Evanston Review

Starbucks opens huge new downtown store

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:26:28 -0500

EVANSTON — Speciality coffee, live jazz, late night hours, in a store built to be environmentally friendly. Starbucks hit a clear winner in the opening of a new store three times the size of the old store just a few doors down on the 1700 block of Sherman Avenue in downtown Evanston.

Nice weather draws people outdoors

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:50:59 -0500

With temperatures expected to reach 80 degrees, locals threw on T-shirts and headed to their local parks to play.

Foxes pause for a rest

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:36:01 -0500

Armed with a camera, Olivia Landon, 17, caught a pair of red foxes lazily enjoying the warmth of a sunny spring day in her Evanston neighborhood near Bennett Avenue and Park Place. The troop, which has lived in the neighborhood for 2-3 years, lounged about in a neighbor’s back yard, near a swing set and tree house. …

Central Street merchants, non-profits band together in Evanston

Thu, 02 May 2013 04:24:39 -0500

Evanston resident Jeff Smith describes the Central Street shopping district as a “special row of treasures.” The charming area in the north part of Evanston that begins west of Green Bay Road is lined with retail shops and restaurants interspersed with a few service providers.

Election Day polls are closed

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:03:42 -0500

It’s Election Day. Voters will be choosing among candidates for village, library, park district, school and township boards, and, in some cases, village leaders and referendums. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.