If you were in Wicker Park, you might have noticed the IKEA Pop-up store during the last weekend of August. An IKEA in the city? That would be pretty awesome. The IKEA Pop-up store didn’t sell anything, but still provided an IKEA experience with interesting room displays, furniture to sit on, and their well known...
Stan’s Donut this week will be switching over to serving La Colombe Coffee after three years with Intelligentsia. To promote the new business partnership, Stan’s Donuts will be offering on Tuesday, Jan. 17 a free small cup of coffee with any purchase at any of its six Chicago locations.
Wicker Park’s Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya will celebrate National Noodle Day this Thursday by giving away free bowls of “Tokyo Shoyu Ramen” beginning at 5 p.m. They will offer 100 bowls on a first come, first served basis. The ramen is regularly priced at $9. Kizuki describes the Shoyu Ramen: A very traditional Tokyo-style ramen,...
Here’s a chance to eat as much pizza as you want AND listen to Andrew W.K. deliver a keynote speech. The inaugural “Chicago Pizza Summit” is taking place Sunday, April 3 at the 1st Ward event space at the Chop Shop in Wicker Park with two, three-hour sessions (2 p.m. & 6 p.m.). Tickets go...
Buck’s, Southern-inspired bar and restaurant in Wicker Park, invites you to come by on Saturday, February 13th, 3-9pm to support local artists, drink whiskey, eat fried chicken, and raise money for local charity. There will be custom screen printed t-shirts and merchandise from Give a Shi*t available for purchase. Proceeds from the merch will benefit...
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream is opening up its second Chicago location and will be offering free scoops and Intelligentsia coffee during an Opening Night party on Tuesday, March 17 from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. The new shop from the Ohio-based artisanal ice cream company is located at 1505 N. Milwaukee Ave, steps from the...
The second annual “Zombies vs. Vampires Pub Crawl” in Wicker Park is going down Oct. 26, the last Saturday preceding Halloween. Dressed as either a zombie or vampire, participants spend the day hitting bar after bar around Wicker Park. Tickets on Groupon (available until Oct. 3) are $10 per person, $19 for two or $35...
Moonshine Wicker Park‘s Chilli Cook-Off is back for a fifth year Sunday, Nov. 3 with 16 pro and amateur cooks competing for the Gilded Ladle trophy. And it’s up to the attendees to name the chef with the best chilli. The first, second and third place winners take home $600, $300 and $150, respectively. What’s...
The NOSH Food Festival is a new weekly Chicago artisan food fair opening this Saturday, July 13 in Wicker Park. The open-air event will feature over 30 food vendors that were “expertly selected from Chicago’s finest food entrepreneurs and establishments.” The NOSH will be held every Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of...
Wicker Park mainstay Empire Liquors is closing this Saturday, May 18 after seven years of operation. The lounge/dance club is being closed down to make way for a different bar concept … cocktails. Empire Liquors is owned by Matt Eisler, the restaurateur also behind Bar DeVille, Bangers & Lace, Trencherman and many others.