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Faces of Small Business: Corridor Brewery & Provisions

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Featuring Greg Shuff, Owner of Corridor Brewery & Provisions

Lakeview is a community of small businesses. This holiday season, we’re sitting down with the people behind the neighborhood’s favorite local shops, restaurants, and institutions to learn their stories as part of a series we’re calling the Faces of Small Business. Know of a Lakeview business you think we should spotlight? Email us at info@lakeviewchamber.com.

When did your business open?

I’m fortunate enough to have two businesses in Lakeview; Corridor Brewery & Provisions just opened on October 15, 2015, and DryHop Brewers opened back in the day…June 13, 2013.

What inspired you to start a small business?

I’m a really bad employee but we’ve all got bills to pay.

Why did you choose to establish your business in Lakeview?

I moved to Chicago back in February of 2011 (the day after the ’11 blizzard) and I landed in Lakeview. So I’ve always been partial to this neighborhood…and I still live just down the street. Beside my emotional connection, I’ve always believed that Lakeview has great demographics but a very low density of craft beer spots. Those two factors made opening a brewery in Lakeview feel like the only smart thing to do.

What is your favorite thing about operating your business in Lakeview?

The neighbors. We’re only interested in being a neighborhood craft brewery, nothing more and nothing less. So when the neighbors are cool and excited about the weird stuff we do, it makes my job a lot of fun.

What has been your greatest success as a small business owner in Lakeview?

We just opened our second Lakeview brewpub and it’s going great. DryHop Brewers in East Lakeview is our first born. DryHop was well enough received that we felt (read: blindly believed) West Lakeview would be a great location to open a new and different kind of brewpub, Corridor Brewery & Provisions.

You can find Corridor Brewery & Provisions at 3446 N Southport Ave, or online at www.corridorchicago.com.

Lush Cosmetics is coming to Chicago’s Southport Corridor

Lush Cosmetics will be opening a store on Southport as soon as January, location unknown at this point (but if we had to guess, it would be the former Homemade Pizza Company building).  We will update you as we hear more from Lush.

Your Southport Corridor For Sale Condo of the Day: 1343 W Cornelia Ave #3

Listed at $599,000 – see the full listing here.

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Retail Rumors: Could Banana Republic be eyeing Chicago’s Southport Corridor?

Not confirmed as of yet, but there have been some rumblings about Banana Republic coming to Southport – possibly in one of Mystic Celt or Indira/Newport Bar and Grill spaces. We know they had been looking to be on Southport since 2007 along with Club Monaco, so the rumor mill could become a reality.

Mystic Celt’s Last Day of Business on Southport is January 3, 2016

From earlier this year, the owner of Mystic Celt had sold the building to L3 Capital, and it has been marketed for lease over the past several months. It has now been confirmed that Mystic\’s last day of business on Southport will be January 3, 2016. Look for new retail and/or food establishments coming over the next several months. The property is currently being marketed for up to three separate store-fronts.

You can see the full listing here from Cushman & Wakefield.

Mystic Celt\’s last holiday season on Chicago’s Southport Corridor.

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Chicago’s Michigan Avenue Apple Store to move south along the Chicago River

From The Chicago Tribune, the Apple Store located on Michigan Avenue will be moving south along the banks of the Chicago River on Michigan Avenue.  Here are the first sketches of a “Prairie Style” Apple Store.

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New Mixed-Use Development Proposed for 3334 N. Southport Avenue

Records have been filed with the Office of the City Clerk to rezone 3334 N. Southport Avenue into a 4-story mixed-use development with retail on the first level.  There would be a total of 8 dwelling units including in this development. Since it is so close to Southport\’s CTA station, it could be considered a TOD.

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The South Lakeview Neighbors association voted to remove the‪ Lincoln Hub

“As a follow up to our survey of residents about the Lincoln Hub, we had a members-only vote at the November 10 meeting.
If you had to choose, would you:

A.  I prefer to keep the current design intersection

B.  I would prefer to return the intersection to its original design.

The vote was 26 to “return to the original design” and 12 to “keep the current design”.
We will communicate this result to Alderman Waguespack, the Lakeview Chamber, and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT).
South Lakeview Neighbors hopes to be able to work with all three to improve the intersection in a way that the community can support.”

What are your thoughts?

Vivial Restaurant and Cocktail Bar coming to Southport

Spencer’s Jolly Posh Goods may be gone, but in it\’s place is Vivial – Fine Comfort Food and Cocktails.  Vivial opens November 18th at 3755 N. Southport Avenue, and will feature brunch, dinner and specialty drinks from the owners of Jolly Posh.

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The 2015 Southport Holiday Stroll is Friday, December 4

It’s that time of year again!  The Southport Holiday Stroll will be Friday, December 4, 2015 – 5PM – 9PM from Belmont to Irving Park Road along Southport Avenue.  Jollypalooza will be on Saturday, December 5 on Lincoln Avenue.  More information from the Chamber of Commerce can be found here.

Lakeview resident finally gets his response from Tom Tunney regarding crime in the area

A local Lakeview, Ted (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosiTed) had petitioned a Change.org petition on answers from Tom Tunney regarding crime.  He finally got to meet with our Alderman on November 5, and a written response was given to him.  You can read the response here: