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January 2011
Nobody Move
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.5 million
Sale Price: $2.5 million
The Property: A 40th-floor penthouse at the 600 North Fairbanks condo tower has sold, but nobody’s moving... Read more
Dish Flash: Five Questions for Martial Noguier
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
Although Eve sunsetted over New Year’s weekend, the new restaurant in the space slated for February 1st is Bistronomic (840 N. Wabash Ave.; 312-944-8400), the brainchild of the chef Martial Noguier (One Sixtyblue, Café des Architectes), who is partnering with Matt Fisher—who owned Eve—and John Ward. (The 312 Dining Diva got someone to spill the beans about it.) For a while now, Noguier has wanted to have an inexpensive modern bistro with good, uncomplicated food like what was on Café des Architectes’ neighborhood menu. He talked to us on December 29th about his plans for Bistronomic. Read more
Gut Check, in West Andersonville
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $739,000
The Property: In March 2010, the developer Sa Schloff bought somebody else’s botched attempt to turn a two-flat into a single-family home. The first floor had been gutted, the second was a mess, and the work needed to make the place habitable would be extensive... Read more
Like Springtime in Paris: Oh là là, Le Bar!
By Amalie Drury
Last week, when it was a bizarre but welcome 52 degrees outside, The Creative Director and I went on a Parisian minibreak in Chicago’s Gold Coast. I had a coupon for a one-night stay at the Sofitel that was about to expire, so we folded a few things into the vintage leather valise that TCD’s mother had just given him for Christmas and took the Red Line downtown... Read more