Thursday, May 10, 2012

Spanglish: Cinco de "No"-yo

We like hearing rumors about the South Loop.  Sometimes they become true and sometimes they don't.  Well it appears that the rumor about Spanglish (State and Harrison) opening up on May 5th didn't come to fruition.

We were skeptical when we heard this, but optimistic.

Anyway, realizing that this date came and went, we recently walked by the storefront and like a true stalker put our eye to the window to see if we could notice anything.  Since the last time we went by it appears that some progress has been made.  We noticed tools scattered around the place and even saw something that looked like blueprints.

Does anyone have additional information on the restaurant?

The "Coming Soon" signs were displayed on the windows in July of 2011, but they probably should have said "Coming Eventually".  Regardless, hopefully Spanglish will be worth the wait.
 

3 comments:

twinkle twinkle said...

I saw some people working in there last week. I had a sneak peak at the menu, and I can't wait! Mexican breakfast! YUM!

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Josh said...

Per the city of Chicago permitting website, it looks like they are indeed getting close:

555 S STATE ST

Description: INTERIOR RENOVATION FOR NEW RESTAURANT AS PER PLANS
Total Records: 3, displaying all items.

Name Completed Date Status
FINAL DATA REVIEW 2012-03-30 APPROVED
ZONING REVIEW 2012-03-28 APPROVED
PLANNING REVIEW 2012-03-28 APPROVED

The owners of this address received a permit on Friday, March 30, 2012

This data represents the last 18 months of historical permit information and was last updated on Friday, May 11, 2012 . This web site is usually updated every night, however, please allow two (2) business days for permit data to be posted to this web site.