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Belmont Snack Shop to Close Permanently After Fire: ‘The Memories Keep You Going'
The Belmont Snack Shop will close permanently after a fire destroyed the Avondale restaurant earlier this month, owner Nelson Rodriguez announced in an emotional Facebook post Thursday afternoon. “After a lot of thought and consideration and looking at every angle possible it is apparent to all of us at the Snack Shop that rebuilding and attempting to bring Belmont Snack…
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Fire Breaks Out in Avondale at Building Housing Belmont Snack Shop
Four people are displaced after a fire broke out at a building housing a restaurant in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Firefighters arrived at 7:24 p.m. to the building, which houses the Belmont Snack Bar, at 3407 W. Belmont Avenue. Responders found the first floor of the building on fire as well as the second floor,…
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Robbers Pose as Police Officers on NW Side
Police are warning residents about a series of robberies since last week by suspects posing as police officers in Albany Park, Belmont Central and Avondale on the Northwest Side. In each case, a man pulled up in a black vehicle, pointed a flashlight at the victim and demanded the person’s ID or wallet, according to a community alert from...
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Chicago Brewery Posts Stern Message to Bars, Restaurants That Don't Follow Social Distancing Guidelines
A Chicago brewery took to Facebook this week calling out patrons, restaurants and bars that allowed massive crowds of people and long lines on the first weekend of indoor dining. Metropolitan Brewery in Avondale took to Facebook and posted a strongly worded message to those not following public health guidance. “This b****** will squander every sacrifice made over the past…
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Racial Slurs Spray-Painted on Avondale Home, Garages: Police
Police are investigating after someone spray-painted racial slurs on two Avondale garages Friday on the Northwest Side. Officers responded to two reports of criminal damage in progress at 1:47 a.m. in the 3100 block of North Central Park Avenue, according to Chicago police. Responding officers found racial slurs spray-painted on the garage doors of two homes in the block, along…
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Police Officer Stabbed at Scene of Avondale Fire
A Chicago police officer was stabbed by someone who allegedly started a fire Wednesday in Avondale on the Northwest Side. Police and fire crews were called about 4:45 p.m. for reports of the fire in the 3100 block of North Spaulding Avenue, according to Chicago police. When they arrived, a female started arguing with officers and firefighters. The female, who…
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Man Shot While Driving in Avondale
A man was wounded in a shooting Sunday in Avondale on the Northwest Side.
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Car Crashes Into Building in Avondale
Authorities say a car drove into a building on Chicago’s Northwest Side early Tuesday.
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Chicago Pop-Up Bar to Celebrate Krampus, Santa's Frightening Counterpart
Starting on Dec. 5, DMen Tap in the Avondale neighborhood on the city’s Northwest Side will transform itself into a Krampus-themed pop-up bar.
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Wrigleyville Saloon Transforms Into ‘Christmas Vacation'-Themed Pop-Up Bar
Griswold’s, a pop-up bar themed after National Lampoon’s “Christmas Vacation,” officially opens its doors on Sunday.
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4-Year-Old Girl Sexually Abused at NW Side Elementary School
A 4-year-old girl was sexually abused last month at an elementary school in Avondale on the Northwest Side, according to Chicago police.
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Apartment Burglaries Reported on NW Side
Chicago police are warning Northwest Siders about three home burglaries reported this month in the Avondale and Irving Park neighborhoods.
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Search Turns Up Weapons, Cash, Narcotics in Avondale: Police
A man faces two felony drug charges after officers found LSD and other Schedule 1 and 2 narcotics in his Avondale neighborhood home on Thursday, police said.
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Police: Man With Butcher Knife Robs 2 Northwest Side Businesses
Police are warning businesses on the Northwest Side of two recent robberies in the Logan Square and Avondale neighborhoods.
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'I Had to Save Her Life': Brother Pulls Sister to Safety During Abduction
A teen girl’s quick-thinking brother is being credited with saving her life after he grabbed onto his sister’s ankles and pulled her from a man who was trying to kidnap her on Chicago’s North Side Monday.
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Brother Saves Sister From Attempted Abduction on North Side
A brother is being credited with saving his sister’s life during an attempted kidnapping on Chicago’s North Side this week. Christian Farr reports.
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Three Men Found Dead From Cold in NW Side Building Identified
Three men who were found dead in a vacant building on the city’s Northwest Side have been identified by the medical examiner’s office as Martin Kaziemierz, Sergei Subchuk and Nikolai Chtefan.
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Three Found Dead in Avondale Building, Possibly From Cold
Emergency officials responded to the 3300 block of North Harding about 11:15 a.m. and found the three—males of unknown age—dead in a vacant building. NBC5’s Natalie Martinez reports.