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Chicago’s Classic DivesThis is Part One of a series on Chicago’s dive bars. Learn about how the term “dive bar” was coined tomorrow and the history of the city’s relationship with such establishments on Wednesday. CHICAGO — Take a shot if you’ve ever been to a Chicago dive bar. Whether it’s your favorite place to […]
SOUTH SHORE — A South Shore native is returning to the neighborhood to open a café and home for his podcast, which he hopes can be the launching pad for a franchise of Black-owned coffee shops. The Brew opens Wednesday at the former South Shore Brew, 7101 S. Yates Blvd. The café and teahouse offers […]
CHICAGO — It’s tough to run a small business. Thankfully, Chicago is filled with entrepreneurs who embrace the challenge and help make our neighborhoods more vibrant with their shops, restaurants and services. Every year, Block Club reporters hit the beat to highlight more than 100 businesses in every corner of our great city. So whether […]
SOUTH SHORE — Even as a collection of South Shore community groups prepares a night of horrors and haunts, they are banding together to tell their neighbors: “Don’t be scurred” to trick-or-treat in the neighborhood this Halloween. The HallowHood community crawl takes place 3-9 p.m. Thursday along the 71st Street corridor in South Shore. More […]