Lake Street
🏚 Cleanup has (slowly) begun at the former Third Precinct
The fences, barbed wire, and concrete barricades should come down later this summer.
🍔 Peppers and Fries is closing at the end of the month
Peppers and Fries, the beloved burgers-and-burritos sports bar on 39th and Lake Street, is closing June 29 after almost 10 years in business. Father-and-daughter duo Steve and Marie Frias have been planning to sunset the bar since the fall. Having recently finalized the sale of the building to a yet-undisclosed
🕰️ Take a drive down Lake Street, 25 years ago
Strung together, these hastily taken photos provide a pretty good time-machine glimpse of what a drive down Lake Street looked like a quarter-century ago.
👕 Sneak peek: This year's East Lake Liquor shirt drops Friday
The iconic t-shirt has become the neighborhood's de facto uniform, with a new color scheme every year. We have the scoop on this year's look, which drops Friday.
🌲 Exploring the Lake Street weed district
Ahead of Saturday's high holiday, a look at four Lake Street businesses staking their claim in the new market.
🚧 Hiawatha-Lake interchange closing for six months
All four ramps connecting the two roads will be closed and Lake Street will be down to one lane in either direction. But once completed, the intersection should be considerably easier to walk, roll, and drive through.
🚲 The Hub returns this weekend
The bike co-op is reopening in a smaller part of the same building March 30.
☕ Dogwood's bold Lake Street expansion
A brand new Dogwood, plus co-working and apartments, are coming to the vacant lot next door.
