Ten Chicago Bars and Dining establishments Cited for Pandemic Security Violations in December

As the end of 2020 attracts near and Chicago’s coronavirus vaccine rollout commences, some hospitality operators and inhabitants go on to violate laws developed to stem the virus’s distribute — and are subsequently experiencing the repercussions, with the city’s Division of Company and Purchaser Safety (BCAP) issuing citations to 10 bars and eating places this thirty day period.

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As the vaccine rollout begins, some house owners continue to defy pandemic policies.

Cited places contain distinguished establishments like Labriola, a very well-regarded Italian cafe on the Magazine Mile, and new American restaurant Wooden in Boystown. Chicagoans also are continuing to toss and show up at illegal pandemic events: officials this month shut down a 50-particular person celebration with out masks or social distancing (or, for that matter, smoke alarms) at Earth Wide Mix, 2427 W. Hubbard Road, according to the Tribune.

Other events integrated a group of 66 keeping an function with a $100 go over, alcohol, and a DJ on the fourth floor of 409 W. Huron Street 83 individuals were being also found at a bash in a household apartment at 107 W. Hubbard Avenue, where by the lease holder was also charging an entrance payment, the Trib noted. Occasion hosts were being cited by BACP for breaking pandemic rules, along with other violations like unlicensed exercise and harmful situations.

Chicago bars and eating places cited this month for pandemic rule violations consist of:

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• Cafe Touche, 6731 N. Northwest Freeway
• Edison Park Inn, 6715 N. Olmsted Avenue
• Barraco’s Pizza, 2105 W. 95th Road
• The Clark Street Bar, 3040 N. Clark Road
• Duffy’s Tavern and Grille, 420 W. Diversey Parkway
• Wooden, 3335 N. Halsted Avenue
• Firewater Saloon, 6689 N. Oliphant Avenue
• Ted’s Place, 5813 W. Madison Street
• New China Buffet, 3246 W. Addison Avenue
• Labriola Chicago, 535 N. Michigan Avenue

It’s been a hectic thirty day period for BCAP, which began the thirty day period with two much-discussed citations for Ald. (44th Ward) Tom Tunney’s restaurant Ann Sather in Lakeview immediately after prospects were being photographed eating indoors. A previous chair of the Illinois Restaurant Affiliation, Tunney faces a utmost wonderful of $10,500. Infamous dive bar Richard’s in River West took a extra aggressive method, announcing its intention to defy city and condition constraints on indoor services in a considering that-eliminated recognize on its doorway.

In other news…

— Crown Liquors Taproom, a well-recognized packaged merchandise store in Avondale that shut in April, could reopen less than new possession next 12 months, according to Block Club Chicago. Developing proprietor Don Glisovich reportedly hopes to reopen the bar, but former owner Georg Simos and organization companion Alex Tsolakides are not involved. Simos also owns Dante’s Tavern, which just lately relocated to the previous High Dive bar area in West Town. It’s not a lasting change — he aims to reopen Higher Dive in April or May.

— Denver-based dining-and-online games chain Punch Bowl Social has declared bankruptcy, according to Cafe Small business Online, pointing to the coronavirus and $20 million owed to its loan provider as the motives powering the submitting. Proceedings have taken a bizarre transform, on the other hand, as the company’s previous executives and loan company CrowdOut engage in a “tug-of-war” above financial troubles that pre-day the COVID-19 pandemic. The destiny of the chain’s Fulton Industry outpost, which shut in October, stays as still unidentified.

— Italian cafe Caro Mio, a Ravenswood mainstay, will reopen in January in the room formerly occupied by Taco in a Bag at 4603 N. Lincoln Avenue, possession introduced in a Facebook post.