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🌱 Masonic Medical Named Top Hospital + Restaurant Week Returns

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Good morning! Georgi Presecky here with a new issue of the Lakeview Daily.

First, today's weather: Breezy in the afternoon. High: 39 Low: 27.

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center was ranked among the top hospitals in the U.S. by Healthgrades. The Lakeview health care center was one of 14 Illinois hospitals to make the top 250. (Patch)

2. City Council passed a wage increase for workers at O'Hare and Midway Airports on Monday. Beginning in July, contract employees will be paid $17 an hour, with an additional one-dollar raise expected in 2023. (Block Club)

3. About 400 Afghan refugees are expected to settle in Illinois this month, according to the Sun-Times. More than 1,800 are already here, and local organizations are seeking volunteers to help with the resettlement process. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

4. Lakeview Roscoe Village Restaurant Week will return to the neighborhood on Feb. 25. Farm Bar, Crosby's Kitchen, Tuco & Blondie and more will participate in the Chamber of Commerce event. (Block Club)

5. Online delivery service Daily Harvest opened a new brick-and-mortar tasting room in Lincoln Park this week. The space is designed for customers to try out products in-person before ordering online. (Eater)

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Today in Lakeview:

  • "Grateful Dead Wednesday" at On Tour Brewing Co. (5 p.m.)
  • Watching curling at the Beijing Olympics? Gallagher Way offers lessons. (6 p.m.)
  • Learn to paint Paris at Bottle & Bottega. (6:30 p.m.)
  • Eddie Vedder performs at the Auditorium Theatre. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Nominated Tuesday for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, "Licorice Pizza" continues its run at the Music Box Theatre. (9:20 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • A gallery at the Chicago History Museum is highlighting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s activism in the city. (WGN)
  • Klein's, Kilwin's, Bittersweet, Stan's Donuts, Westtown Bakery and more have Valentine's Day specials on their menus this week. (Chamber)
  • A Lincoln Park home on North Orchard just sold for 2022's highest price yet: $8.7 million. (TRD)
  • Verve Wine Chicago closed after a year in Lincoln Park. (Eater)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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