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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


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Amid warmer weather, students turn to picnics to build community, explore aesthetics

May 25, 2022

With the sun returning to campus, several students are taking to the Lakefill with blankets and picnic baskets filled with fruit and crackers.  The cold from this past winter helped Medill freshman...

A container of food on the left with a pile of rice, vegetables and sauce containers. On the right is a pile of vegetables with a large piece of wispy dried grass.

New restaurant Picnic to bring ‘good mood food,’ casual healthy dishes to Evanston

April 26, 2022

Restaurant owner Jack DeMar said he’s seen a demand for “good mood food” in Evanston.  “Evanston has a student community and a more holistic neighborhood community and business community that...

Four restaurants with a fish above two and a loaf of bread above the other two.

Evanston businesses expand through co-ownership, collaboration

April 25, 2022

When restaurant owner CD Young (Kellogg ’96) opened elephant + vine in Evanston this spring, she reflected on her two ‘sister restaurants’ as support systems for each other. “It’s a sisterhood,...

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