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Cafe Korzo is a café at 2935 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. The menu on its website runs from breakfast, served all day, to sandwiches, salads, soup, burgers, pizza and savory crepes. The café also lists coffee and a drinks menu …

Home Bar, the bar and gathering space from Chicago cocktail brand Aged & Infused, is open at 2010 W. Fulton St. in the Near West Side, a short walk from the United Center. Its Instagram account announces the Home Bar as “now open” and has posted regularly through early November. …

The Beetle Bar and Grill is a neighborhood bar at 2532 W Chicago Ave, at Maplewood Avenue on the Ukrainian Village and Humboldt Park border. Time Out Chicago describes a wood-paneled room with antique taps and a low-key feel. It was once known as Black Beetle. The kitchen serves bar-and-grill …

GOLDN Bakery & Coffee is at 111 S. Morgan St. in the West Loop. The bakery’s signature item is the Goldy, a mini croissant sold individually or in boxes of 8, 12, 16 or 24. Flavors listed on its menu include original, white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate and cookie, …

Second City Suffering Report, Nov. 6: Blackhawks lost 4-1 at Tampa Bay on Thursday — 4-12-1, a fifth straight loss (0-4-1) and 1-7-1 in the last nine, seventeen games in.

Nerine is a Chicago floral studio with its flagship shop at 3236 W Division St in Humboldt Park. The studio was founded in 2025, and its designs follow the seasons, with each season’s flowers and foliage shaping the arrangements. The Humboldt Park shop takes walk-in customers for flowers and also …

J&R Dance Lab is a partner-dance studio at 4453 W. Grand Ave., run by Jackie and Rafa, who describe themselves as professional salsa dancers, performers and instructors. Its tagline is “Where Music Meets Movement,” and the studio says all levels are welcome. The weekly group classes run 7 to 8 …

EZ Rider Bike Shop is a neighborhood bike shop at 2500 N. Clark St., Unit A, in Lincoln Park. It describes itself as a bike shop and social club and as “Chicago’s Four Seasons Bike Shop.” The shop’s online store lists bikes, including e-bikes, along with accessories and EZ Rider …

Nortown Auto, a family-owned repair shop at 1311 W. North Ave. in West Town, handles all makes and models, including cars and light-duty trucks. The shop lists oil changes, brake repair, engine repair, transmission service, tires and tire repair, mufflers and exhaust, check-engine-light diagnostics, and belts and hoses. It also …

Willow Room is a restaurant and bar in a historic brick building at 1800 N. Halsted St., on the corner of Halsted and Willow in Lincoln Park. The kitchen serves lunch Monday through Friday and brunch on Saturday and Sunday, with dinner every evening. Dishes shown on the restaurant’s site …

Sweetwater Tavern & Grille is a neighborhood-style tavern at 225 N. Michigan Ave. in the Loop, with a patio and a bar built around craft beer. The tap list rotates and runs past 80 craft beers, with recent featured taps including Golden Monkey, Space Dust IPA, Guinness Draught, an Oktoberfest …

Second City Suffering Report, Nov. 5: Bulls lost 105-135 at New York; sixth straight loss; Bulls are 1-7.

Damenzo’s Pizza & Restaurant is a family-owned pizza and Italian restaurant at 2324 W. Taylor St. on the Near West Side, along the Taylor Street corridor of Little Italy. According to its website, Damiano Mannino and Vincenzo Leone opened Damenzo’s in 1985 in a single storefront at this address. The …

Osito’s Tap is a speakeasy-style bar at 2553 S. Ridgeway Ave. in Chicago’s Little Village. It has been open since 2019 and is attached to Moreno’s Liquors, the family’s neighborhood liquor store. The bar focuses on craft spirits, craft beer and craft cocktails. The drink list includes classic margaritas and …