A group behind several North Side bars is opening a pub and cafe inside the closed Lincoln Square Red Lion Pub next month.
The Green Post will open in early September at 4749 N. Rockwell St., according to a news release. It will be open 7 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays with a variety of beverages, including coffee and tea, and breakfast foods, including pies and pastries.
The Green Post’s pub will open in late fall with an outdoor sidewalk patio, alley dining space, a custom savory pie machine, as well as three rooms and two garden spaces, according to the news release. It will regularly host craft beverage tastings, private events, world sports and more, according to the news release.
The pub’s menu will include beer, bespoke gin cocktails and food inspired by England, Ireland and Scotland that will change throughout the day but be anchored by meat and vegetable pies, according to the news release.
Dave148 wrote:Battle of the convenience stores: Circle K moves into downtown.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2 ... t-7-eleven
The Grafton Pub & Grill, a Lincoln Square staple for nearly 20 years, is going out of business:
https://www.thegrafton.com/latest-news
Sigh.ekreider wrote: Both Block Club and Eater report that The Grafton is closing Sunday after almost 20 years in Lincoln Square at 4530 N. Lincoln Avenue. Billy Lawless was one of the original owners and used the proceeds from the sale of his interest as the nucleus for starting The Gage.
My regular bookmark page wrote: This is a pub at 4530 N. Lincoln Av. It was a pub owned by ex-STING player Arno Steffenhagen back in 1984 (named "Arno's Place"), and during that year, here is where I had the craft beer epiphany. It was here one night in May 1987 when I wound up sitting next to the STING's Kenny Stern as we watched game #7 of the Major Indoor Soccer League Final between Dallas and Tacoma on its C-Band satellite television system. (Dallas won.) Then inexplicably, I did not visit here for twenty-one years, during which time it became The Grafton. The aura of the pub switched from German to Irish, but sections herein have not really changed.
Modern Mexican restaurant Chikatana is permanently closed just over a year after its debut in one of Chicago’s hottest dining neighborhoods, according to a rep.
Dave148 wrote:Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises and Tao Group Hospitality have announced plans for a first-time collaboration on a private members-only club in Chicago, the companies announced Friday.
https://www.nrn.com/casual-dining/tao-l ... ivate-club
Mini Mott, the Logan Square spinoff of chef Edward Kim’s Wicker Park restaurant Mott St, reopened in August under a new name, Second Generation, at 1401 N. Ashland Avenue
marothisu wrote:Rakkan Ramen is opening up their first Chicago shop in Uptown near Argyle in a bit. They were just granted a building permit for the buildout and it shows up as a location now on their website coming soon. They are a ramen chain from Japan who has locations in the US in the LA area, Houston, near Atlanta, and Boulder (CO). Also opening in Las Vegas soon. Reviews of their DTLA shop look fairly promising.
I believe they were supposed to open in 2020, but COVID....(https://rakkanramen.com/rakkan-coming-to-chicago-il/). Original plans were for 3 stores in the area, so we'll see what happens.
Opening in the near future..
Rakkan Ramen
4926 N Broadway
https://rakkanramen.com/locations/
ekreider wrote:In spite of what their website says, Szechuan Corner will be in Lakeview, not Lincoln Park. Diversey (2800 N) is the dividing line between Lincoln Park and Lakeview so 2910 is definitely in Lakeview. This is good news because the restaurant is near the east end of the strip of stores at the south end of a shopping center anchored by a large Jewel Osco store. Parking should be easy. For reference, La Gondola is in the same strip several storefronts west.
ekreider wrote:You probably quoted the error in the restaurant's web site. Why they wanted to say their location is in Lincoln Park rather than Lakeview is anybody's guess. I think that emphasizing the good parking rather than the congestion and bad parking in most of Lincoln Park would be smart.
Dave148 wrote:Mini Mott, the Logan Square spinoff of chef Edward Kim’s Wicker Park restaurant Mott St, reopened in August under a new name, Second Generation, at 1401 N. Ashland Avenue
https://chicago.eater.com/2022/6/10/231 ... ummer-2022