Stay updated with breaking news from Bill kim. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Google Paddy Long’s, the Lakeview bar that’s served craft beer and bacon to customers since 2007, is the latest Chicago establishment to make a pandemic pizza pivot. After 14 years, ownership closed Paddy Long’s and replaced the pub with a new restaurant, a pizzeria called Max and Issy’s. “Paddy Long’s had an epic run. We have been here fourteen years almost to the day. But it’s time for us to turn a new page,” co-owners Chris Latchford and Pat Berger write in a late April Facebook post. “We have revamped the space and the old bar is looking magnificent. We are very excited about this new chapter.” ....
8 ways suburban restaurants responded to the pandemic over the past year
Outdoor dining helped restaurants feed their customers during the pandemic. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer Restaurants weren t the only establishments to offer takeout. Elgin s Martini Room made its specialty cocktails, including the Strawberry Seduction Martini, available for pickup. Courtesy of James Kalemis Photography
Posted3/4/2021 8:06 AM Nearly a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many suburban restaurant owners to rethink the means by which they accomplish their mission. With indoor dining banned in mid-March of last year and again for a time this fall many dining spots trumpeted their takeout and bolstered their delivery options. ....
Subscribe No more snow is in the forecast at least for now. This afternoon will be sunny with a high around 31 degrees. Tonight the low will be near 21 degrees. Tomorrow will be partly sunny with a high around 31 degrees. Top story Suburban Cook County will likely be able to resume restricted indoor restaurant and bar service under the state’s coronavirus mitigation plan later this week as state health officials today reported Illinois’ lowest daily caseload and death tallies since the fall surge hit. The number of new infections is the lowest in nearly four months, and the number of deaths the lowest in nearly three months. ....