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Metric defintiely never moved in during the last two years, I think that project might be dead or it was scaled back in size.

Yeah, it seems they maybe roasting but I don't know anything about the cafe being open.

 

I mean selfishly I hope they don't fully move, the current cafe is the only walkable coffee shop from where I live

 

To be honest, that spot in Avondale is far enough away and in a shit stretch of Kedzie so I'd never go.

 

Friendly reminder that you are allowed to punch nazis when they're waiting outside of schools.
ICE agents ‘showed up’ at Chicago school, CPS says – NBC Chicago

 

Related, there's a Reader fundraiser happening at Thalia Hall next month where they're showing The Decline of Western Civilization I & II

 

What do yall think of Burlington Bar / what are some other cool hangout spots in Logan Square

 

I go to Burly for shows a fair bit. Cool bartenders, they let my friend play bring in her favorite bad 90s movie and play it on the tv for her birthday.

For coffee, I’m a big big fan of The Brewed. The staff is sweet, and I respect that the owners get behind the counter and help make coffee. They’ve had basically the same staff since it opened a couple years ago, which i take to be a sign that it must be a decent spot to work. Bric-a-Brac is attached to it and owned by the same people, good record shop imo. Four Letter Word on Diversey is also solid, and Dayglow is fancier but really good coffee imo. Sipping Turtle is less hip but very home-y. Cafe Mustache is cool too, feels like 2008 in there. Daisie’s during its cafe hours is nice - a liiiittle yuppie for me, but it’s got a ton of places to sit which i have to appreciate.

I don’t drink/hang out in bars for non-shows very often, but Consignment Lounge is nice and i think the hype has died down over the past year so it should be less crowded. Best Intentions has a good cheap burger and is like a nice cozy hang for not-expensive drinks. Reeds Local over on Belmont (Avondale, but only just) is a great dive. Also in that neck of the woods is Dmen Tap, which I love. Best giant pretzels out there. Weegee’s is cool, but kind of expensive. I do highly recommend folks go there on nights when Mister Tom Musick is doing a set (usually thursdays?) so you can feel like you’re in a David Lynch movie.

Open Books and City Lit and Bucket o’ Blood are cool spots for books. Podlasie Club for going out and dancing. Burly & Cole’s for local shows. I loved Sleeping Village for a long time but they changed the person who handles their booking and it seems like the type of acts they book is maybe shifting in a way I don’t love.

 

Yeah, I like Burlington a lot for shows, just wish they'd start earlier. Seconding the Bucket o' Blood and City Lit recommendations. I haven't been to Open Books yet but I see it whenever I'm at Concord and have been meaning to stop in. Most of my favorite spots from when I lived there a decade ago (how has it been that long?) are gone now, which is a bummer.

 

This comment absolutely rules thank you so much.

went to Chicago for the first time on January 7th and my band’s coming back for another show on May 11th, wanna spend more than a day in Chicago this go-around and it’s nice to know that Burlington and Cole’s, the spots recommended to us last time, are go-tos.

we went to Middlebrow for Tavern Tuesdays for food, that was pretty solid. I’ll have to check out Brewed/Bric-a-Brac, Best Intentions, Reeds and City Lit at least.

 

Pop back in when I'm not completely slammed and I can come up with some more. I live not far from all the places but currently not in the frame of mind to think too much about things other than work.

 

If you’ve got a link to tickets or anything for your gig, drop it in here!

 

Will do! Show’s confirmed but we’re still confirming the rest of the lineup, once that’s done we will have a link. Fingers crossed my top available choices can do it, the ideal show would be Terrain (us), Dead Dog, A Mammoth Task, Sea of Cars. It’s at Burlington Bar.

 

Cool! We played with A Mammoth Task before, they’re sick. Def will come out!

 

A Mammoth Task is so good. I felt emasculated as a drummer after watching them.

 

Goes hard.

 

Rest in peace.

Anthony Faikus, WWII fighter pilot, dies at 101

 

Death Cab for Cutie: Plans 20th Anniversary Tickets Aug 05, 2025 Chicago, IL | Ticketmaster

 

presale on sale now 20 Years of Bloc Party: Silent Alarm & Hits, with Metric Tickets Jun 08, 2025 Chicago, IL | Ticketmaster

 

got tickets to that yesterday, cant wait