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Aug. 15, 2024: Best Date News Volume #88
Welcome to Best Date News, your favorite Chicago weekly newsletter! Topics for today include Chicago’s Red Line extension project, Riot Fest moving locations again, Illinois’ hot real estate market, Chicago’s most-coveted restaurant reservations and more!
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Aug. 15: National Holidays
National Relaxation Day
National Lemon Meringue Pie Day
National Hazy IPA Day
National Back to School Prep Day
National Leathercraft Day
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Chicago News
Red Line Extension: Progress is being made on the Red Line extension as the project’s first big contract was just awarded. However, the project is now expected to cost $5.3 billion, which is up significantly from the previously expected $3.6 billion. The extension aims to build four new Red Line stops between 95th and 130th streets on the South Side.
Riot Fest: In a bit of a stunning announcement yesterday, Riot Fest shared that their September music festival is now moving back to Douglass Park in Chicago. You may recall that was the original location until they surprisingly moved it to SeatGeek Stadium just two months ago. Back and forth we go, but it seems like this will be the final move.
Real Estate: Did you know that Illinois currently has one of the hottest real-estate markets in the country? It was one of only three states to have three different cities in the top 20 hottest markets. See which three Illinois cities cracked the list and what Wisconsin city took the number one overall spot on Realtor’s August hot cities list.
Six Flags: The suburban Chicago theme park Six Flags Great America just announced this morning that it’s getting a new record-breaking rollercoaster called Wrath of Rakshasa. It will stand 180 feet tall and will break world records for steepest drop and most inversions on a dive coaster. Sounds intense!
Cracked: The Wicker Park breakfast-focused restaurant Cracked will be closing its only Chicago brick-and-mortar location at the end of August. The original Cracked location on Green Street at the University of Illinois in Champaign will remain open. The owner cited issues with the landlord and his desire to eventually open a new place in Chicago but will focus on a delivery-only spot in the short term.
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Just For Fun
Reservations: Do you ever wonder which restaurants in Chicago are the most popular? Resy recently released a list of its top five most-coveted Chicago restaurant reservations over the last decade based on internal data.
Logo Redesign: Popular TikToker Emily Morgan dedicates her page to redesigning sports logos with her graphic design skills. Her Chicago Bulls logo redesign went viral last month. In the last couple days she did the Chicago Bears. You can see the Bears images here too.
Johnny Viti: Local Chicago comedian and TikToker Johnny Viti has had a ton of Chicago-specific videos go viral (Chicago 101) over the last year. You’ve likely seen some of them! Block Club just did an entire story on how he uniquely explains Chicago to the world.
Poll Question of the Week
Have you ever been to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee?Do you have a favorite ride?! |
Poll Results: Last newsletter we asked which Christkindlmarket location you enjoy visiting the most, and here were the results:
The Loop: 61%
Wrigleyville: 26%
Aurora: 13%
People enjoyed all three for different reasons: the energy of the city in The Loop, the amount of activities to do at Wrigley and the commute for those in the suburbs who prefer Aurora.
Today's Sunset in Chicago
The sun will set in Chicago this evening at 7:49pm. This means the sun sets today 10 minutes earlier than it did last week.
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