Opinion columnist Christine Wolf sits down with Evanston’s City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz and Economic Development Planner Paul Zalmezak to get the story on Evanston’s West Side.
Last week, I wrote about how Evanston’s west side appears to languish behind the rest of the city. This week, I wanted to get some answers. So I met with City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz and economic development planner Paul Zalmezak. Here's a summary of our conversation. Did Dominick’s prevent Planet Fitness from locating at Evanston Plaza? I hear the grocery store has a right to refuse certain properties there. I’m here to tell you: Dominick’s didn’t force Planet Fitness out of Evanston Plaza. According to Bobkiewicz, Planet Fitness changed its mind and went to Main Street Commons—although the grocery store does indeed have a lease giving it first right of refusal for many types of properties, including other food stores and businesses that…
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Found Kitchen and JT's Bar and Grill are opened this fall in Evanston, while Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles, Ward Eight cocktail bar and Sol Cafe are set to open soon.
New restaurants are sprouting up around Evanston, including Found Kitchen and JT's Bar and Grill downtown. Two openings are also planned very soon on Howard Street, too: for Ward Eight, a cocktail bar, and for a new coffee shop called Sol Cafe. Read on for all of the latest business openings, closings and relocations in our Comings & Goings column, which chronicles the business scene in Evanston. Found Officially Opens Its Doors on Election Day Restaurateur Amy Morton and chef Nicole Pederson officially opened the doors to Found Kitchen and Social House at 1631 Chicago Ave. on Election Day, Nov. 6. With an eclectic design inspired by 1920s Paris salons and the Beat poets of the 1950s, Found Kitchen has garnered lots of press, most recently…
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