*sounds best in Mario voice.If you like Ragadan, you're in for a treat.Ragadan's owner and chef Daniel Sweis has been busy working late at night turning the old Miso Restaurant into "A Pizza Pie," his new foray into pizza making. (No website as of yet).We first noticed some work ongoing at Miso in early April, and a small "A Pizza Pie" sign appeared shortly after. Some detective work led us to Ragadan, and the rest is, as they say, history.We hadn't published since we had no official confirmation of the opening, but it appears they are soft open today (menu at [...]

1101 W. Argyle (Compass Architecture)We told you about the plans for the 6 story development at 1101 W. Argyle (at Winthrop) back in November 2023. As with most things city-related, it moved at a turtle's pace.We are happy to report that a building permit was finally issued yesterday for a 5 story building (Eds.: possibly removing the 6th floor setback seen in this rendering?) with 16 new units. There will still be a ground floor retail space and interior parking for 8 vehicles. The project is listed with an estimated cost of $5,000,000.The parcel has been cleared for some time now so [...]