With Little Warm Weather Left, Wicker Park Bar Owner May Finally Get A Patio Permit — No Thanks To Ald. La Spata – Block Club Chicago

The alderman said he rejected the permit in response to a “genuine pattern” of bad behavior. The bar receives more 911 calls than any other in the 1st Ward, he said. But the bar's owner says it's bigger than that. “The only minority-owned and Black-managed business on the street is singled out in the middle of a pandemic."