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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


Customers drink a beer at Peckish Pig, 623 Howard St. The management of the pub decided to close down on Thursday for the "day without immigrants" protest.

Evanston businesses close for ‘day without immigrants’

February 19, 2017

At least two Evanston business owners closed up shop Thursday to participate in "a day without immigrants,” a nationwide protest aiming to bring awareness to the vital roles immigrants play in American...

Train pulls into elevated station over street, overcast sky.

At Evanston’s southern border, 8th Ward community strives to make itself central to the city

January 24, 2017

Ald. Ann Rainey was elected 8th Ward alderman in 1983, a few years after she moved there from the 3rd Ward and almost a decade after the passage of the Landlord Tenant Ordinance. She soon found the...

Evanston to host first Oktoberfest beer festival

October 10, 2015

Evanston will be hosting its first-ever Oktoberfest this Sunday featuring craft beer from four local breweries. Oktoberfest is the result of a joint effort by breweries Peckish Pig, Smylie Brothers...

SESP graduate student Lisa Weber sips a Revolution Brewing beer over conversation with her husband, Rob Mohler. Mohler, himself a fan of Peckish Pig's house IPA, India Panic Attack, discovered the new microbrewery through a Google search of local bars.

The Peckish Pig, Evanston’s first brewpub, opens on Howard Street

April 2, 2014

Jamie and Debbie Evans, owners of Howard Street's new restaurant the Peckish Pig, want to run a brewpub where people rave about the food as much as the bar. The former partners of The Celtic Knot on...

Tom Fogarty, the brewmaster of Peckish Pig, pours a sample of brown ale at Northwestern’s beachfront in a community gathering event in September. The restaurant will be the first brewpub in Evanston with a scheduled Dec. 1 opening.

City Council passes liquor license for first Evanston brewpub

October 28, 2013

Evanston City Council approved a liquor license on Monday night for the city's first brewpub, bringing it closer to a December opening. The co-owners of Peckish Pig, 623 Howard St., named it after...

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