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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

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

The Daily Northwestern


Customers showed up to Evanston Games and Cafe’s grand opening at its new location Tuesday.

Moving one block could prove a game changer for Evanston Games and Cafe

February 20, 2024

For Evanston Games and Cafe, moving one block meant moving mountains. Long located on a quiet block of Maple Avenue just behind the Davis Street Metra station, the store — simultaneously a retailer,...

Community members gather at Bitter Blossom. The bar recently opened in Church Street Plaza.

Bitter Blossom hopes to revive Evanston nightlife scene through creative drinks

October 29, 2023

Nestled in Evanston’s Church Street Plaza, a new establishment has blossomed. Bitter Blossom, a bar owned by the same proprietors as downtown spot Evanston Games and Cafe, invites the community to an...

A Dungeon and Dragons player in a black sweatshirt raises his hand at a brown table during a game.

Evanston residents explore storytelling through Dungeons and Dragons

May 10, 2022

On Tuesdays, Library Assistant Morgan Patten leaves the real world for a few hours to become Chime, a charismatic kenku warlock. Chime is her character in Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy role-playing...

Eli Klein, owner of Evanston Games and Cafe, orders food to prepare to open the store. Evanston Games and Cafe serves the community by offering a variety of board games and weekly tournaments in a casual setting.

Evanston Games and Cafe offers opportunity to develop community over board games

July 23, 2019

On her morning walk home from the Evanston Farmers’ Market in April 2015, avid gamer Jessica Gamba wondered why dice and board games were strewn among deconstructed furniture in an empty storefront....

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