ROGERS PARK — The Le Piano manufacturer is increasing in Rogers Park, as the jazz club is opening a takeout road food company upcoming doorway to its current room.
Petite Le Piano is searching to open up in May perhaps at 6966 N. Glenwood Ave. The small business will provide normally takes on European avenue meals and will find to enhance its neighboring sister company, owner Chad Willetts reported.
The cafe will choose more than the room earlier occupied by Considerably East Kitchen area, which closed six months in the past right after decades in the community. Le Piano will be takeout-only.
To accommodate the takeout format, Petite Le Piano will aim on get-and-go foods, Willetts mentioned. Its main featuring will be sweet and savory crepes, and it will have fresh new juices, baguette sandwiches, salads, a potato bar, espresso and tea.
“There aren’t several foods choices on Glenwood,” Willetts mentioned. “We want to provide a nutritious choice rather of a sizzling canine, pizza or gyro, which you can get anywhere.”
Credit history: Courtesy Chad WillettsThe business will glance to fill a meals want on a Glenwood Avenue that is crammed with bars and amusement venues. The proprietors are also trying to find to capitalize on the al fresco place coming to the road.
A extend of Glenwood Avenue close to Le Piano is established to develop into a pedestrian zone below the city’s Chicago Alfresco method. The program seeks to give organizations much more out of doors house in the course of the pandemic.
Just after getting introduced in May well, the pedestrian zone is slated to appear to Glenwood Avenue this spring or early summer time, Willetts reported. Options phone for gazebos, a stage, outside seating and beautification attempts on Glenwood.
Petite Le Piano will choose gain of the out of doors seating and hopefully supply a convenient merchandise for end users of the pedestrian area, the operator said.
Le Piano and Petite Le Piano will incorporate an outdoor, Frank Sinatra-themed fountain to Glenwood in time for the pedestrian place. The enterprises have also refurbished a piano from a shut club to be made use of for reside tunes outside, Willetts claimed.
“That was component of our final decision to open up,” Willetts claimed of the Alfresco software. “We’re super thrilled about that.”
Credit score: Jonathan Ballew/Block Club ChicagoLe Piano opened in late 2018 at 6970 N. Glenwood Ave., bringing a jazz-centered bar-restaurant and enjoyment place to the community.
It has due to the fact turn into a well-known desired destination in the neighborhood, but the enterprise has no storage room in its storefront. Willetts seemed to see if there was storage room accessible in the Much East Kitchen storefront. But following finding out of the business’ strategies to close, he made a decision to open his have venture there.
Petite Le Piano has a a single-year lease on the retail store with an possibility to purchase the property in the foreseeable future. If items go properly, Willetts claimed he will glance to invest in the residence and further more combine the two neighboring organizations.
With Petite Le Piano and the incoming pedestrian place, Willetts hopes the Glenwood Avenue Arts District will become even a lot more of a citywide vacation spot that reveals off the uniqueness of Rogers Park.
“I feel there’s no rationale that we can’t keep our remarkable and varied community in Rogers Park though growing in some approaches,” he explained.
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