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Our Evanston, Dear Evanston and Evanston Rules are three local media organizations that aim to engage the immediate community through resident-first reporting. These emerging outlets have been established amid an existing crisis in local news: According to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, nearly 1,800 local newspapers have closed since 2004....
After 30 years of business, beloved Evanston restaurant Prairie Joe’s closed on Oct. 28. The iconic locale opened in 1991, when owner Aydin Dincer bought an old snack shop and diner called Jordan’s and renamed it Prairie Joe’s. Most of the old clientele stayed through the transition, and gradually Dincer decided to modernize the restaurant...
When people hear you’re going to Northwestern, they might think you’re going to school in Chicago. The billboards throughout the Chicagoland area that call NU “Chicago’s Big Ten Team” might lead to even more confusion. However, NU is in Evanston, and it’s important to learn about the community you’ll be entering and staying in for...
Just last week, Gyros Planet and Taqueria owners Erika Castro and Pablo Sanchez were cleaning out their restaurant and breaking down their equipment. But after an outpour of support from the Evanston community, they now have enough money to pay six months of rent and get their store back up and running— and they say their future looks brighter. “I don’t have words to describe how this is a miracle,” Castro said. “I just want to say thank you to everybody that just stepped up and helped us keep the restaurant.” Gyros Planet opened in March 2019, but Castro and Sanchez struggled t...
A GoFundMe raised close to $50,000 for Erika Castro and Pablo Sanchez's restaurant, which has been serving free meals since the start of the pandemic.