The saga of Mr. Beef's recent misfortunes continues today as co-owner Joseph Zucchero testifies before Congress regarding his recent struggles with Midwest Bank, which holds the lien on the River North institution, has cut off Zucchero's line of credit, and threatens to foreclose on the restaurant. This despite Midwest Bank recently being the recipient of $85 million in TARP funds from the Treasury Department. From the Tribune's "Swamp" Washington Bureau blog
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Our dinner date last night at Agami reflected on how she felt she missed out on the golden days of the "Chicago Way." Turns out we should have dinner at Natalino's in the near future. Heather Shouse reported on the TOC blog last week about the windows being shot out at Natalino's in West Town in retaliation for owner Michael Genovise hiring away his chef from competing trattoria Piano Piano. When Shouse pressed Genovise to answer if he believes the folks at Piano Piano was responsible he replied, "Well, it seems pretty coincidental, doesn’t it? $15,000 worth of coincidence." All the same, we'd be checking for guns taped behind the toilets at Natalino's, if we were you.
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