Tilted Kilt? Mayor, Owner Meet, Don't Mention

Morton Grove Mayor Dan Staackmann and Ted Mavrakis, a real estate developer who owns the Dempster Street property where a Tilted Kilt pub was proposed, met this week.

Mavrakis told Staackmann he wants "something the community can support" to go on the property, according to a press release from the village Friday.

However, neither of them mentioned the Tilted Kilt name, Village Administrator Ryan Horne said.

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Tilted Kilt is a nationally-franchised bar-restaurant which has with plunging necklines, bare midriffs and very short kilt skirts.

whether the Tilted Kilt would be appropriate in that spot. Some argued it would be inappropriate so close to residences, and they raised noise and traffic concerns. Others said it would be acceptable and that Morton Grove needs more economic development. 

Mayor Staackmann commented, in the statement, “We want Mr. Mavrakis to be successful, with a development that meets the needs of the market and the community. The Village will work with Mr. Mavrakis to develop something that we all can be proud of.” 

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Mavrakis is focused on a development in Berwyn right now, which has deadlines coming up, Horne said, and consequently is not moving forward yet on the Morton Grove property.

"He's intent on doing something and he wants it to be accepted by the community, so that's positive," Horne said.

"He reassured us he wants something the community can be proud of and not looked down upon," Horne added.

Horne and Peter Falcone, assistant village administrator, noted Mavrakis is already invested in the welfare of Morton Grove and its business community, because he owns Giordano's a few blocks farther east on Dempster.

The parcel Mavrakis plans to develop sits on Dempster Street between Narragansett and Lehigh, just east of the railroad tracks. 

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