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Sapori Napoletani has opened at 8235 W. Irving Park Rd. in Dunning, bringing Neapolitan-style pizza and a full Italian menu to the corner storefront. The restaurant spans two floors with two bars and a rooftop patio. The kitchen runs on two wood-fired ovens for its Neapolitan pizzas, alongside a longer …

Half Sour, an all-day café and cocktail bar, occupies 755 S. Clark St. in Printers Row. On its Instagram account, the business describes itself as a neighborhood bar with cocktails, fine food and brunch. The menu runs from house-baked bagels and matzo ball soup to pastrami and corned beef sandwiches, …

Valedor is a cocktail lounge at 1620 N Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park, run by Spearhead Hospitality. The concept is built around the Mexican-Japanese community that grew in Mexico City after World War II, and the bar’s name is Spanish for someone who champions or defends a cause. The drink …

Weston’s Coffee & Tap Co. is a neighborhood café at 4872 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Jefferson Park, directly across from the Jefferson Park Transit Center, focused on espresso, coffee, tea and sandwiches. The café pours Metropolis Coffee through espresso drinks, lattes and cold brew, alongside fresh pastries and breakfast items. …

J9 Wine Bar has poured wine by the glass at 1961 N. Halsted St. in Lincoln Park since 2018. The room is built around a long wooden bar and exposed brick, with a list that ranges from Catalonia and Rioja in Spain to Burgundy and the Rhône Valley in France, …

The Inner Town Pub has been pouring cheap beer and free pool games at 1935 W Thomas St in East Village for decades, and it’s still going strong. The bar calls itself “a classic Chicago joint” offering free pool, darts, and a lineup of beer, liquor, and cocktails at dive …

Hill Family Pet Care, at 819 W Eastman St in River North, offers boarding, daycare, grooming and pet transportation for dogs and cats. Its boarding program is crate-free: overnight guests have free run of supervised spaces rather than individual kennels. Daycare is subscription-based and led by trainers, with structured activities …

Ghareeb Nawaz serves halal Pakistani and Indian food from a storefront at 2364 N. Lincoln Ave. in Lincoln Park, one of five Ghareeb Nawaz locations operating around the Chicago area. The restaurant chain traces back to an original Devon Avenue location, and the Lincoln Park storefront has been serving the …

FFC South Loop is a health club and spa at 1151 S. State St., between 11th Street and Roosevelt Road. The location is part of Fitness Formula Clubs, a Chicago-based company that has operated clubs in the city since 1984. The 30,000-square-foot club includes a strength floor with free weights …

FFC Lincoln Park operates a 55,000-square-foot health club at 939 W North Ave, at the corner of North and Sheffield Avenues in Lincoln Park. The club is part of Fitness Formula Clubs, a Chicago-based company founded in 1984 that runs about ten clubs around the city. The Lincoln Park location …

Duffy’s Tavern & Grille has anchored the corner of Diversey Parkway in Lake View for more than 40 years, serving as a neighborhood sports bar and restaurant at 420 W. Diversey Pkwy. The tavern, now part of Last Call Tavern Group, pairs a scratch kitchen with a full bar and …

Clover Lincoln Park is a sports bar at 810 W. Diversey Parkway, on the Lincoln Park side of Diversey. The business’s own site describes it as bringing “everything you loved about the original Clover, but now in Lincoln Park,” a second location for the Clover bar concept. The bar keeps …

Cumin, a modern Nepalese and Indian restaurant, occupies a storefront at 1414 N Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park. The kitchen pairs milder, dairy-free Nepalese dishes with richer, spice-forward Indian plates, using a clay tandoor oven for its meat preparations. The menu covers tandoori meats, chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, biryani …

Buddy Guy’s Legends has booked live blues at 700 S. Wabash Ave. in the South Loop since 1989, when Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Buddy Guy opened the club in a 1910 building. The room is decorated with guitars, photos and awards tied to the history of Chicago blues. …

Avli Taverna serves contemporary and classic Greek small plates, mains and desserts at 1335 W. Wrightwood Ave. in Lincoln Park, with a dining room, a bar and a seasonal outdoor patio that’s dog-friendly for dinner, lunch and brunch. The taverna is part of Avli, a Chicago-founded Greek restaurant group with …

Ándale Market’s Lincoln Park location, at 725 W Wrightwood Ave, is the bodega-style shop’s second Chicago storefront, joining the original on Clark Street in Andersonville. The space occupies a renovated, more-than-100-year-old building, with penny-tile floors and a pressed-tin ceiling. Shelves carry a curated mix of pantry staples, tinned fish, snacks …

Ándale Market has been stocking its shelves on Clark Street in Andersonville since December 2020, when the shop opened as what its owners describe on their website as a love letter to the New York City bodega. The store is at 5232 N. Clark St. The shelves mix pantry staples …