CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS – OLD TOWN, JEFFERSON PARK, LAKEVIEW, LOOP, OAK PARK
OLD TOWN
Check out Mama Milano Pizza Bar, a
hidden Old Town gem that has pepperoni in its DNA, now open. Come here when you're craving traditional
Chicago thin crust. Yes, cut into perfect squares and triangle corners. To find it, poke your way down a cobblestone
walkway off Wells, following the scent of warm mozzarella.
JEFFERSON PARK
Fischman Liquors will be having a Special
Tapping Release of Founders All Day IPA & Mikkeller BooGoop. If you
like your craft and micro's come on in to try this tasty treat along with food
from 5411 Empanadas and Southern Mac & Cheese food trucks. You can find this week's food trucks on
Twitter @5411empanadas @thesouthernmac.
And if you want to try the the Southern Mac & Cheese food, then head
to First Mac & Cheese
Store Tweet-Up!
LAKEVIEW
Heritage Bicycles General Store,
where the pleasure of sipping espresso and eating cupcakes can be rewarded with
a brand-new custom bicycle, is now open.
The co-owner is a North Side native who cofounded Bowery Lane Bicycles
in New York, sort of a bike tailor for the Lower East Side cycling set. He and
his wife have returned to dedicate themselves to made-in-America bikes (frames
welded in Chicago), roasted-in-Portland coffee (Stumptown, Portland's answer to
Intelligentsia) and baked-on-Southport pastries.
LOOP
Join The
Local Tourist with CBS2 Anchor, Bill Kurtis, TimeOut Chicago's
"Breakout Chef of the Year" Matt Eversman and Chef Chao Thapthimkuna of Union
Sushi + Barbecue Bar for a free chili tasting and meet & greet! Original
beef, seafood and vegetarian recipes will be served by our panel of local celebrities
and feature ingredients from City Fresh Market. Bill Kurtis, Matt Eversman and
Chef Chao will also be available to share their free chili recipes for your own
party while watching the big game. Everyone in attendance will also receive 10%
off their next visit to City Fresh Market
OAK PARK
The Marcella Neihoff School of Nursing Graduate Student
Nurses Association (GSNA) raised $700 to benefit the homeless program Western
Suburban PADS. By selling Loyola
Nursing hooded sweatshirts the GSNA the students were able to raise
funds for the program. Because of the success of the program, they are doing it
again for their spring fundraiser.
CATHY MALLERS &
DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO
