🌱 More Snow + Omicron Progress + 2D Restaurant Opens On Halsted

Hello, Lakeview! Here's your five-minute guide to the latest local news.

First, today's weather: Windy with some snow, 1-2 inches. High: 26 Low: 19.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Lakeview will wake up to additional snow today after more than seven inches fell yesterday. Continuous snowfall is expected through the afternoon across Illinois, according to the National Weather Service. (CBS)

2. Chicago is making "very, very good" progress against the omicron surge, Dr. Allison Arwady said this week. The Chicago Department of Public Health reports about 1,000 cases per day, down from 10,000 on average at the variant’s peak. (Block Club)

3. Lakeview restaurant Dear Margaret was referenced in the city’s lawsuit against Grubhub. Owner Lacey Irby told Eater the third-party delivery site was using old menus and including restaurants on its site without consent. (Eater)

4. Another lawsuit was filed against the Center for COVID Control, which is accused of creating “sham” testing sites, delaying test results or disposing of specimens. Lakeview Jacob Bennett told Block Club he still hasn’t received results from a Dec. 21 test. (Block Club)

5. 2d Restaurant will have a soft opening today in Lakeview. The space at 3155 N Halsted St. uses two-dimensional illusion art to create “the first hand-drawn monochrome restaurant in the U.S.” (NBC)

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From my notebook:

• A majority of Illinoisans say they are feeling regular anxiety and depression during the pandemic, according to a Patch survey. (Patch)
• ABC announced its plans for Black History programming to air this month on channel 7. (ABC)
• A Pilsen alderman is calling on the city to support Logan Square Starbucks workers unionizing for better pay and conditions. (BC)
• The Tribune is offering a curated list of 20 Valentine’s Day specials. (Paid source: Tribune)
• Don Pablo’s Kitchen & Bakeshop is set to open in mid-February in Uptown. (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.