Former Kleiner associate planning wine bar for Randolph Street

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By: Ari Bendersky | July 16, 2014 | Crain's Chicago Business

Thomas L. Powers, a sommelier, former director of Chicago-based KDK Restaurants Inc., (Jerry Kleiner's now-defunct company); and the one-time owner of long-closed Harvest on Huron, plans to open a wine-bar focused on American vintages on Randolph Street's restaurant row. Mr. Powers has signed a lease at 736 W. Randolph St. to open The Lunatic, The Lover & The Poet. It will sit across the street from Haymarket Pub & Brewery and Au Cheval, adding yet another element to the increasingly popular West Loop nightlife scene. Expected opening is late 2014. Read More...