Book a babysitter for Boefhaus’ new adults-only brunch Lotfi owns Casa Margarita, a Mexican spot with location in Lake Point Tower and others in La Grange, Orland Park, Bolingbrook, Hinsdale, and Downers Grove. Filings now show that Al Lotfi, the owner of a chain of suburban Mexican restaurants, is close to buying the 70th floor space and its equipment for $4.15 million. Cité closed in July 2020 and, as Crain’s reports, has been mired in bankruptcy proceedings. The rooftop space once belonging Cité the upscale restaurant inside the Lake Point Tower, the imposing black residential building east of Navy Pier with gorgeous views of Lake Michigan, could soon see a new tenant, pending a bankruptcy judge’s approval.
Lake Point Tower’s restaurant may return under new ownership LEYE also forged a strong tie with DoorDash rival Grubhub before the pandemic in March 2020, so it appears the company is open to a variety of business arrangements. However one may feel about DoorDash, currently embroiled in a lawsuit with the city of Chicago over allegations that it used “deceptive practices to prey on its affiliated restaurants,” the partnership with LEYE is likely a bellwether for future entanglements between the tech and hospitality industries. Diners can also accrue “loyalty points” and redeem them when placing orders online. Dubbed Storefront, the platform is designed to allow restaurants to create their own ordering system for patrons to place takeout and delivery orders. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, known to many as Chicago’s largest restaurant group, has signed on to a new partnership with third-party delivery giant DoorDash to introduce the app company’s new online ordering platform to diners, according to a rep. The recalled pizzas are labeled “Chicago’s Premium Pizzeria Deluxe Sausage Classic Pizza” with a best-by date of December 3.Ĭhicago’s biggest restaurant group partners with DoorDash on new ordering platform Still, those who have these pies in the freezer should toss or return them, and grocery store are instructed to dispose of any recalled products. The pizzas are sold nationally and the company has not yet responded to a request for more information about the recall, but the government says there have been no confirmed reports of harm to customers who consumed the pizzas in question. Known for its South Side-style pizza, Home Run Inn is based in southwest suburban Woodridge and operates nine Chicago area restaurants.
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday. Home Run Inn, one of Chicago’s longest running pizza chains, is recalling more than 13,000 pounds of frozen Deluxe Sausage pizzas that may have been contaminated with “extraneous materials” - namely metal - after customers reported finding metal in their pies, the U.S.