🌱 Man Spits At DePaul Students + Lakeview Restaurant Goes Viral

Good morning, Lakeview! Here's the latest neighborhood news.

First, today's weather: Very cold; breezy in the p.m. High: 20 Low: 16.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Lakeview today:

1. Police are warning DePaul University students about a man who is making “vulgar comments” and spitting at women near the Lincoln Park campus. The department has received “several reports” of similar incidents around the Loop campus. (CBS)

2. More than 60,300 COVID-19 cases were reported in Illinois this week, down from 123,812 last week. According to the latest health department report, 608 people in the state died after contracting the virus this week. (NBC)

3. A group of Edgewater cyclists rallied on Clark Street this week to lament the city’s maintenance of bike lanes after snow events. “Bike lanes throughout the city need to be cleared with as much urgency as the streets that drivers use,” Better Streets Chicago co-founder Courtney Cobbs said. (Block Club)

4. Lakeview’s new 2d Restaurant is “taking over social media.” The Parisian-themed spot on Halsted Street “feels like stepping inside a drawing,” according to a TikTok video viewed more than 200,000 times. (NBC)

5. The Lakeview Roscoe Village Chamber of Commerce is planning ahead for Valentine’s Day. A “Shop in the Name of Love” event will be held Feb. 12-13, with more than 15 local businesses offering promotions, discounts and prizes. (Block Club)

Today in Lakeview:

• “Hud” screens at Music Box Theatre as part of its Black and White Cinemascope Matinees series. (11:30 a.m.)
• Argyle Street’s Lunar New Year Celebration returns. (Noon)
• Old Crow Smokehouse hosts the “Cornhole Bowl” bags tournament. (Noon)
• Beer tasting at Rizzo’s Bar & Inn. (1 p.m.)
• A Black Lives Matter exhibit opens at Dragonfly Gallery. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Cook County health experts are offering tips for safe shoveling and snow removal. (FOX)
• Latin School graduate Ike Barinholtz spoke to the Tribune about his “worst moment” at Boom Chicago. (Paid source: Tribune)
• Coalfire owner Dave Bonomi opened Peanut Park Trattoria on Taylor Street. (Eater)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.