Yeah, I totally get that. We did takeout from some of our favorite spots even though we shouldn't have. Even though I don't know when (or if -- although I'm not selling my condo) I'll live in Chicago again, I'll die a little bit if Matchbox, Pub Royale, or Queen Mary go under. They're all superb. (All in West Town / WP). Another Dark Matter tidbit: Hash on Western just north of Division has their own blend. Great brunch. Just tiny so you'll have to wait for sure. Handle Bar is another. We got some take out from them. Kinda sucked compared to their dine in experience but had to help out.And yeah, it was Meddle. I was there today actually! I can go to work twice this week, how hype. Glad your finding yourself on a better footing. I haven't heard of Standing Passengers but I'll have to check it out. I like going to local cafes and I try to spend large amounts of cash at the ones around my house right now just to help support them. Pretty worried about a lot of businesses around here, even if more are starting to crawl out into the sun.
On topic: I think we're months away from stepping foot in our office here. It all sounded like they were aiming for about now in the US, but they just opened one of the European ones, and our numbers are nowhere near that. I'd have never put money that Illinois would be in a better spot than California. Probably all those Lori Lightfoot memes.