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3 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Quinn Myers
CITY HALL — Mayor Brandon Johnson and his budget team want Chicagoans to continue paying a grocery tax in 2026 despite the Illinois General Assembly voting last year to phase it out. State lawmakers approved the removal of the 1 percent statewide grocery tax as part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2025 budget plan. The change goes into effect Jan. 1, 2026.
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3 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Quinn Myers
WICKER PARK — For chef and Food Network star Jeff Mauro, a years-long search for four missing custom Chicago sports jerseys had long felt like a pie-in-the-sky quest — until now. The jerseys were given to Mauro — a co-host of the Food Network show “The Kitchen” and founder of Mauro Provisions — by the Cubs, White Sox and Blackhawks for throwing out first pitches as well as “shooting the puck” at a hockey game.
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4 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Quinn Myers
WICKER PARK — A program providing short-term apartment stays and wraparound services to unhoused Chicagoans as they wait to move into permanent housing is now operating in Wicker Park. Renaissance Social Services opened its Triage Bridge Housing Program in April at 1659 W. Division St., and the organization held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday.
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5 days ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Quinn Myers
BUCKTOWN — A public shuffleboard court in a Bucktown park has been revitalized thanks to a group of volunteers — and neighbors of all ages and skill levels can now rent equipment to play there for free. For years, the shuffleboard court at Senior Citizens Memorial Park, 2228 N. Oakley Ave., was neglected and essentially forgotten, with its painted lines faded to a point of near invisibility.
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1 week ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Quinn Myers
WEST TOWN — A cocktail bar backed by a group of industry veterans is opening this week in a former Schlitz tied-house in West Town — and a neon Schlitz beer sign that once hung over Danny’s Tavern in Bucktown is attached to its facade. Friends of Friends opens 4 p.m. Thursday in a building at 2001 W. Grand Ave. that for years has been partially used as offices for Heisler Hospitality, which owns Pizza Lobo, Sportman’s Club, Revel Room, Estereo and other bars and restaurants.
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