Pop-Ups Expected To Grow In Chicago Thanks To New Licensing System
Ravi Baichwal | ABC 7 Chicago | December 3, 2018 Watch for more pop-up restaurants, stores and services across Chicago. The city unveiled a new licensing system Monday to make it easier for micro-businesses to open. It's a way to cultivate entrepreneurship in the...
Tock Raises $9.5 Million, Led By Valor, Origin
John Pletz | Crain's Chicago Business | November 28, 2018 Tock, a Chicago maker of restaurant-reservation software, is sticking around for a third course. Even as consolidation has claimed other rivals to OpenTable—such as Reserve, which recently was acquired by...
French Restaurants Have Been Closing In Chicago. Can Le Sud Buck The Trend? Mais Oui.
Phil Vettel | Chicago Tribune | November 12, 2018 Le Sud is only 7 weeks old, but already looks like a hit. It has a veteran management team, a chef who cooks with intelligence and purpose, an interesting and highly affordable wine list, and bright, attentive service....
Why Calculating the Customer Lifetime Value Could Save Your Restaurant
Pedanco | November 2018 Think about how much it costs to acquire a new customer. You put up expensive signage inside and outside the restaurant. Your website itself (not to mention the management of it) comes with a monthly cost. You run promotions in-house and offer...
Nine Chicago Steakhouses Rank Among America’s Highest-Grossing Independent Restaurants
Ashok Selvam | Eater | October 25, 2018 Yes, for yet another year Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in the Gold Coast is the top-grossing independent restaurant in Chicago, according to the latest Restaurant Business Online top 100 list. This year, Gibsons made $25.5...
What Restaurants Need to Know About the Bill Trying to Save Mom-and-Pops from Rent Hikes
Carla Vianna | Eater New York | October 23, 2018 Restaurants struggling to cope with pricey rent hikes may benefit from a proposed bill — discussed Monday in City Council — that seeks to level the playing field between landlords and commercial tenants in NYC. The...
A ‘Milk Bar’ Is Coming to Hubbard Street in River North
Ashok Selvam | Eater | October 18, 2018 SVN Restaurant Resource Group’s Scott Reinish represented the tenant in the transaction. Hubbard Street should soon have a new bar that appears to focus on sweets from one of the co-owners of Shore Club, the restaurant/club at...
Chicago’s Quietest, Loudest Restaurants Ranked In ‘Yelp-Like’ App For Noise
Alisa Hauser & Mina Bloom | Block Club Chicago | October 3, 2018 CHICAGO — Folks who can’t hear what their Tinder date is saying over the blaring music at a burger bar can now whip out their iPhones and warn others to find a quieter place for a conversation....
This New Restaurant Brings Southern French Dishes to Roscoe Village
Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | September 27, 2018 SVN Restaurant Resource Group's Scott Reinish represented the buyer in the transaction. Roscoe Village received a culinary upgrade earlier this week when Le Sud, a new two-level restaurant, opened. Dishes on its...
Axe-Throwing Bar Receives One-Day Liquor License Suspension Over Safety Concerns
Brenna Houck | Eater Detroit | September 26, 2018 A metro Detroit axe-throwing bar received a brief suspension of its liquor license for what regulators described as a potentially dangerous activities involving alcohol and sharp objects flying through the air. The...
Fired OpenTable Employee Faces Federal Fraud Charge For Fake Reservations
Ashok Selvam | Eater Chicago | September 20, 2018 A former OpenTable employee who made several hundred fake restaurant reservations in an attempt to harm online reservation rival Reserve faces a charge of wire fraud. The man, Steven Addison, worked in the Chicago...
Lincoln Park Gets Its First Pour-Your-Own-Beer Bar Next Week
Daniel Gerzina | Eater Chicago | September 12, 2018 Marcus Sullivan of SVN Chicago Commercial's Restaurant Resource Group represented the buyer in the transaction. The owners of Chicago’s most popular pour-your-own-beer bar, Tapster in Wicker Park, are almost ready to...