Block Club Chicago reported Tuesday that the city has hit Reserv, the sports bar at 744 S. Dearborn, with a cease-and-desist order, and that a license hearing has been set. Per Block Club, the order came after another large fight at the bar.
If you live on that stretch of Dearborn, none of this is news to you. Back in July the Sun-Times reported Reserv was facing eviction over roughly $45,800 in unpaid rent going back to March, with former bartenders and servers saying they were owed wages. CBS Chicago was out on the corner of Dearborn and Polk later that month, where neighbors said the music ran until 2am and the place felt less like a neighborhood spot and more like a club. Owner Gerald Joseph told CBS it was his dream project, and that he was doing everything he could to be a friendly neighbor.
A cease-and-desist is a different weight class than a noise complaint.
We are not rooting for another dark storefront at Dearborn and Polk. Printers Row has enough of those. We are also not the ones trying to sleep above it.
If you are on that block: has it actually gotten quieter, or is this the first you are hearing about any of it?
Source credit: Block Club Chicago on the cease-and-desist order. Earlier reporting from the Chicago Sun-Times and CBS Chicago.
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