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Every Chicago Cannabis Dispensary Rolled Into One Map
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Shop Local 2023: A Portage Park, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park And Edgebrook...
PORTAGE PARK — The holidays are upon us again, which means it’s an extra special time to support the local businesses that make up our communities. With Far Northwest Side businesses gearing up for...
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Lakeview’s Play It Again Sports To Relocate In December, Host Moving Sale
LAKEVIEW — Play It Again Sports is relocating its Lakeview store. The chain’s location at 3939 N. Ashland Ave. is moving to 3119 N. Lincoln Ave. in late December, said Craig Wolf, broker with Strauss...
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Noir Atelier, New Black-Owned Luxury Brand, Is ‘For Chicago, By Chicago’
DOWNTOWN — Two Chicagoans are breaking into the luxury scene with a brand they hope will create a community beyond their products. Shawn Gibbs and Frankie Fabre met in the city through mutual friends....
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Forty Acres Fresh Market Breaks Ground In Austin After Years Of Delays
AUSTIN — Forty Acres Fresh Market is under construction after multiple delays. The Black-owned store, the brainchild of Elizabeth “Liz” Abunaw, broke ground Wednesday at 5713 W. Chicago Ave. The...
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After Designing Heels For Woman With World’s Largest Feet, Chicago Boutique...
WEST TOWN — The story of the Chicago Artisan Co-op begins with a shoe. A really big shoe. This winter, Annie Mohaupt and Justin Walker, the co-owners of Mohop in West Town, designed a custom high heel...
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Weinberg Hosiery Closing In December After 60 Years On Roosevelt Road
SOUTH LOOP — One of Felice Nelson’s earliest childhood memories is playing with the empty boxes that cluttered the floor of Weinberg Hosiery as her parents and their employees tended to customers and...
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New Portage Park Shop Ecclection Is Stacked With Local Artwork, Vintage Finds...
PORTAGE PARK — The owner of a funky and colorful resale shop filled to the brim with affordable goods and trinkets wants to increase business and community on the western end of Portage Park. Julie...
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Chicago’s Small Businesses Face ‘Make Or Break’ Holiday Season As Owners...
CHICAGO — Small business owners throughout Chicago are raising the alarm about their futures as sales slow down and the busy holiday shopping season starts, they said. Black Friday and Small Business...
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Logan Square’s Your Happy Place Liquors Closing After 7 Years, Blames...
LOGAN SQUARE — A popular liquor store and event space is calling it quits after its owners say their landlord forced them out of their location to benefit a neighboring business, a claim the landlord...
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Army Vet Opens Strugglebeard Bakery In Hyde Park: ‘I Infused My Own...
HYDE PARK — A new Black-owned bakery in Hyde Park, which grew from a military veteran’s pandemic hobby and social media venture, is bringing gourmet baked goods with a side of irreverent energy to...
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6 Vintage Resellers Coming To West Town With Launch Of Pep Club Vintage...
WEST TOWN — A coalition of vintage resellers offering a wide range of styles and sizes of secondhand clothing have teamed up to open a store and workshop in West Town. Pep Club Vintage brings together...
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Gangnam Market Brings ‘American-Asian Hybrid’ Grocery Store To West Town
WEST TOWN — An “American-Asian hybrid” grocery store, food court and bar will host its grand opening in West Town this weekend after an extended soft launch over the past year. Gangnam Market, 1001 W....
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Emeche Cakery Closes After 4 Years On Bronzeville’s Prairie Avenue
BRONZEVILLE — Emeche Cakery is saying goodbye. Owner Janell Richmond announced via Instagram Tuesday that the cafe, 3453 S. Prairie Ave., would close immediately after four years in Bronzeville. The...
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Forty Acres Fresh Market Breaks Ground In Austin After Years Of Delays
AUSTIN — Forty Acres Fresh Market is under construction after multiple delays. The Black-owned store, the brainchild of Elizabeth “Liz” Abunaw, broke ground Wednesday at 5713 W. Chicago Ave. The...
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The Commissary To Replace Old Town’s Treasure Island After Closing In Gold Coast
OLD TOWN — The long-vacant Treasure Island store in Old Town will be filled by an independent grocery store that just closed after 45 years in the Gold Coast. Fern Hill, the developers proposing a...
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Plenty Goods Cafe Brings Salads, Smoothies And Breakfast To Ukrainian Village
UKRAINIAN VILLAGE — A cafe with an emphasis on salads and other healthy options is now open in Ukrainian Village. Plenty Goods, 1000 N. Damen Ave., is the first brick-and-mortar location for chef...
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Heat By Niko, A Black-Owned Fur Coat Store, Opens In West Loop
WEST LOOP — Nichole Berry’s grandmother was a fashionable woman who loved a good fur coat. When Berry received one those fox fur coats as a gift, she loved it but wanted to make it her own, she said....
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Albany Park Elotero’s Cart Was Stolen — But He’s Back With A Food Truck...
ALBANY PARK — A popular elotero who has sold snacks in Albany Park and North Park for 20 years will be back in action next week in a food truck he bought with support from neighbors. Joaquín García...
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Manager At Closed Hyde Park Lululemon Says Company Fired Him After He...
HYDE PARK — The former manager at a closed South Side Lululemon said the popular retailer used the store’s Black workers to strengthen the “facade” of the company’s commitment to diversity and equity...
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