Wave of closures for Chicago restaurants, bars amid COVID-19 spike puts industry on edge: ‘This was an absolute rug pull’ – Chicago Tribune*

Michelin-starred Elske, which has already closed twice during the pandemic — including most of last winter — was open all of 11 days before announcing Sunday it would close again due to a potential exposure. The restaurant said it hoped to reopen Dec. 29 “after a short break and a lot of negative test results, or maybe never again.”
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Ex Illini
4 years ago

This thing will end when the people say enough! Do not support any business in the City of Chicago. The only power we have is with our wallet. Reward the businesses that supported you throughout this manufactured disaster.

Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Ex Illini

But those businesses are the victims. Try to help them some way.

debtsor
4 years ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

Businesses operating in Chicago are not victims. The owners took a calculated by risk operating in a communist dump with progressives values hoping to make a profit. However, like all business risks, it is detrimental to ignore the government regulating your business. These businesses must now suffer the consequences of an incompetent government. I haven’t spent much money in Chicago in two years and now I won’t spend any money in Chicago

BB
4 years ago

Shut downs do not work Peeps! Wake up and stop living in fear!!!!

debtsor
4 years ago

I’ve only heard of two of the twenty restaurants listed in that article. None of them appeared to be in the suburbs. I hope all of those restaurants shut down and never reopen. That’s your just deserts for trying to operate a restaurant in a communist dump. I wish only the worst upon my enemies just as they wish only the worst upon me. They won’t let me into their establishment unless I get a clot shot? Good, I Hope they go bankrupt, and I will actively root for it. As I said before, they don’t care about me, I… Read more »

BB
4 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

Well said!

#DumpChicagoIllinois
4 years ago

We are destroying our country over the common cold… If you choose not to vaccinate, that is your choice… Manage your risk and take your chances… The young, the vaccinated, those who live a healthy lifestyle and exercise/maintain a healthy weight – the omicron is the common cold. LL is going to (it has been suggested) DICTATE businesses require proof of vax… She has no right… Sadly, we live Chicago, in Illinois – the land of JB and LL – blowhards who lack any sense of decency, humility, or restraint (JB, looking at you man!). We need to say no.… Read more »

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