This week Kyle McHugh announced that Drinks Over Dearborn (650 N. Dearborn, 312-337-9463), his boutique liquor store in River North, will close at the end of December. Cash short and unable to find a business partner, he’ll be hosting a couple of “pay the rent parties” in addition to regular classes and tastings this month. “I have been asked many times already, “what next?” That is a VERY good question,” McHugh wrote in a statement. “Well, in all honesty, I’m not sure.”
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The Double: An Urban Tavern is shooting for an early-December opening in the space formerly occupied by Hotti Biscotti, at Fullerton and Drake in Logan Square. What makes it so “urban”? Perhaps the roster of craft beers. You can find more of those in the neighborhood at the new Bonny’s Bar (2417 N. Milwaukee, 773-486-8480), formerly the dive bar Boni’s but now being run by the people behind the Boiler Room.
