Eric Williams’ retail store, The Silver Room, has been a bustling community gathering place ever since the Hyde Park location opened at 1506 E. 53rd Street in 2015. Now with the store temporarily closed dueContinue reading

The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity has mandated that “…all non-essential businesses and operations to cease all activities except for minimum basic operations,” with some of the essential businesses considered to be restaurantsContinue reading

FEDERAL RESOURCES   State of Illinois received Statewide Economic Injury Declaration “The State of Illinois has received its statewide Economic Injury Declaration which means small businesses in all 102 Illinois counties may be eligible forContinue reading

The Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) announced state-wide senior shopping hours at national Illinois grocery stores including ALDI, Jewel-Osco, Mariano’s, Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and others. ALDI – 6621 S. Cottage Grove Avenue ALDIContinue reading

This is an unprecedented time in Chicago and the world, and in an effort to help our Hyde Park businesses as much as possible, the 53rd Street Blog will be updating this alphabetical list ofContinue reading

North Kenwood resident Racquel Fields is planning an April 11 grand opening for her Caribbean fusion restaurant, 14 Parish. Moving to Hyde Park from the South Loop, the restaurant’s renovation work is nearing completion atContinue reading

There’s nothing like preparing your tax returns (or gathering the documents for someone else to do it) to make you realize just how much sensitive financial information you might have lying around at home. WhileContinue reading

The owner of a decades-old neighborhood restaurant passes away, doing what he loved best – working in the kitchen. His family decides to keep the restaurant alive, with the son taking ownership – and hisContinue reading