Walgreens Proposed at UBAA Tap Site; Developers Rejected Tilted Kilt
UBAA Tap will most likely be redeveloped into another Walgreens. The property sits on the Evanston-Skokie border and might have been a Tilted Kilt or even McDonalds, according to the developer.
A Walgreens store could be moving in to the former site of UBAA Tap at 9956 Crawford Ave., after developers turned down offers from several other tenants including Tilted Kilt, a Hooter's like bar and restaurant chain. UBAA Tap - also formerly known as UBAA Old Crawford Inn - first opened its doors in 1939. Patch food critic Bill Burman described the restaurant by saying, "stopping in here is like paying a visit to your grandmother, if she were the type to cook you up some strong wings, put the game on for you and pour you a beer." The restaurant closed its doors around October of last year, and has been on the market for development ever since. The location sits across the street from Evanston homeowners on Crawford Avenue and a large …
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John C Thomson
2:50 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I stand corrected lucas, but then I don't shop at Walgreens elsewhere. I did remember that, last summer perhaps, that I had read where Walgreens was going to start selling liqour, but not up on Howard they don't. more ›