An upscale coffee chain from Mexico is opening its first café and joint restaurant venture in the Lakeshore East neighborhood near Millennium Park in Chicago. The Mezcalina restaurant and Black Coffee Café Gallery will feature art, food and coffee near Mariano’s Fresh Market. There are 17 coffee houses in Mexico. This will be the first […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
August 31, 2012Read More

Post-Lollapalooza restoration costs at Grant Park will be about 35 percent of its cost last year, said Bob O’ Neill, president of Grant Park Conservancy. Last year, Grant Park’s fields suffered extensive damage from a combination of heavy rainfall and mud-wrestling during Lollapalooza, a three-day music festival that attracted nearly 300,000 people this year, said […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
Continue reading …

Chicagoans celebrated India Independence Day with a parade on Devon Ave. Aug. 18. The parade was very well organized, and the weather was nice and pleasant. People were out on the streets and were very excited, reports Urdu Onair’s Sharuhk Hasan, who keeps us posted on South Asian activities in Chicago. Our reporter, Sharukh Hasan, had […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
Continue reading …

The Urban Assault Ride™ is the biggest Bicycle Obstacle Event series in the nation! Here’s how it works: You and your teammate will set out on a city-wide quest for ‘checkpoints’ on your favorite two-wheeled steeds. At each checkpoint, you’ll drop your bikes and complete a funky/adventurous obstacle course, then remount your bikes and […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
Continue reading …

Four-Star Bike Tour offers four great routes and a festival where you can enjoy lunch and a refreshing Goose Island beer after your ride! The race starts and finishes at Morgan and Taylor streets on the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. It is Sunday, so there will be traffic, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
Continue reading …

This story comes from Sonya Harper and Everyblock: Organizations and individuals from the Englewood area, including, Growing Home, Inc., RAGE (Resident Association of Greater Englewood), Teamwork Englewood, Imagine Englewood If, and the 15th Ward Democratic Committeeman Raymond Lopez are leading a political awareness campaign that seeks to register 5,000 new voters in an effort to […]
Like this:
Like Loading...
Continue reading …