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STREET SCENE<br />
CHICAGO<br />
WHILE BIG department<br />
stores are great for<br />
one-stop shopping—especially<br />
helpful during the<br />
holidays—overlooking<br />
local boutiques is a<br />
mistake. Take it from<br />
Chicago-based personal<br />
shopper Julie Watson, a 16-year fashion<br />
industry veteran. Here, she takes us through<br />
some of her favorite shops on Damen Avenue in<br />
the hip Bucktown neighborhood.<br />
2 APARTMENT NUMBER 9 1804 N DAMEN AVE<br />
“This is probably the best men’s boutique in the<br />
city. It’s a finely edited store, and it carries great<br />
pieces.” www.apartment number9.com<br />
5 P.45 1643 N DAMEN AVE “They pick up<br />
designers that no one else in Chicago carries,<br />
like Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Jeffrey Monteiro,<br />
Joseph and Shyde.” www.p45.com<br />
BLOG FEED<br />
The Chosen Stew<br />
THERE’S NOTHING<br />
BETTER THAN A<br />
BOWL OF GUMBO IN NEW ORLEANS. BLOGGER CELESTE<br />
UZEE REVEALS WHERE TO FIND THE BEST.<br />
1. CAFÉ RECONCILE “Feel good about eating<br />
the chunky sausage and chicken gumbo at this<br />
nonprofi t café, which trains at-risk youth for<br />
hospitality careers.” www.cafereconcile.org<br />
2. DUNBAR’S CREOLE COOKING “Celestine<br />
Dunbar turns out weekly special gumbos at<br />
this snack bar on Loyola University’s School of<br />
Law campus.” 504-861-5451<br />
W Dickens Ave<br />
W McLean Ave<br />
W Homer St<br />
W Cortland St<br />
W Moffat St<br />
W Churchill St<br />
2<br />
W Willow St<br />
W St. Paul Ave<br />
W Concord Pl<br />
N DAMEN ST<br />
W Dickens Ave<br />
1<br />
W Armitage Ave<br />
W Cortland St<br />
3<br />
4<br />
W Wabansia Ave<br />
5<br />
W North Ave<br />
1 PAVILION<br />
2055 N DAMEN AVE<br />
“Pavilion is a really<br />
unique 20th-century<br />
interior furnishings<br />
store, focusing<br />
on Mid-Century<br />
Modern pieces.”<br />
www.pavilion<br />
antiques.com<br />
3 T-SHIRT DELI 1739 N DAMEN AVE “This<br />
store can put any graphics you want [on a<br />
T-shirt]. When you buy one, they wrap it up like<br />
a sandwich with a sticker on it, and then put it<br />
in a brown bag with a bag of chips. It’s just the<br />
coolest concept.” www.tshirtdeli.com<br />
3. LIL DIZZY’S CAFÉ “Th e legendary Baquet<br />
family of restaurateurs and jazz musicians<br />
ladle up a gumbo brimming with made-inhouse<br />
sausage.” 504-569-8997<br />
4. BON TON CAFÉ “Serving up Cajun food<br />
since 1953, this eatery dishes up a Bayou<br />
Lafourche-style gumbo, with shrimp, crab,<br />
okra and spices.” www.bontoncafe.com<br />
5. COCHON “Chef Donald Link’s pork and<br />
blackeyed-pea gumbo is a riff on the classic<br />
dish. Go native and order a side of horseradish<br />
potato salad." www.cochonrestaurant.com<br />
LET’S GO 017<br />
4 STITCH<br />
1723 N DAMEN<br />
AVE “This is a really<br />
cool non-apparel<br />
boutique. It sells<br />
everything from<br />
Missoni pillows<br />
to interesting<br />
handbags. It’s all<br />
over the place but<br />
has a really great<br />
aesthetic.” www.<br />
stitchchicago.com<br />
Follow Celeste’s<br />
food musings<br />
on her blog,<br />
www.bouillie.<br />
wordpress.com,<br />
named for the<br />
Cajun French<br />
word for, as<br />
she says, “soft,<br />
delicious things<br />
like egg custard<br />
before it gels to<br />
a fi rm texture.”<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2009</strong> GO MAGAZINE
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