![]() ![]() Closing out on a sad note, the owner of the Mutiny, the Logan Square dive bar that closed in 2018 has died. ![]() Naf Naf, a quick-serve operation, has 35 locations, according to Restaurant Business Online. Roark Capital, the group that counts Arby’s, Culver’s, and Sonic in its holdings, is no longer involved with local shawarma chain Naf Naf Grill. Tunney estimated bar and restaurant business is down 30 percent to 40 percent around the ballpark. Ald, (44th Ward) Tom Tunney - who owns Ann Sather - chatted with Puente about the impact, as his ward contains the home of the Cubs. Now, WBEZ’s Michael Puente explores how the return of baseball fans will impact bars around Guaranteed Rate Field and Wrigley Field. Last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said baseball fans could attend games in person, but the Cubs and White Sox have been unclear on the status of roaming food vendors. For example, underground cannabis dinners would have more of a chance to go mainstream if laws are loosened. However, on-site consumption has the potential to unleash creative possibilities in Chicago’s restaurant industry. In January 2020, a Springfield site was the first to receive an on-site license in Illinois.ĭowntown Chicago’s first marijuana dispensary opened in last year, and there doesn’t seem much public push currently to bring on-site consumption to the city. Local authorities in Sesser approved the Luna Lounge plan in March 2020. Last year, Alaska was the first state in the nation to allow on-site marijuana consumption. The bar won’t serve booze due to state indoor smoking restrictions. Ownership says it’s the first of its kind in the state, and a way to make Sesser more of a tourist destination. The space will stock papers and have smoking paraphernalia for rent. It’s billed as a safe space where customers won’t have to worry about being kicked out of a bar for rolling up a joint. This is a BYO-style venue where customers are encouraged to buy cannabis from an off-site dispensary. In Sesser - about 300 miles south of Chicago - owners are preparing to open the Luna Lounge in late April or early May. Among those projects? The debut of Illinois’ first bar for on-site consumption of marijuana. More and more restaurant and bar operators are announcing new projects with more confidence that the pandemic’s worst is behind America. Stay tuned.Spring isn’t the only thing in the air in Illinois, where state officials continue to rollback COVID-19 rules as vaccinations rollout. The bar is scheduled to host a tiki party as part of the upcoming Detroit Cocktail Classic. The tiki lounge is just a few blocks from PizzaPlex and the under renovation Flowers of Vietnam as well as bar, pizzeria, and music venue El Club. Mutiny Bar is part of a recent influx of restaurants and bars in the dense Southwest Detroit neighborhood. Kwiatkowski is currently in the process of developing a charcuterie and wine restaurant called Gratiot Avenue Provisions in a space near Eastern Market. Earlier this month, Detroit Optimist also took over operations of The Buhl Bar in downtown Detroit. The group currently counts The Sugar House, Wright & Company, The Peterboro, and Bad Luck Bar among its properties. Mutiny is just one of several recent additions to the Detroit Optimist Society stable of bars and restaurants. The Detroit Optimist Society team also recently replaced the VL signage with a blue and yellow flag featuring Mutiny’s emblem - an “M” and a fist holding a dagger. “We pulled out the floors and found there was some terrazzo under it,” he says of the renovations. However, customers can expect some changes to the interior. The narrow bar space will bear similarities to its previous occupant. Bartender Chris Vanderginst, who worked as general manager at The Sugar House in Corktown for the past year and a half, will be running the day-to-day operations. “Mutiny goes against the kind of pretension that a lot of other bars have and, I guess, a lot of my other bars have.” Customers can expect “blender drinks” and karaoke. “We’re playing with the idea of dive tiki,” Kwiatkowski says. ![]() He eventually purchased the brick building from the owner in October and closed it shortly after for updates and redecorating. Kwiatkowski says that he was a longtime patron of the VL, which shares a wall with Chicago’s Pizza. The new cocktail spot is currently under renovation inside the VL Bar, a slightly dive-y neighborhood watering hole with a wood paneling aesthetic that once offered affordable domestic beers, shots, and 25-cent pool. Kwiatkowski confirms to Eater that the bar is slated to open to the public on November 11 at the corner of West Vernor and Lansing Street. Dave Kwiatkowski’s cocktail empire the Detroit Optimist Society is bringing its next project - Mutiny Bar - to Southwest Detroit. ![]()
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