There goes the neighborhood North Center edition: Chicago Joe's may be closing

I read on Curbed Chicago that the long North Center staple Chicago Joe's with the high profile sign at 2250 West Irving Park Road, Chicago IL 60618 may be closing.  The property may be re-developed.

Chicago Joe's at 2250 West Irving Park Road in North Center.  Image created from Google Maps

I meet my long time contractor and business partner here for lunch all the time.  The guy is a real "Chicago Joe", old school property owner.  We sit down for lunch, he orders the grilled salmon with vegetables and hands me the bill for our last project.

I've always enjoyed my lunches sans the invoice.