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Oct. 10, 2024: Best Date News Volume #95
Welcome to Best Date News, your favorite Chicago weekly newsletter! Topics for today include the Fall Chicago Artisan Market, the hot Chicagoland rental market, restaurant openings and closings, music news, hot dog collabs, pumpkin patches to visit and more!
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Oct. 10: National Holidays
National Angel Food Cake Day
National Handbag Day
National Metric Day
National Cake Decorating Day
World Inclusion Day
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Chicago Artisan Market
Market This Weekend: The Chicago Artisan Market is back for a one-day Fall Market event this weekend! This market brings together 115+ of the best local artisans from Chicago, and the Midwest, all under one roof. Take a look at our video to see it for yourself!
The market will take place at Morgan MFG (401 N. Morgan St.) in West Loop’s Fulton Market this Sunday, Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
You can eat and drink while you shop local vendors in categories like food, fashion, home, art and more. You can also bring your dog!
Tickets are either 1 for $8 or 4 for $20 if you buy them online in advance! As a heads up, they are more expensive at the door, so get yours now.
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Chicago News
Chicago Rental Market: If you feel like the Chicagoland rental market has gotten competitive, you’d be correct. A new 2024 analysis by RentCafe shows that Suburban Chicago has joined Miami as the most competitive rental market (during peak season) in the entire country this year. Downtown Chicago didn’t fare much better coming in at #5 on the list of the 20 most competitive markets.
Restaurant Openings and Closings: The Chicago restaurant scene is making a lot of noise this month with the opening and closing of restaurants. Check out this list of five new places that just opened on the North Side. On the flip side, here is a list of restaurants that have recently closed permanently.
Chicago Music News: The headliners for Windy City Smokeout 2025 were just released yesterday. The four-day country music festival will take place next year from July 10-13. See who will be performing. In other music news, a Sabrina Carpenter pop-up shop is coming to Chicago this weekend and the city is rumored to be paying a DJ $20,000 to play at a Red Line station?
Milk Bar x Portillos: We told you last week that Chicago is slated to get its first Milk Bar location later this fall. In the meantime, they made some headlines this week by announcing a limited-time Milk Bar x Portillo’s Chocolate Cake Cookie collab that is now available at Portillo’s restaurants nationwide. Speaking of Portillo’s here is a great pro tip for their Chopped Salad.
Alinea x Wieners Circle: Speaking of collaborations with popular Chicago hot dog restaurants, you know that Wieners Circle wasn’t going to let Portillo’s win without a fight. It appears that two iconic Chicago brands may be coming together for the most unlikely of partnerships as acclaimed Alinea chef Grant Achatz hinted on Instagram that he may be partnering with The Wieners Circle.
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Just For Fun
Pumpkin Patches: Trying to go to a pumpkin patch this weekend?! We put together a list of our top 10 pumpkin patches in the Chicagoland area! See which ones made the cut!
Pumpkin Pie Sundae: If you are looking to scratch your pumpkin itch in the city, Annette’s Italian Ice is a popular walk-up window ice cream shop in Lincoln Park that has been around for 20 years, and this month only, they are doing a special Pumpkin Pie Sundae! We thought it was delicious!
Chicago Fashion Week: ICYMI, the first ever Chicago Fashion Week just kicked off yesterday and will run through Oct. 20. Modern Luxury put together “The Ultimate Guide To Chicago Fashion Week 2024.”
Poll Question of the Week
Which famous Chicago hot dog spot would you rather go to for lunch?And what's your order?! |
Poll Results: Last newsletter we asked if you consider October to be one of your favorite months of the year and 79% of you said yes it was. Some of your responses include reasons why like:
“Love the cooler weather, leaves changing colors and wearing layers!”
“Everything pumpkin! It’s the best!”
“Great weather and foliage! Also, two sons born in the month of October!”
Today's Sunset in Chicago
The sun will set in Chicago this evening at 6:16pm. This means the sun sets today 11 minutes earlier than it did last week.
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