Little Italy News

Located within a 10-mile radius of Midway Airport, these venues are go-to spots for entertaining travelers arriving on Chicago's South Side.

The aroma of Little Italy is best found on a section of Taylor Street between Halsted and Ashland.

Rick Levin & Associates is conducting an auction of four single-family residences in Chicago.

Interest in local history has never been stronger. The Chicago area is blessed with a wonderful variety of neighborhoods, ethnic groups, landmarks, monuments, local attractions and entertainment venues whose ...

The staff is friendly and the drink selection and appetizers are reasonably priced and really good.

“They used to call it the `goat prairie”

Al Walavich saved the best for last on a walking tour of Graceland Cemetery, where Chicago's royalty is buried. via MiamiHerald.com

If the City of Chicago is unwilling to own up to the fact that John Dillinger is still considered to be one of its most infamous historical figures, then suburban Hammond, Ind., is happy to satisfy the public's ... via Chicago Tribune

Posted by Michael Nagrant , April 11, 2008 at 8:30 AM Last week, Good magazine named Chicago's Broadway as one of the tastiest streets in the U.S. Good magazine's criteria said a best street features "exquisite ... via Serious Eats

There's certainly no shortage of Irish pubs in Chicago, yet every year a new crop comes to town. via Chicago Tribune

“It's not just about selling, it's about fashion and the customer being satisfied, and they know what they got”

Media Credit: Ryan Calacsan Capri Dulce is more than your average boutique: the store hosts fashion shows, provides internships for students interested in fashion, and more. via Chicago Flame

How to get there: Take I-65 north, I-90 west, then exit at East Washington Boulevard. via The Indianapolis Star

“It makes sense that a valet would have a choice between the six bucks and the patron's leftovers, and this particular guy just happened to go with the leftovers.”

My parents have been living in the basement for a week now, and Sarah's womb has been painfully quiet the whole time. via Chicago Magazine

“I don't think he knows about our neighborhood. I mean, has he walked his large tuchus over her to see the place? He had no clue.”

Out in the neighborhoods this year, folks stood up for themselves to defend their quality of life and even their dogs. via Chicago Sun-Times

“The ambulance had to come and get her from here”

It has taken hospitalization to keep Mama Minelli from making her meatballs. Josephine Minelli, 97, was cooking at the family store in Niles earlier this month when ill health took her away from the stove. via Chicago Sun-Times

“I live here. I want the neighborhood to be a better place. I think people are proud of me for standing up to what I stood up to, and proving those people wrong”

Little Italy's friendly neighborhood tattoo artist will ink an Italian flag on your butt at his Taylor Street shop for about 100 bucks. via Chicago Sun-Times

“It's family, and we all care. This is where we live. This is where our friends and family are. I wanted to be close to the kids' schools. That's what's important to me”

Their family history is closely linked to Chicago's early days of immigrant merchants who settled in Little Italy. via Herald News

“There's good access to Pilsen, Chinatown, Little Italy and the restaurants along Taylor Street. Plus, our church is in the neighborhood and that's how we first decided to move here.”

Hobin and Helen Lee bought a new single-family home at MetroPlace, at 2500 W. Roosevelt on the Near West Side -- within walking distance of their current residence. via Chicago Sun-Times

“Everything is made fresh, made to order”

Their family history is closely linked to Chicago's early days of immigrant merchants who settled in "Little Italy." Their family's future is closely linked to Plainfield's future of fast-growing subdivisions ... via Plainfield Sun

“There are so many things this museum could do that would be helpful for conversations on poverty and race”

The proposed site. / Photo by Richard Cahan Sunny Fischer, bundled in a winter hat and coat, stood atop the roof of the last remaining building of the Jane Addams Homes in Little Italy recently, surveying the ... via Chicago Daily News