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- The Painted Lady Organic Eatery has closed after only a couple of months in business. Housed in the former space of Bleeding Heart Bakery, the cafe suffered, said owner Valetin Garcia, because he and his wife Michelle, were spending most of their time at the new Bleeding Heart location on Damen and Belmont. "Both places were suffering from us not being at each place 100 percent," he told The Reader. "It was really apparent in other reviews we were getting. Stupid complaints that could have been prevented if we were just there."
- Maybe it's just a bad time to be located on Chicago Ave; Fan Si Pan, too, closed. Do not get us started on the awesomeness of that honeydew lemonade, because it's deliciousness exceeds descriptive words. The good news is 312 Dining Diva says they are going to reopen, but sadly for West Towners, not in the same location.
- It's the number-one-most-emailed article at the NYT right now, but worth repeating (Ed note: especially since we were aware of it locally two years ago). Step away from the sashimi! Testing of tuna sushi from around New York City revealed high levels of mercury. High enough to make you sick (over one part per million). The experts interviewed for the story say there's no reason to expect bluefin tuna in other cities won't have the same high levels. We suggest sticking with the uni.
- There's a lot of economics surrounding this that we don't really want to delve into, but the good news is, for those who like some—but not a ton—of coffee, is that Starbucks will begin to sell a smaller cup of coffee for $1. That same small cup comes with free refills in the store, which leads us to ask the obvious question: why would anyone ever get a larger cup in they are "for here?" As usual, keep up with all the latest on the Starbucks Gossip blog.
Image via Bleeding Heart.
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Bummer about Painted Lady Organic Eatery - I really wanted to try that place out.
IF they are "for here"?
As opposed to "to go."
Godfuckingdamnit. I knew Painted Lady (which I loved, by the way) was closing because I was in there this weekend, and the employees were letting everyone know. However, I did NOT know about Fan Si Pan and am now near tears that two of my favorite Chicago Ave. places to pick up a quick lunch are closed. I will have sweet, sweet, heavenly dreams about that honeydew limeade until the day I die.
Shame about Fan Si Pan. And I have to hand it to the BH people for owning up. I was a regular at both iterations, but after their move there was a real dip in quality and service. Better to be small and great than big and 'meh'.
West Town (god that's a weird name for this area) has alot of "no joy". The Echo Gallery closed, and there is tons of commercial space on Chicago just waiting for shops. Considering how crowded division between Damen and Ashland has gotten with shops/food/bars you'd think there'd be more movement just a bit south. With the new dominicks it's pretty booming.
About a year ago I was looking for retail space in the area. Some of the leasers are a little nuts here. One place wanted easily 3x the market value of the space she was renting out plus 2 months deposit. Utterly nuts. That place is still sitting vacant. Fail.
I really liked Fan Si Pan, I would of went more but the location sucked.