Wrigleyville

Gunman Robs Cubby Bear Bar In Wrigleyville

Chicago Breaking News | Pat Curry | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago


A employee of a popular Wrigleyville drinking establishment was hit on the head with a handgun and robbed there this morning, police said....

Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago


Ted Goeglein

The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.

Wrigley Field Vendor Ban About Protecting Business, Not Just Safety

NBC Chicago | Steve Rhodes | Posted 08.15.2009 | Chicago


[Ald. Tom] Tunney has said he wants to ban vendors and street performers from the blocks surrounding Wrigley Field because they pose a "public safety"...

Alderman: Extend Wrigley Field Vendor Ban

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago


Peddlers would be banned from sidewalks in a two-block area around Wrigley Field under a proposal introduced at today's City Council meeting....

Wrigley Field Hotel Project Agrees To Reduce Height

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVID ROEDER | Posted 07.04.2009 | Chicago


Developers in Lake View have learned a lesson: If you want to build near Wrigley Field, you give the old park a little respect. Don't build higher tha...

Cubs Vendors Selling 'Pujols Mows My Lawn' Shirt

NBC Chicago | EAMONN BRENNAN | Posted 06.19.2009 | Chicago


This weekend, The Big Dead Sidebar was waltzing through Wrigleyville when it came upon a Cubs vendor's inversion of the "Zambrano mows my lawn" shirt:...

Cubs Chairman Hopes For 50 Night Games At Wrigley

Chicago Tribune | James Janega | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago


The Chicago Cubs played down reports Tuesday night that team officials hope to hold as many as 50 night games a season, an issue that arose as the tea...

Wrigleyville Can Skate On Field January 4th

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago


Would you pay $10 to skate at the Friendly Confines? If you're a neighbor of the Cubs, you're about to get that opportunity. The Cubs sent e-mails t...

No Style Like The Old Style

Ted Goeglein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago


Ted Goeglein

It has been said (ad nauseum) that Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, which sounds pretty cozy and quilt-like until you examine what that means.

Are Most Chicago Sports Fans This Easy to Get Along With?

Greg Boose | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago


Greg Boose

I quickly scanned the Chicago Fire fans. Not one T-shirt with a swear word emblazoned on its front. Not one drunk being carried off by security. Not one middle finger saluting a passersby.

Wrigley Bar Owners Agree To Seventh Inning Cutoff

Posted 10.30.2008 | Chicago


UPDATE The alcohol sales ban will only last for one hour and will be lifted if the game goes into extra innings, the Sun-Times reports. [Lakeview A...

Wrigley Field: FInding Real Fans At The Circus

Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago


Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith embedded at Wrigley Field for the Cubs Labor Day series against the Phillies for the magazine's current cover sto...

Wrigleyville Going Dry For Playoffs?

Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago


UPDATE Mayor Daley spoke out in favor of the seventh-inning booze ban and warned that bars that violate it could lose their liquor licenses. "We do...

Anatomy of a Trip to Wrigley

Sam Panayotovich | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago


Sam Panayotovich

I can't stand the Cubs and most of their fans, but the way they support their team really is something.