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Sunday at 6PM: Caffe De Luca Goodbye Gathering Details

By at May 17, 2012 | 7:26 pm | 0 Comment

Sunday at 6PM: Caffe De Luca Goodbye Gathering Details

Following is a message from Rose, manager of caffe De Luca, 1721 N. Damen, which will be closing its doors this Sunday after 13 years in business. All regulars are warmly welcome and encouraged to attend the post-closing gathering at nearby Silver Cloud. Aly De Luca plans to pop by and offer free tarot card readings, too, as she did at the caffe from 2009-11. As you more...

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UPDATE: Congress Theater Owner Eddie Carranza Speaks With Pipeline About Lawsuit Against City

By at May 16, 2012 | 12:37 pm | 0 Comment

UPDATE: Congress Theater Owner Eddie Carranza Speaks With <i>Pipeline</i> About Lawsuit Against City

In an impassioned phone interview with Chicago Pipeline Monday, embattled Congress Theater owner Eddie Carranza spoke about his reasons for filing a lawsuit against the city last week. Carranza, who is seeking no monetary damages in the suit, said he is being discriminated by the municipality based on a broad reading of a law regulating alcohol consumption in more...

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Shop Watch: New Digs for Futurgarb (from 1359 to 1369 N. Milwaukee)

By at May 16, 2012 | 7:56 am | 0 Comment

Shop Watch: New Digs for Futurgarb (from 1359 to 1369 N. Milwaukee)

[caption id="attachment_10548" align="alignright" width="240" caption="New digs"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_10547" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Orig. space"][/caption] They say 'home is where the heart is,' and for Futurgarb, the friendly, run-by-siblings boutique (with a few resident felines) that we've been shopping at for as long as we can more...

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Public Meeting Tonight 6PM: Bloomingdale Trail Wants Your Feedback on Six Trail Access Parks

By at May 15, 2012 | 7:31 am | 0 Comment

Public Meeting Tonight 6PM: Bloomingdale Trail Wants Your Feedback on Six Trail Access Parks

Following is a cut 'N pasted email from Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail. The Pipeline team is busy working on the production of our next printed publication. Thus, if you'd like to report on tonight's meeting, presumably the launch of "Phase Two," slated for Spring 2012, we'll feature your dispatch here, or possibly in our weekly newsletter if we do one this week. The more...

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Wednesday (May 16th) Lunch Plans? Join The Pipeline at Antique Taco

By at May 14, 2012 | 7:29 am | 0 Comment

Wednesday (May 16th) Lunch Plans? Join The Pipeline at Antique Taco

First it was Milwood Pizza, named for the fact its location is at Milwaukee and Wood Avenues, at 1360 N. Milwaukee. Then, Milwood relocated to North and Ashland (but kept the Milwood name). We watched the brown paper go up on the windows of Antico Taco, in the former Milwood space, though never got a chance to meet the owners, so read all about Antique Taco, which is more...

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Judge Rules Probable Cause in Burglary Attempt on 1300 Block of North Milwaukee, Additional Charges Still Pending

By at May 13, 2012 | 6:48 am | 0 Comment

Judge Rules Probable Cause in Burglary Attempt on 1300 Block of North Milwaukee, Additional Charges Still Pending

This Friday 2/11/2012 I went to Branch 50 of the circuit court located at Grand and Central for the preliminary hearing for the two defendants, Renaldo Jackson and T.J. Jones (alias for T.J. Smith) who were arrested in the attempted burglary and for having burglary tools in their possession at the rear door of a business on the 1300 N Milwaukee. After listening to the more...

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Congress Theater Files Lawsuit, Wants County Judge to Interpret Term “Theater” as It Relates to City Liquor Laws

By at May 12, 2012 | 8:01 pm | 0 Comment

Congress Theater Files Lawsuit, Wants County Judge to Interpret Term “Theater” as It Relates to City Liquor Laws

Via the Sun-Times Media Wire, The Pipeline learned about a lawsuit filed by the Congress Corporation (owners of the Congress Theater, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave.) in Cook County Circuit Court yesterday. In the lawsuit, according to the Sun-Times, "Congress Corporation claims police officers have issued multiple citations, stopped Congress Theater employees from selling more...

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Seven Saturday Events in the Neighborhood

By at May 12, 2012 | 9:18 am | 1 Comments

Seven Saturday Events in the Neighborhood

Happy (rainy) Saturday. Two are dead and 17 are wounded from last night's gunfire, per the Tribune. There's just one day left to find a perfect Mother's Day gift. We suggest you check out One Strange Bird, as well as the many spots mentioned in CeCe's round-up. There's just four days left to join the printed edition of the pipeline. We're making 30,000 widely more...

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May 10th Pipeline with Additions: Magic Boat Puppet Show in Park Tomorrow (Sat) as well as ‘Earth Olympics’

By at May 10, 2012 | 8:11 pm | 0 Comment

May 10th Pipeline with Additions: Magic Boat Puppet Show in Park Tomorrow (Sat) as well as ‘Earth Olympics’

Click here for the May 10th Pipeline. We look forward to putting together the best printed pipeline yet! It's not just a one issue thing...  All advertisers in print inform and inspire our virtual content all year long. Links to all participants will be included in every pipeline for four months (16 weeks). CALL 773-960-3997 to join the magazine. Our virtual content- more...

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Skewerz, RIP

By at May 10, 2012 | 11:56 am | 6 Comments

Skewerz, RIP

We are truly sorry to report that Skewerz, 1560 N. Damen, is closed, just a few months after its fourth anniversary party.  A new restaurant concept (independently owned) is slated to move into the space by late July. We know sources close to the matter, but since they say, "I can't tell you, because you'll write about it," we're in the dark about the next chapter for more...

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