Category Archives: Shopping

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POP HAIR Opens February 14th

POP HAIR officially opens on Tuesday, February 14th in the little storefront at 1481 W Balmoral Ave. The salon is a mid-priced, single chair shop catering to both men and women run by owner and stylist Kenny Moore. Current prices …

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Get Ready for Valentine’s Day at Mr. & Mrs. Digz

This Saturday Mr. & Mrs. DIGZ is having a Valentine’s Day event from 1-5pm. Pamper yourself and pick up a new outfit for next Tuesday.

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Closed Aville Bike Shop Gets New Tenant

According to Racked Chicago, the former Andersonville Bike Shop which closed this fall has a new tenant in the form of Yaya’s Antiques currently in Whiting, Indiana.  You can read the entire story here. Yaya Antiques specializes in vintage jewelry and glassware …

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‘Bucky Gear’ Movin on Up!

According to this story in Racked Chicago, Andersonville clothing store Bucky Gear will be moving locations to 5409 N Clark Street — a spot currently occupied by the strange and inconsistent store Monkey Gallery, which will be closing. Bucky Gear is currently located …

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Equinox Moving South

The Equinox location at 5621 N Clark St is closing. They’ll be consolidating with the location on Broadway in Lakeview. Thanks to Facebook friends Kevin and Dennis for the tip! Photo by Nick M. on Yelp.

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Walgreens Building Sells for a Whopping $13 Million

If this one doesn’t raise an eyebrow, nothing will. According to Crains, Clark Street Development LLC — the owners of Andersonville’s Walgreens store — sold the property for a whopping $13 million to an unnamed group of “overseas investors”.  Clark Street …

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Closed: Andersonville Bikes & Fitness

Back in November Andersonville Bikes & Fitness asked for input on how they could try to save their business from closing. A lot of feedback was given in the comments but unfortunately it seems as though they weren’t able to …

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Cash Mob Chicago Was A Success

We popped in Andersonville Galleria Wednesday night for the first Cash Mob Chicago event and were pleased to see the shop full of folks browsing through the booths. Check out the ABC 7 piece below. There are also photos from …

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Cash Mob Chicago – January 4th at 6pm

Hit up the ATM for a $20 bill and head to the corner of Clark and Berwyn Wednesday night for Cash Mob Chicago. The group is meeting between 5:45 and 6:00pm after which they’ll head to a local shop for …

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Local Yield Holiday Edition at Haymaker

This Monday, December 12th, The Haymaker Shop is having another Local Yield event, an evening celebrating Chicago-crafted food, drink, and art. This second round of Local Yield features: The Southern Mac & Cheese food truck FEW Spirits Sonnenzimmer, artists new …

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Painted Light Holiday Jazz Open House

You’re invited this Sunday, Dec. 11th to the “Painted Light Holiday Jazz Open House.” Judy Statsinger, jazz pianist and singer extraordinaire will be tinkling the ivories and creating her own special brand of cheer from 3pm to 6pm. Come to …

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Shop Local for Small Business Saturday

Don’t forget about local stores during the big shopping weekend. Today is “Small Business Saturday” so grab a coffee and take a stroll through the neighborhood to pick up holiday gifts from our variety of independent retailers. Also, in support …