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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Assortment of different pink and yellow colored liquor bottles chained and locked up with question marks hovering above them.

A former temperance town, Evanston gave alcohol a shot 50 years ago

May 24, 2023

Fifty years ago, Evanston residents couldn’t buy or sell liquor in the city. But now, the former “dry town” has become home to a range of restaurants and liquor stores that serve a variety of...

A man stands on a stage with a microphone in front of a crowd in a dimly-lit space.

‘Laughs on a Hot Tin Roof’ brings stand up to Evanston

April 9, 2023

A high school reunion might be to thank for Evanston’s emerging stand-up scene.  When stand-up comic Seth Davis attended a 20th reunion at his alma mater Niles North High School two years ago, the...

The interior of Taco Diablo, 1026 Davis St. The Blue Horse Tavern will join the restaurants at this location later this year.

The Blue Horse Tavern to open later this year as part of Core & Rind Hospitality

September 20, 2020

After nearly 30 years in Evanston, Core & Rind Hospitality is opening a fourth restaurant, The Blue Horse Tavern, with a focus on American food. The hospitality group hosts multiple restaurants under...

Lulu’s, Taco Diablo plan to open January 2016

May 3, 2015

Evanston resident Daniel Kelch’s businesses have not had the best of luck in the city. First, his Mexican restaurant Taco Diablo was destroyed by an early morning fire in December 2013 that also burned...

The plans for the new Taco Diablo building show additional room on the ground floor for retail space. Construction will take about a year, said Mark Muenzer, Evanston’s director of community development.

Demolition completed at new Taco Diablo and Lulu’s site

January 28, 2015

Demolition has been completed at the new location for Taco Diablo and Lulu’s, two restaurants that closed during the last academic year, said Mark Muenzer, the city’s director of community development. The...

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