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Proposed Galewood restaurant wants liquor license despite moratorium Restaurant owner previously cited for operating illegal night club By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
Urban Smoke Café catering company wants to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant at 6134-38 W. North Ave. in Galewood. But the plan isn’t without controversy because the restaurant plans to serve drinks in an area that was voted dry. The owner also has a history of accumulating complaints by neighbors. In 1998, voters passed a referendum that made the block and all but the handful of blocks between North Avenue, Narragansett Avenue, Courtland Street and Austin Boulevard dry, blocking the city’s ability to issue licenses to serve and consume liquor. There is also a separate moratorium on issuing new liquor licenses on that block See URBAN SMOKE on page 12
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Dreya Bunton, 8, looks at children’s books at the West Side Literary Fest at La Follette Park Auditorium on Oct. 15.
$5K reward offered for murder of West Side hoops standout
Suburban businessman David Scott gave a $5K reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Dyanla Rainey’s murderer
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
David Scott was enjoying the fruits of success. The property owner, whose family owns People Cab Company in Bellwood, was on the verge of becoming a McDonald’s franchisee. See RAINEY on page 3
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