Lakeview News

When you entered the lanyard industry, your most loyal customers paid top dollar for the box stitch.

Just 15 minutes in to trick-or-treat time and a group of kids in suburban Lagrange already had quite a haul, not to mention some funny costumes.

Have a costume but still don't know where you're going for Halloween? Don't worry, there are plenty of parties you can get in to- last minute.

Mayor Daley and the Chicago Housing Authority are celebrating the re-opening of a senior housing complex in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.

Admit it: With the usual overflow of video games hitting stores this fall, it's time to purge.

They say there's no such thing as bad press, so two Chicago bars may actually be happy they made a dubious list -- especially coming from a Web site called Bigstupididiot.com . The Web site named Lakeview's Newport Bar & Grill the worst bar in America , and L & L Tavern checked in at #20. The fact that both reside in Lakeview is fodder for another ...

Stretched along 19 miles of coastline along Lake Michigan, Chicago continues to surprise locals and visitors alike with a metropolitan smorgasbord of eye-popping architecture, internationally renowned museums, and a jumbled mix of ethnic neighborhoods begging to be explored.

Share + Sep 15, 2009 2:00 pm US/Central A 30-year-old man arrested after the robbery Friday of a sandwich shop on on the southwestern edge of the Lakeview neighborhood has been charged with the robberies of a half-dozen small shops, police said.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Energy Election Begins at 6:00 PM Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ 615 W. Wellington Avenue, Chicago $5.00 donation suggested From the "Holler" to the "Hood", coal is devastating lives and the environment upon which we depend.

Chicago, big city and known for the best dogs in the world...hot dogs that is...all got started with the Austro-Hungarian immigrants Emil Reichel and Sam Ladan when they came to Chicago with their hit hot dogs franchise at the 1893 World Fair.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Energy Election Begins at 6:00 PM Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ 615 W. Wellington Avenue, Chicago From the "Holler" to the "Hood", coal is devastating lives and the environment upon which we depend.

With football season about to start, there's only one thing on our minds. And this year, for once, it's not a quarterback controversy.

Rick Bayless' Xoco is one of the first big openings of fall. With fall almost here, it's time to look forward to the new restaurants soon to hit the shores of Lake Michigan: Xoco: Top Chef Masters winner Rick Bayless turns out Mexican street-style food including tortas, churros and artisanal hot chocolate in River North.

A man was robbed by two attackers early this morning on a Lakeview street, just outside a Red Line "L" stop, police said.

Note: Serious Eats contributor Daniel Zemans is better known for his Chicago pizza reviews on Slice , but now he'll be covering the burger scene as well .

Share + Aug 26, 2009 5:00 am US/Central 1 of 1 A woman was mugged and pistol-whipped early on Aug.

Be on your best driving behavior tonight. Undercover police will be monitoring four Chicago crosswalks tonight for motorists who endanger pedestrians.

The undercover police stings aimed at catching drivers who endanger pedestrians in crosswalks are back again -- but this time at night.

"I never considered living north of Irving Park," said Khoi Nguyen, speaking from his three-bedroom condominium in Buena Park.

Three men, including an off-duty Chicago firefighter, were attacked early Wednesday morning in Chicago's Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods in three separate incidents.