"Family-owned restaurant stalwart Chicago Joe’s is permanently closed after 33 years, and developers plan to raze its striking white building on the corner of Oakley Avenue and Irving Park Road in North Center in favor of a 53-foot-tall condo building and 16 parking spaces. The restaurant, owned by the same family for three generations, served a menu of American classics like burgers, jumbo chicken wings, and patty melts. Ownership put the building at 2256 W. Irving Park Road for sale two years ago and shut down food service in late October due to the state’s ban on indoor dining." - Naomi Waxman