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Kellogg grad plans downtown restaurant

A recent graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management has submitted plans to open a Vietnamese carry-out restaurant in downtown Evanston. Noah Bleicher, who's been running Viet Nom Nom

By Bill Smith on August 11, 2016 - 10:20 pm

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Funky Monk: Prayers not answered

The Funky Monk has become the latest of a long line of restaurants to fail in what you almost might imagine was a cursed location at 618-1/2 Church St. The

By Bill Smith on August 8, 2016 - 6:13 pm

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‘Maxwell Style’ didn’t become Evanston style

The Maxwell Style Grill -- the hot dog and burger spot with the ketchup and mustard color scheme that took over the old Dairy Queen on Howard Street in Evanston -- has

By Bill Smith on August 6, 2016 - 5:48 pm

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Asian-Cajun to replace Ethiopian spot on Chicago Avenue

Addis Abeba, an Ethiopian restaurant that's been a fixture for a decade on Chicago Avenue north of Dempster Street in Evanston served its last meals last night. The restaurant, which had

By Bill Smith on August 1, 2016 - 8:06 pm

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Food beat: Chinese restaurant closes

The Phoenix Inn at 608 Davis St. in Evanston has closed for the second time in a decade. The long-time home to traditional Cantonese dishes was shuttered for nearly two

By Bill Smith on July 31, 2016 - 11:11 am

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Quick-serve chain pizza shop closes

800 Degrees, the California-based quick-serve pizza chain, has closed its downtown Evanston outpost, a little over nine months after it opened. An Evanston Now reader noticed the place was shuttered

By Bill Smith on July 28, 2016 - 8:21 pm

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Dixie goes Mediterranean

After Dixie Kitchen closed in downtown Evanston last fall, it initially looked like it would re-open under new ownership with basically the same southern comfort-food menu. But new owner Ron Khalaf

By Bill Smith on July 27, 2016 - 10:08 am

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Slow going for brewery deal with city

It's been a full year now since Evanston aldermen agreed to negotiate a lease of the city's former recycling center for conversion into a craft brewery -- and the deal's

By Bill Smith on July 20, 2016 - 3:51 pm

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Food beat: 27 Live is dead

Downtown Evanston has lost a music venue and a Greek dining spot. Owner John Tasiopoulis says his 27 Live at 1012 Church St. and his Kefi Greek Tavern next door at

By Bill Smith on July 14, 2016 - 7:29 pm

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Food beat: Cowabunga!

Work is now underway to convert the one-time Borden Dairy stables at the rear of 1016 Church St. into Amy Morton's planned new Evanston restaurant called The Barn -- and guess

By Bill Smith on July 13, 2016 - 5:18 pm

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Evanston eateries shine at Friends benefit

Thanks to the generosity of six Evanston restaurants, some local families will be able to purchase and consume fresh fruits and vegetables straight from nearby farms. The annual benefit for

By Charles Bartling on July 12, 2016 - 7:37 pm

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Backlot Coffee replaces Linz & Vail

After taking over Linz & Vail at 2012 Central St in Evanston, new owners John Kim and Isaac Bloom have changed the name to Backlot Coffee. Backlot is a neighborhood

By Evanston Now on July 11, 2016 - 9:28 pm

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Opening near for new restaurant complex

The owners of the new three-restaurant complex at 1026 Davis St. in Evanston tested out their second-floor open-air dining space called Five & Dime with some invited guests Friday evening. The

By Bill Smith on July 9, 2016 - 12:32 pm

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It’s ‘Good to Go’ for police outpost after all

After a few topsy-turvy months, plans to relocate the Good to Go Jamaican Cuisine restaurant to the former Evanston Police Outpost on Howard Street are back on track. The city's

By Bill Smith on June 23, 2016 - 3:39 pm