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After months of repairs, reduced seating, and the quiet resilience that defines a great neighborhood business, Avondale Coffee Club is fully

Logan Square has a new neighborhood gathering spot — and the story behind it is as warm as the antique furniture inside. Logan Inn, a cafe,

A blank wall in Washington Park is now a work of art, and the community got to meet the person who made it happen over scoops of ice cream.

Near North neighbors, one of Chicago's most distinctive athletic traditions is landing in the neighborhood this weekend — and whether you ar

Near West Side neighbors, the week of September 11th delivered two concrete signs — literally — that your neighborhood's construction boom i

West Loop neighbors, if you walked down Fulton Street on the weekend of August 22–23, you already know: the West Loop Art Fest is back — and

One of Chicago's most storied cultural institutions is about to grow. The South Side Community Art Center, the 86-year-old anchor of Bronzev

A once-empty lot along one of West Englewood's most storied corridors has been reborn as something the neighborhood hasn't had before: a per

Streeterville has never been short on ambition, but the development news coming out of the neighborhood this fall is striking even by its ow

Irving Park neighbors, one of the neighborhood's most beloved dining institutions just had its biggest moment in decades — and it didn't com

Ravenswood just hosted what may be its most unexpected — and most electric — community event of the fall season. The third annual Chicago In

Loop neighbors, the numbers are in — and they paint a picture of a neighborhood whose dining scene is rewriting itself in real time. A new r

Two milestones are landing in McKinley Park this fall, and they both point to the same thing: a neighborhood that has quietly built somethin

Jefferson Park neighbors, one of the Northwest Side's most storied dining institutions is getting a second life — and the man bringing it ba

Hyde Park neighbors, September 2026 is turning out to be one of the most consequential months this neighborhood has seen in years — and two

For more than a decade, the hulking building at the corner of Damen, Elston, and Fullerton avenues sat in a state of becoming — first a shut

If you've been watching Uptown's construction landscape closely, this Monday brings another round of proof that the neighborhood's developme

Lincoln Park neighbors who love a boundary-pushing dinner out have a genuinely exciting new address to mark on the map. Muhājir — a chef-dri

Portage Park's unofficial farewell to summer is getting four wheels and a whole lot of chrome. Community Savings Bank and the Portage Park C

Near West Side neighbors, the $7 billion transformation of the United Center campus just added a new wrinkle — and it's one worth paying att