{"id":185546,"date":"2025-08-29T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185546\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T21:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T21:06:10","slug":"recent-chicago-restaurant-closures-to-know-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/185546\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Chicago Restaurant Closures to Know, August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">LINCOLN SQUARE \u2014 Longtime Greek restaurant Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna has closed following an abrupt commercial eviction, <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/08\/27\/barba-yianni-grecian-taverna-evicted-from-lincoln-square-home-of-36-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Block Club Chicago reports.<\/a> Opened in 1989, the spot served traditional Greek fare like souvlaki, pastitsio, moussaka, and chicken lemonato. It was also known for its weekly ladies nights and live entertainment. 4761 N. Lincoln Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">LOGAN SQUARE \u2014 Victory Grill, the late-night diner for hot dogs, Polish sausages, burgers, gyros, and other greasy eats, is no more. The restaurant will soon be replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.eater.com\/venue\/20855\/dimo-s-pizza-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dimo\u2019s Pizza<\/a>, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2025\/08\/08\/dimos-pizza-closing-wicker-park-location-moving-to-logan-square\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moving its Wicker Park location to Logan Square<\/a>. Dimo\u2019s last day at 1615 N. Damen Avenue will be September 1. It specializes in pies with creative toppings like macaroni and cheese, elote, and chicken and waffles, as well as pizzas by the slice. 2246 N. Milwaukee Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">UKRAINIAN VILLAGE \u2014 Local chain <a href=\"https:\/\/baccipizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bacci Pizza<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BacciPizzeria\/posts\/pfbid0pFbThBqs8arYbpUNhLnLbdt1WtKdDb2wcxYVKUQWQCVH6hfQreWW2gZ4WtyqXxpVl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shuttered its Ukrainian Village outpost.<\/a> The pizzeria had been slinging its signature jumbo slices in the neighborhood for 25 years, and was a late-night favorite. Bacci has locations remaining in Portage Park, the Loop, Tri-Taylor, and Near West Side. 2343 W. Chicago Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">EVANSTON \u2014 Popular Evanston cafe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coffeelabevanston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coffee Lab<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/evanstonroundtable.com\/2025\/08\/17\/new-owners-coffee-lab-evanston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed for renovations<\/a> and will reopen in October under a new name and ownership. The space will relaunch as Josie\u2019s Coffee Shop, operated by the team behind Coffee Lab &amp; Roasters in Lakeview. While the two Coffee Lab locations shared a name, they were previously run independently. At Josie\u2019s, regulars will still find their favorite brews from BCBC Coffee Roasters alongside pastries from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phlour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pHlour Bakery &amp; Cafe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deflouredbakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Defloured<\/a>. 910 Noyes Street in Evanston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LINCOLN SQUARE \u2014 Longtime Greek restaurant Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna has closed following an abrupt commercial eviction, Block&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,14439,14440,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-185546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-restaurant-closings","10":"tag-chicago-restaurant-news","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115114094503621697","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}