Southport Corridor News and Events – Chicago, Illinois
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Lululemon has announced that it is closing most of its Ivivva stores, including Chicago’s Southport Corridor location on Roscoe. The space is listed for lease online, and it is assumed that Ivivva will close by end of summer. What would you like to see in this space?
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Today is your last day to shop at @lole_chicago as today is their last day open. (at Lolë Southport Chicago)
Lole Women’s Southport location at 3434 N. Southport Avenue announced that they are closing their pop-up shop on January 15 via Facebook. Lole’s space is owned by L3 Capital, so it will be interesting to see what take its place. Did you shop at Lole?
Bow Truss Coffee Roasters will be taking the former Bel-Port Liquors location, which closed in late September. Construction on the new coffee shop should take about 6 months when we reached out to them earlier in the year, and they are still looking for a tenant for the Southport side where the FoxTrot rendering is.
Mint Julep announced that they are closing their doors on Southport at the end of the year via Facebook today. We wish Sarah the best of luck and are sad to see them leave Southport.
Continue reading “Mint Julep closing in Chicago’s Southport Corridor [Update: Now Closed]”
Vivial has replaced their menu outside their front door with a “We are closed” sign today. We reached out to Vivial asking if they had closed for good and they responded “Yes”. We also checked OpenTable which confirmed no tables are available any longer. Vivial had re-concepted last November from Spencer’s Jolly Posh Foods.
More information can be read here from Eater Chicago.
Can any restaurant survive in the space? Mirador Restaurant, located at 2834 N. Southport has quietly closed over the weekend, after being in business for only 1 year. Did you frequent there often?
3819 N. Southport Avenue, former home of Lulu Belle’s pancake house is being torn down for a mixed use development. More information as we receive it, but expect condos and retail in this location.
As of today, Cullen’s Bar & Grill is now officially closed. Per The Mercury Theater:
“Hello from Mercury Theater Chicago, Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Avenue, announces the closing of Cullen’s Bar & Grill as of February 27th, 2015. An agreement was negotiated and signed allowing Cullen’s to extend their lease. The agreement included paying 5 months of past due rent. Cullen’s Bar and Grill did not pay the past due rent and the agreement was broken. Mercury Theater Chicago wishes to express their deep appreciation to Michael Cullen and Cullen’s Bar and Grill for the renovation and revitalization of this Southport institution. Mercury Theater Chicago will continue to honor the legacy of Michael Cullen by bringing people together in celebration of the performing and culinary arts.”
Cullen’s responded Friday afternoon on their Facebook page:
“Cullen’s family, we are trying to come to grips with this and will send out a response soon. For tonight stay warm and toast Cullen’s!”
You can read more about the closing of Cullen’s from the Chicago Tribune.
Just posted on their window today and sent to us by a Facebook fan – wonder if there is something with that Chipolte rumor?
We have learned that many Einstein Bagel locations are closing this Tuesday in Chicago.
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