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Chicago Soft Opens Worth Dressing For: Spiegeltents, Fashion, Galas & Halloween
Chicago fall nights worth dressing for: Kermess Spiegeltent Soft Open Oct 15, Carlyle Club, Sacred Threads and MS Strength & Style fashion nights, MCA and Field galas, plus Halloween’s Death By Disco / House Calls / Hallo-Queen weekend.
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Trattoria Lo So Chicago: Monteverde’s Bailey Sullivan Brings Live-Fire Central Italy to Bucktown
Trattoria Lo So Chicago — Monteverde’s Sarah Grueneberg and chef Bailey Sullivan — is aimed at early/winter 2027 at 2044–2048 W Armitage in Bucktown: Central Italy, dried Mancini pasta, robata charcoal, and a quieter Karen Herold room than the West Loop pastificio.
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Ela Chicago: Old Town’s Everyday Greek Taverna Opens Sep 26
Ela Chicago — Ela Modern Greek Taverna — opens Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 1551 N Wells in Old Town: gyros, grilled meats, beef-tallow fries, and Greek yogurt soft serve from Love Is Blind’s Shaina Hurley and chef Daniel Garabajiu.