[MUSIC] SHANNON TYLER: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Shannon Tyler. ELLA JEFFRIES: And I’m Ella Jeffries. SHANNON TYLER: And this is Everything Evanston, a podcast...

Dawn Okamoto started Secret Treasures Antiques and Collectibles as an opportunity to get out of the corporate world and into a passion-driven career. Nearly 30 years later, the shop’s limited real estate...

The new Plant Shop Evanston opened up in downtown Evanston in July. Seth Wallen, the general manager, and Johnathan Thomas Smith, a carnivorous plant and orchids expert, talk about how the shop opened,...

The 46-year-old Evanston Farmers’ Market managed to survive the COVID-19 pandemic by coming together as a community. Now, vendors and market organizers say they’re facing a new hurdle: a controversial...

Evanston’s business scene looks a lot different today than it did one year ago when COVID-19 began, and even more different than it did decades ago. The Daily sat down with Evanston business owners and...