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News & Politics, News Jan 15, 2021
Escalating violence and lack of police response put the city’s homeless even more at risk

A string of fires and stabbings have many advocates worried, and challenges in reporting and investigating these crimes leave little hope for justice.
- By Adam M. Rhodes
- Tags: News, Avondale, homeless, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, National Coalition for the Homeless, Rey Colón, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 13, 2020
Recommended
Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit

It’s Shin Thompson’s pivot to Japanese soul food, from a virtual kitchen.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Japanese food, curry, Shin Thompson, Furious Spoon, ramen, Avondale, Avondale Foods, Bonsoiree, Kabocha, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Liga Sigal, ghost kitchen, cloud kitchen, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 20, 2018
Recommended
Old Habits is bar food reborn

The kitchen at Avondale’s Ludlow Liquors is so good it gets its own name.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Ludlow Liquors, Old Habits, Avondale, the Orbit Room, cocktail bars, Nick Jirasek, Eric Valdivia, Wade McElroy, Jeff Donahue, Leisure Activities, Sportsman's Club, Estereo, Larry's, Mark Steuer, the Beefy Boy, Depot Diner, Tony Fitzpatrick, Theaster Gates, Currency Exchange Café, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, the Moonlighter, Fort Willow, bar food, lumpia, crab dragoon, cocktails, Kevin Heisner, rib tips, Ludlow Liquors/Old Habits, MicroMagic frozen meals, Recommended

News & Politics, Politics Mar 14, 2018
Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor

We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don't have to.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Stories, city hall, goethe, george saunders, four moon tavern, the up room, Betsy Steinberg, Tim Horsburgh, Kartemquin Films, David Schwimmer, Luis Gutiérrez, Tim Cook, Graham Elliot, Freedom of Information Act, Mike Gemma, Trevor Hagen, Haymarket Brewery, Riverwalk, Beverly Kim, Charlie Robinson, Avondale, Gideon Sweet, Scofflaw, S.K.Y., Gift Theatre, Theater on the Lake, Mary Couzin, Kamau Murray, Robert Taylor Homes, Shaniqua Davis, Walter Robb, Richard Thaler, Rami Nashashibi, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Claude Lamb, Alphonso Johnson, Second Chances, Ben Austen, High-Risers, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Adam Collins, Laquan McDonald, Bill Ruthhart, My Block, My Hood, My City, Jahmal Cole

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 21, 2018
Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot's Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?

Not quite, but the Randolph Street restaurant comes close.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Matthias Merges, Graham Elliot, Gideon Sweet, Randolph Street restaurants, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Lucky Dorr, Old Irving Brewing Company, Mari Katsumura, Yoshi Katsumura, Yoshi's Cafe, Entente, Ty Fujimara, Avondale, Logan Square, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Avenues at the Peninsula, Top Chef, Graham Elliot Bistro, celebrity chefs, Alex Bachman, Michael Shrader, Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter's, Chicago fine dining, Chicago restaurant history

Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2018
Metropolitan Brewing’s long-awaited Avondale taproom pairs beer with river views

The taproom is a little tricky to get to at the moment, but coffee-infused lager awaits those who make the journey.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Metropolitan Brewing, taproom, Avondale, Rockwell, lager, coffee lager, Tracy Hurst, Doug Hurst

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jun 14, 2016
Prepaid bus boarding debuts on Belmont, but why doesn’t Loop Link have it yet?

Off-board fare collection would shorten travel times on the downtown bus corridor.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: On Transportation, News, Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA, transit, transportation, prepaid bus boarding, bus rapid transit, #77 Belmont bus, Loop Link, Loop, Avondale, Jeff Tolman, Anne Trainor, Isaiah Cline, Blue Line Belmont station, Belmont & Kimball station, Jehova’s Witnesses

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2016
At least 14 CPS schools test positive for lead in the water supply, and other Chicago news

And, set your calendars: Hamilton tickets go on sale June 21.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Public Schools, water supply, public health, lead, Avondale, Gage Park High School, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel, Lisa Madigan, Jimmy John's, Robin Robinson, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Anthony Guglielmi, R. Kelly, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, theater, Broadway, musicals

Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Mar 8, 2016
Hit-and-run crashes are all too common in Chicago

Tragically, the type of collision that killed Chris Sanchez is not unusual.
- By John Greenfield
- Tags: Transportation, News, Transportation, Christopher Sanchez, Avondale, Felix Fajardo, Mimi Osoria, Bob Kane, hit-and-run crashes, pedestrian fatalities, CDOT, Active Transportation Alliance, Mimi Osoria, Maria Cartage

News & Politics, Feature Sep 18, 2015
Thou shalt not kill?

Armed with the Catholic catechism—and sometimes a Glock—a priest counsels Chicago Police Department officers on the spiritual implications of the use of deadly force.
- By Susan DeGrane
- Tags: Feature, News, Shots Fired, Dan Brandt, Chicago Police, Chicago Police Department, Mercy Home for Boys and Girls, Chicago Police Chaplains Ministry, Nativity of Our Lord, Bridgeport, Avondale, NATO summit, Officer-Involved Shooting, Governor Bruce Rauner, Third Annual Search for Chicago’s Funniest Police Officer

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2015
Crown Tap and Best Intentions are dive bars no more

Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Crown Tap Room, Crown Liquors, Marble, Best Intentions, chicago, bars, cocktails, logan square, avondale

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife 2015 Critics' Picks Jun 24, 2015
Best hot dice
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music & Nightlife 2015 Critics' Picks, Best of Chicago 2015, Crown Tap Room, hot dice, Avondale, Crown Liquors

News & Politics, Feature Jun 4, 2015
Is the Bloomingdale Trail a path to displacement?

Longtime residents of Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and other areas around the highly anticipated 606 project are organizing to make sure they're not priced out of their neighborhoods.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Feature, Bloomingdale Trail, The 606, High Line, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, property taxes, Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Avondale, Garfield Park, Delia Ramirez, real estate, Bucktown, Bob Safranski, Steve Marks, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Jennifer Velasquez, Joe Berrios, Geoff Smith, Latin United Community Housing Association, Juan Carlos Linares

Blogs, Bleader Oct 9, 2014
We ate at Chicago's first Olive Garden so now you don't have to

People are packing it in at the chain's new location on Addison.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: 90s Nostalgia, Food Chain, Food & Drink, olive garden, chicago, avondale, tour of italy, marilyn hagerty, breadsticks, pat quinn, bruce rauner, election, italian food, chicago italian, chain restaurants

Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2014
Jason Molina's long dark blues

The Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
- By Max Blau
- Tags: Music Feature, Jason Molina, the Frames, My Morning Jacket, Scout Niblett, Oneida, Jennie Benford, Mike Brenner, Jim Krewson, After the Gold Rush, Neil Young, Electrical Audio, Steve Albini, Avondale, Magnolia Electric Co., Lawrence Peters, Old Black Hen, Cinnamon Girls, Zuma, Indianapolis, Trials and Errors, Club Ancienne Belgique, Mike Brenner, Mikey Kapinus, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Austin City Limits, SXSW, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Avett Brothers, the Black Keys, Wilco, It Still Moves, What Comes After the Blues, Pop Montreal, Crown Royal, Musket Street, Sojourner, Henry Owings, Chunklet, John Doe, the Sadies, Songs: Ohia, Emotionalism, Scott Avett, Mark Rice, Rhode Island School of Design, Codeine, Chris Brokaw, Istanbul, Molina & Johnson, Centro-Matic, I've Been Riding With the Ghost, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Glen Hansard, Catherine Irwin, Wooden Wand, MusiCares, Magnolia Electric Co., Blind Willie McTell, "East St. Louis Blues", John Wayne, Aaron Molina, Maison Dupuy, West Virginia, Autumn Bird Songs, Strands of Oaks, Timothy Showalter, Mark Kozelek, Damien Jurado, Jeffrey Lewis, Farewell Transmission, Sam Ash, Will Schaff, the Coke Dares, The Hospital Album, Michael Pettijohn, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, New York Times, Band of Horses, Secretly Canadian, Antony and the Johnsons, Bon Iver, Dinosaur Jr., Okkervil River, Phosphorescent, Sharon Van Etten, Max Winter, Will Schaff, Ford Motor Company, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Patti Smith, Hank Williams, Spineriders, Todd Jacops, Metallica, Oberlin College, Geof Comings, Carter Family, Palace Brothers, Days in the Wake, Will Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Tom Colley, Euclid Tavern, Nor Cease Thou Never Now, Chris Swanson, Adult Crash, One Pronunciation of Glory, Darcie Schoenman, Blue Chicago Moon, Frosty Nickel, Alasdair Roberts, Ghost Tropic, Bright Eyes, Mike Mogis, Axxess and Ace, The Lioness, Protection Spells

Music, Music Feature Sep 25, 2014
Why did Animal Kingdom have to die?

The fate of this Avondale show house says a lot about the DIY music community’s struggle to coexist with the rest of Chicago.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Avondale, Animal Kingdom, Deb Mell, Kelly Nothing, the Lemons, Guantanamo Baywatch, Avondale Neighbors, Terri Boyce, Dana Fritz, LGBT, Jes Skolnik, Public Place of Amusement, Pure Joy, North Park University, Little Village, Rabble Rabble, Mortville, Twin Peaks, White Mystery, Alex White, Ne-Hi, Alex Otake, Clay Frankel, Washington Post, Omaha, Michael Seman, University of North Texas's Center for Economic Development and Research, Pitchfork Music Festival, ChiTown Futbol, Shred Fest, She Shreds, Garfield Park, DIY venues

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Itinerant Programming

Chicago Film Archives
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2014, Chicago Film Archive, Chicago Film Archives, film, Comfort Station, Logan Square, Black Cinema House, South Shore, Constellation, Avondale, University of Glasgow, EYE Film Institute, CFA, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Streeterville, Avondale, Critics' Picks

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 27, 2013
A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus

Matthias Merges gets an A for effort, though.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Review, A10, criticism, Chicago Reader, restaurant ratings, grading restaurants, stars, movie reviews, recommendations, Matthias Merges, Charlie Trotter, Yusho, Billy Sunday, Hyde Park, south side, University of Chicago, Harper Court, development, Avondale, neighborhoods, Logan Square, design, decor, bars, cocktails, draft cocktails, simplicity, chicken liver, snails, steak, cauliflower, raisins, boudin noir, blood sausage, squid, salted cod, rapini, pizza, eggplant, burrata, seafood, pasta, sauces, potatoes, service

News & Politics, Zoom in Dec 16, 2013
Zoom in: Avondale

The hackerspace Pumping Station: One built a replica of a TARDIS and then went ahead and hoisted it up on the roof.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Zoom in, Doctor Who, TARDIS, Pumping Station: One, Avondale, Eric Stein, David Tennant

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 18, 2013
Life's too short and the line's too long at Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Avondale's long-awaited fried chicken shack is well intentioned but problematic.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Avondale, fried chicken, Joshua Kulp, Christine Cikowski, Sunday Dinner Club, Prince's Hot Chicken, boneless chicken

Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2013
One bite: Ciabatta at La Farine

The start of a really good breakfast sandwich
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Food Chain, Food & Drink, la farine, one bite, avondale, milwaukee avenue, noble square, bakery, cafe, Logan Square, ciabatta, breakfast, quiche, adobo, rida shahin

News & Politics, What the hell is this place? Jul 1, 2013
What the hell is this place? Paleteria Arco Iris

The Avondale ice cream shop doubles as a hub for the north side's paleta slingers.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: What the hell is this place?, Avondale, paleta, Paleteria Arco Iris, ice cream, Good Humor, ice cream bars, ice-pops, vendors, ice cream vendors, carts, paleteros, paleterias, What the hell is this place?

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2013
San Francisco's Burnt Ones play two shows tonight

Brand-new Bric-a-Brac Records hosts the psych-pop outfit, which will also play a house show in Logan Square.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Things I Love, Music, Burnt Ones, Bric-a-Brac Records, house show, Avondale, Logan Square, psychedelic, rock music, punk rock, free, all ages, in-store, Vacation Club, Running, pop, Learner Dancer, Blasted Canyons

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Sign That People Are Still Buying Records

Bric-a-Brac Records
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, record stores, Bric-a-Brac Records, Logan Square, Avondale, Lincoln Hall, Nick Mayor, Jen Lemasters, Threadless, Bongo Room, Wicker Park, records, Critics' Picks

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Place to Party Like a Baby Boomer (When Baby Boomers Were Young and Fun)

Twist & Shout at Late Bar
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, Late Bar, Alice's, Avondale, Hey, Soul Sister, Train, DJ Dave Roberts, Nuggets, Critics' Picks

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