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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Mia Sakai, owner of Ándale Market, stands in front of her bodega-style shelves in her new Lincoln Park location on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Ándale Market houses everything from food, home, and body products, to essential products for pets.

Ándale Market, a love letter to the NYC bodega, opens second location in Lincoln Park

Sadie Springer, Asst. News Editor April 28, 2025

Ándale Market, known for its bright colors and even brighter atmosphere, is a curated bodega designed for customers to pick up miscellaneous items in a pinch. A second location of the neighborhood corner...

Lucas Lona holds “Techniques of Solomonic Magic” at the Malliway Bros. Shop in Rodgers Park on March 7, 2025. Lona says this is one of his favorite items in the store.

Photo by Alana Eve Schacher

Sorcerer Lucas Lona ‘shows his cards’ to reveal the world of witchcraft

Linnea Cheng and Aleksa Kirkus April 21, 2025

The book-lined walls of Malliway Bros. Magic and Witchcraft lead directly to the register where Lucas Lona stands helping patrons and organizing inventory. Spellbooks, candles and crystals fill the shelves...

Patrons gather in the From Here On market in Chicago's West Loop on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The market takes residence in Chicago's Old Post Office building, which underwent major renovations in 2019 to open it up to new tenants.

Old Post Office’s ‘From Here On’ Food Hall spotlights local businesses

Khadija Mujahid, Contributing Writer February 24, 2025

Just past the marble lobby in the Old Post Office’s polished interior is the hustling and bustling From Here On Food Hall & Market. Throughout the morning, the food hall slowly fills with the hum...

The Cloud Cookie is the signature item at Cloud Cookie in Lakeview.

REVIEW: Lakeview’s Cloud Cookie is a dream come true

Alayne Trinko, Focus Editor May 2, 2021

Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Wrigley Field at the corner of Clark Street and West Grace Street sits Cloud Cookie, a vibrant, cloud-themed grab ‘n’ go for luxury cookies and other sweet...

The Tropical Hydration Smoothie and Purple Haze Latte among the aesthetically pleasing décor of Matchacita’s self-service bar.

Matchacita in Lincoln Park is delicious for the senses and the lenses

Maddey Martin, Contributing Writer April 11, 2021

Matchacita, located at 705 W. Belden Ave., opened inside of Squeez Juice bar just three weeks ago and is already bustling with college students. Matchacita is its own entity, but is “partnered up”...

Restaurants along 2000 N Halsted in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Lincoln Park restaurants, retail suffer in the Covid economy

The Lincoln Park neighborhood’s atmosphere was empty after March 2020 when DePaul emptied its campus and sent students home to limit the spread of Covid-19. As students went away, local restaurants suffered.  “When...

Crosby's Kitchen in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with added outdoor winter seating.

High Roads Kitchens to bring wage increases, free meals to select Chicago restaurants

Corey Schmidt, Copy Editor January 10, 2021

The High Roads Kitchens Program is coming to Chicago with goals to obtain higher wages for restaurant workers, bring meals to those in need and help stabilize restaurants from the Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

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