Comings & Goings

New Bakery, Craft Brewery Coming to Evanston

A new bakery is set to open this spring on Dempster Street, while a craft brewery is planned for the city's west side. Read on for more business openings and closings.

Hewn Bakery Opening Soon On Dempster Co-owners Julie Matthei and Ellen King are planning to open a takeout bakery called Hewn at 810 Dempster St. According to Matthei, they’re currently working on obtaining permits and renovating the retail space, and hope to open sometime in late spring or early summer.  Temperance Beer Looking For West Side Brewery Evanston architect and homebrewer Josh Gilbert is planning to open a brewery in west Evanston, where he’ll produce tallboys and kegs to sell to restaurants in the area. Eventually, Gilbert hopes to open a tap room on site where people can taste his beer and buy some food. He’s still working on finalizing a location but is hoping for a spring 2013 opening.  Want more news the business scene in …

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Procrustes' Foil

4:52 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Yep, Millie, next door to Weight Watchers and a bariatric surgery clinic.   more ›

Does Walgreens Belong At Former UBAA Tap Site?

Many Evanston and Skokie residents say they’re disappointed with the Skokie village board’s approval of a Walgreens at 9956 Crawford Ave., the former UBAA Tap site. What do you think?

After the Skokie village board approved construction of a Walgreens at 9956 Crawford Ave., the former UBAA Tap site, many readers say they’re unhappy with the proposed development. The new store will be located just two blocks south of a CVS pharmacy and 12 blocks north of Walgreens’ “flagship” Skokie store. Development company Terraco, Inc., is overseeing the project, as well as the new Trader Joe’s going up in Evanston.  About a half a dozen Evanston and Skokie residents, who live near the now-vacant UBAA Tap, spoke out against the development prior to the board’s vote last week.  “It will be a behemoth among the current housing and will affect residential life,” neighbor Cindy Latin told the Skokie village board. Weighing in on the new …

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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 ›