Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Villains Bar & Grill Closes; Toppers Pizza Opening on State

It appears to be true (sigh) that Villains Bar & Grill has served its last pint and burger at 649 S. Clark.  We've spent many nights at Villains and were truly sad to hear this news.  One of our favorite times ever watching a Blackhawks game happened at Villains (Kaner's Hat Trick in 2009 against the hated Vancouver Cannucks).  From their facebook page:
After five years of serving our wonderful patrons the best craft beer we could get our hands on , we pour our last drink tonight . We would like to thank all of you who enjoyed your Villains experience . So this evening plenty of drink specials to give us a proper send off . Also a big f**k you to Jos. Cacciatore & Co our current landloard for making it impossible for us to stay in our location.
Well apparently they didn't like their landlord.  From what we've been told, Villains is looking at various locations in the South Loop and outside of the neighborhood.  We wish them the best and hope they stay in the Sloop.  They have a great place in our heart and will truly be missed.

In other South Loop retail news, it appears that Toppers Pizza (2 East. 8th Street) is moving in on State Street (next to Ace Hardware).  We wrote about this back in Mid-September but weren't sure what it would be.  However, how many Pizza places are too many?  This puts three pizza places all within essentially one block of each other on the same street.

We've never had Toppers, but are always interested in trying some new pie.  Does anyone have an opinion on this place?

(Hat tip: R, JK, DJ!)