The news of Abercrombie & Fitch has been one of the biggest commenting events on our social media platforms, and one of the highest views on the blog. However, many of you have commented about chain stores taking over and that you would rather shop small. Here’s some of the favorite small businesses on Southport Avenue in Chicago. Which one is your favorite(s)?
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Touring Chicago’s Southport Corridor – Addison to Grace Street
A tour around Lakeview’s Southport Corridor neighborhood in Chicago during the Early Fall of 2021
Tour Time! Shopping, eating and playing between Addison and Grace Streets along Southport Avenue during the early Fall of 2021.

The Guild 
5411 Empanadas 
Ayman Hair Studio – Kid Create Studio 
Ayman Hair Studio – Kid Create Studio 
Bentley Pet Stuff – 2×10 Nails 
Big City Optical – Big City Dental 
Blaine Elementary School 
Bodega Sur 
Bombastic Cafe – The Former Blue Bayou 
Bombastic Cafe 
Cafe Tola 
Candyality 
Click Shoes – Baby Dolls 
Coalfire Pizza 
Ouizi Mural – CVS Pharmacy 
Ouizi Mural – CVS Pharmacy 
Dairy Queen 
dog-a-holics 
Tango Sur – 312 Estates – Bodega Sur- Cafe Tola 
Dona Tola 
El Marcado Food Mart 
European Wax Studio 
Fifth Third Bank 
Mercury Theater and Venus Cabaret 
Growing Smiles 
Jewel-Osco 
Julius Meinl 
Julius Meinl 
Massage Envy – Bank of America 
Mercury Theater and Venus Cabaret 
Music Box Theatre 
Music Box Theatre 
New Development 
New Retail coming from Chris Irwin 
Steingold’s Bagels 
Sushi Mura 
Suvarna – Sushi Mura 
312 Estates 
The Former Blue Bayou 
The Former Blue Bayou 
TS Organic Nails – Subway 
Two Penny Blue 
Unique Brow
Spring 2019 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
We had an endless winter and cold, dreary spring, but the sun is finally shining and the Southport Corridor is getting ready for Summer. Here’s a tour around the ‘Port during the Spring of 2019.
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| Lush, Warby Parker, Bonobos |
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November on Southport

A 10 out of a 10 November Sunday on the @southportcorridorchicago 🍁☀️ (at Suvarna Chiropractic)
Holiday Lights on the Southport Corridor
Fall 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
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| Southport Corridor Chicago – Fall 2015 |
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Summer 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
The rain has finally stopped long enough for us to get our annual photos of the Southport Corridor during summertime. Some of these view will look quite different next summer with the addition of SoulCycle and J. Crew coming, along with the proposed Southport TOD.
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| Evereve and Lou & Grey |
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Spring 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor

Spring 2015 on Chicago’s Southport Corridor
A Tour of Chicago’s Southport Corridor
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| Perchance and Blue Mercury |
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| Uncle Dan’s and Wheel House Wrigley |
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| Lululemon |
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| Rise Sushi |
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| Anthropologie |
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| Noodles and Company, Coobah, Candyality |
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| Schoolyard Tavern and Princess Club |
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| Mystic Celt |
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| Krista K and That’s Amore Florist |
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| Blue Mercury |
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| Southport Lanes |
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| Southport CTA |
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| Anthropologie |
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| Southport Grocery and Cafe |
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| D’Agostino’s and Julius Meinl |
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| b. rose salon |
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| Justin\’s |
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| Perchance |
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| Custom Eyes and Francescafree’s |
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| Free People Southport |
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| Southport CTA Entrance |
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| Paper Source Southport |
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| She One Boutique |
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| Princess Club |
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| Indira Salon |
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| Lululemon |
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| M2 and M4M, State Street |
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| Cerato Boutique, Crosby’s Kitchen |
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| Anthropologie |
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| David’s Tea Southport |





































































