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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


A large, white plastic bag floating aimlessly with three identical stamped words that read “banned” in red on it, with two smaller white plastic bags floating adjacently on an ombré blue-to-pink background with whirly opaque gray stripes with sparkles.

Evanston small businesses adapt to plastic bag ban as new compliance date approaches

October 4, 2023

“Paper or plastic?” It’s the quintessential question customers are asked at most grocery and retail stores — and starting January 2024, a question Evanston residents may no longer have to answer. Evanston...

Bags of produce and ingredients are stacked in green containers along walls in a storage room.

Evanston restaurants and food vendors focus on local, sustainable sourcing

April 14, 2022

Evanston’s eateries offer a variety of options for herbivores and meat-eaters alike, and an increasing number of food establishments are focusing on ethical sourcing and sustainability in their practices.  Restaurants...

Two participants look at a table with white tablecloth lined up with five carved pumpkins. One participant is gesturing to one particular pumpkin while the other participant bends down to closely examine the same pumpkin.

Captured: Main-Dempster Mile hosts Fall Festival, Pumpkin Carving Contest

October 11, 2021

The Main-Dempster Mile hosted a Fall Festival and Pumpkin Carving Contest on Saturday afternoon. A portion of Dempster Street was blocked off with a stage for the Rolling Clones, a Rolling Stones cover...

Two bottles of orange hot sauce and one bottle of a yellow-green hot sauce, all with labels that say “Awe-Sauce Hot Sauce” with a pepper below. The background is filled with red peppers hanging from green plants.

Evanston resident builds handcrafted hot-sauce brand

April 21, 2021

Verzell James has brought 100 boxes of Awe-Sauce, his hand-crafted hot sauce, to various shops and restaurants around the city. His goal? To expand, to succeed and to show others they too can grow a business...

Matt Wechsler founded Village Farmstand. The storefront opened its doors on Dempster Street in August.

Village Farmstand brings locally grown food to the Main-Dempster Mile

September 24, 2020

Matt Wechsler, an Evanston resident and filmmaker, remembers his first experience at a farmer’s market in 2012. There, he fell in love with the flavors of locally grown produce and learned about how...

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