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Murray and White Opens On The Andersonville Strip
In keeping with the Andersonville tradition, Murray & White Home Interiors adds a unique dynamic to the Clark Street corridor. What started as a love of design and decorating flourished into a bright reality for owners Travis White and JT Murray. Inspired by their visits to a home furnishings store in Texas, they envisioned...
Making It In Edgewater, Pine and Plastic TOTES For All
A little over a year ago, Andrew Wayne had a vivid dream in which he was wandering around a pine forest opening glass boxes that contained illuminated canvas bags of bright colors and minimalist designs. When he woke, he knew what the next chapter of his professional path would be. He vigorously began making...
Hot Diggety Dog! Two Of Chicago’s Best Hot Dog Joints In Edgewater
Edgewater and Andersonville are known for their delicious dining options, with food from every corner of the world. Now Thrillist recently highlighted two of our neighborhood joints for having some of Chicago’s most delicious hot dogs. In the city that made the “Chicago-style-hot-dog” famous, we couldn’t be more proud to have both Cookies & Carnitas and Hoppin’...
Parlour Bar Closing Their Doors After Four Years
Parlour holds many fond memories for myself and others in the LGBT community. From nights dancing until my feet blistered to once witnessing a Halloween pumpkin perform kinky acts on a drag-queen, it’s safe to say Parlour hosted some of the city’s most entertaining parties. However long-term success was not in the cards for this bar. Owners Nikki Calhoun...
The Brixton In Andersonville Closes Temporarily
One of Andersonville’s popular local watering holes and a divine eating establishment was closed over the weekend but is due to open back up for business today, Tuesday August 5. The Brixton’s Facebook page reads “We apologize for the inconvenience, beloved patrons, but the restaurant is closed due to plumbing issues until Tuesday. In the meantime send your...
Edgewater Whole Foods Underway, Opening Not Until 2015
Months ago the Edgewater community was buzzing about the new Whole Foods that is expected to open in 2015. In the last few weeks construction has begun inside the building located at 6009 N. Broadway. Workers have been starting bright and early each morning removing the old debris to prepare for the new business....
New Lesbian Dating Webseries Set In Andersonville
Dating in the age of social media has turned some of our intimate and flirtatious attempts into a swipe of a finger, a double tap to ‘like’ someone’s image, a request to be friends, a follow on a new platform, or a #hashtag below someone’s content. Social media and technology have changed the dating ways of the world...
Chicago Bear Israel Idonije Visits Edgewater’s Third Coast Comics
Bears in our neighborhood? That’s right! Local comic shop Third Coast Comics had a special appearance from one of the well known Chicago Bear’s, Israel Idonije yesterday for an interview with CBS to discuss his comic books, The Protectors. First launched in 2013, the comic is a story about the most amazing and skilled athletes in the world whose...
Women And Children First Bookstore Sold, Mission Remains.
Locally owned bookstores have been on the decline. Technology and the digital world have become their competition. With readers buying digital publications from Amazon for their Kindles and iPads, bookstores have had to change their business model to keep their doors open. It isn’t easy for independent bookstores to thrive, let alone maintain a full...
Ride For AIDS Raises $840,000. Participants Cycle For Change.
Ride For AIDS This last weekend hundreds of people rode 200 miles in two days to Elkhorn, Wisconsin and back from Evanston in order to raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS. Sponsored by local nonprofit Test Positive Awareness Network and many community partners, The Ride For AIDS Chicago (RFAC) has raised more money every year since it began in 2004. In...
Edgewater Improves Bike Lanes And Cracks Down On Sidewalk Bicyclists
The Edgewater neighborhood is one that serves as an entry point to the lake path, Lake Shore Drive, and the north neighborhoods of the city. While our city has been listed as number 5 of America’s best bike cities, it doesn’t mean biking around the city is accessible and safe for all and we still have...
Chicago’s Best Sex Shop Is… In Andersonville!
You have heard all of us at the EdgeVilleBuzz gush about our love of the neighborhood’s local restaurants, parks, arts organizations, nonprofits, theaters, community centers and so much more. But now we have a more unique claim to fame that we can call our very own… We have Early to Bed, Chicago’s best sex toy store, according...
Martha Stewart Loves First Slice’s Pies, We Love Their Community Focus
Apparently Martha Stewart and her entourage love the pies over at First Slice so much it was cited as one of the top 5 pit-stops one should take when indulging in pies in Chicago! First Slice has a few different locations, with the Andersonville store conveniently located at the corner of Ashland and Balmoral. The store shares a building with the...
PRIDE To Draw 750,000, Police Issue Warnings. What to Expect?
Pride festivities have been going on all this past week around Chicago and the community is all geared up and ready to cheer along for the 45th annual Pride Parade this upcoming Sunday. Each year, Chicago Pride has brought in thousands of people visiting from around the midwest and beyond to partake in celebrating...
Ladies Take On Andersonville: Back Lot Bash Grows
The 4-day annual Back Lot Bash is coming up soon, and this will be its 11th year celebrating Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Back Lot Bash is the outdoor women’s festival in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood and is a top destination for women during Chicago’s Pride Weekend celebrations. The event is sponsored by women, for women, but...
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