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A steady stream of customers flowed into the popular Calumet Fisheries on Saturday when it reopened for the first time in months.

Mark Kotlick was praying for reconstruction to finish by the end of Lent on March 31, the take-out spot’s busiest season. But he needs a few more weeks to order custom-made refrigerators and deli counters.

On this episode of PM Chicago: Nick Gale brings us a piece from the morning show all about tax preparation featuring CPA Dimitra Anderson. After that, Bill Cameron, WLS City Hall Reporter Emeritus and Host of Take 1, joins Bret Gogoel to discuss the latest happenings in Chicago government and previe

Good morning, Chicago. The holidays are stressful, but it could be worse. You could work in an airport. In one of the busiest airports in the world. For free. You could work in an airport for free and sit for five hours a day wearing a blue vest and invite strangers — bring me your tired, your hungry, your flight-delayed, your missed connections, your abusive, your entitled, your perpetually ...

Calumet Fisheries on Chicago’s Southeast Side caught fire Tuesday, just days after the beloved seafood restaurant reopened following a failed health inspection. The damage to the restaurant “is extensive,” according to the Chicago Fire Department. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out around 1 p.m. and spread through the upper area of the building before being extinguished, CFD said. ...

A beloved Chicago seafood restaurant is serving its smoked fish and shrimp in time for the holidays after passing its latest health inspection. The Chicago Department of Public Health ordered Calumet Fisheries, located at 3259 E. 95th St., to close Oct. 31 after health inspectors found evidence of rodents. It failed another inspection a week later after officials found about 150 mice or rat ...

The 75-year-old seafood restaurant at 3259 E. 95th St. passed an inspection Friday after being closed since Oct. 31, Chicago Department of Public Health records show.

The Chicago Department of Public Health has ordered one of the city’s beloved seafood restaurants to close after it repeatedly failed health inspections. Calumet Fisheries, located at 3259 East 95th Street, was shut down Oct. 31 after health inspectors found evidence of about 400 mice and rat droppings. During another inspection a week later, city officials again found about 150 mice or rat ...

The Chicago Department of Public Health shut down Calumet Fisheries Oct. 31.

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