "Bakery, Biscuits & Breakfast," is opening in the former Kal'ish location at 1313 W. Wilson. After hosting various businesses for years, the easternmost spot (1303 W. Wilson) appeared to find its forever tenant in Baker & Nosh, a hugely successful bakery business. But expansion plans coupled with poor business management led to an abrupt closure in 2017, leaving a void that Andy and Gina Kalish [...]
Oh, Chicago! One of the few places where a candidate can lose an election, yet end up in the position anyway.New School Board AppointeeKaren ZaccorIn last November's election, the only races in which the winners weren't pretty much foregone conclusions were those involving the first elected school board. (The judgeships always have a couple surprises, but the vast majority are retained.)In School District 4 (in which Uptown's Goudy, McCutcheon, Courtenay, Brennemann, and Disney are located, along with Uplift HS, Truman Middle College HS and 27 other schools to the west and south), Ellen Rosenfeld won the election for school board [...]
From our reader emails, last week:I am sick of Gigios [ed: 4643 N. Broadway] and want to do something about what happens there every night. Until Lawrence is done and I can get off there, I end up off at Wilson and walking on Broadway to get home.First I had to avoid the west side of Broadway because there were gang members selling drugs in the parking lot. Now I have to avoid the east side because the area in front of Gigios has the same people now dealing drugs in front of Gigios and hiding behind that building they [...]
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