We now pause from your wall-to-wall Mayor Daley coverage to pick up where we left off yesterday, as though nothing has happened. Last week, Chuck brought us the news that the Merz Apothecary, the century-plus-old stalwart of the Chicago apothecary scene, was pulling out of it's space at Macy's and moving a couple blocks south towards the Palmer House Hilton. Yesterday we spent 10With Anthony Qaiyum, owner of Merz, about the business and it's long lifespan. So now: What's the deal with the whole Macy's pullout? And why exactly do they sell online as Smallflower, anyways? We dug a little deeper. Plus, we just love the word "apothecary." more ›

Last week, Chuck brought us the news that the Merz Apothecary, the century-plus-old stalwart of the Chicago apothecary scene, was pulling out of it's space at Macy's and moving a couple blocks south towards the Palmer House Hilton. So...why would you do that? After 135 years in business (at their North Side locations over the years), you'd think things would be humming along nicely at this point. more ›

Merz Apothecary, one of Lincoln Square's longest operating businesses, also had a store in Macy Fields for the past seven years. more ›

We needed to balance our sales tax karma after opening the floor to all of you scofflaws escaping to Indy and Gurnee and all points non-Cook in our post about the tax veto from the other day. So we thought we'd open up the floor to a short discussion of exactly what places in our city will be receiving our hard-earned heavily taxed dollars as we start this shopping season. more ›