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"Vegan specialist Bloom Plant Based Kitchen will close after service on Saturday, February 21, 2026, with chef-owner Rodolfo Cuadros saying the restaurant "is not ending, it is transforming" and hinting that a new concept will follow. The team plans to celebrate over the coming weeks with special menus and dishes, and Bloom’s story began as a virtual restaurant operating out of Cuadros’s first restaurant, Amaru, during the pandemic before opening in Wicker Park in 2021." - Jeffy Mai