The shuttering last summer of Fulton Market’s iconic Blackbird restaurant meant the coronavirus would leave a permanent mark on the up-and-coming neighborhood. The Michelin-starred eatery opened in the late 1990s, becoming one of the pioneers of Chicago’s famed Restaurant Row on West Randolph Street, an attraction that helped change the surrounding area from an industrial zone into today’s sleek, high-tech office center. But local stakeholders say the loss of Blackbird, among several other local restaurants, won’t impede Fulton Market’s eventual recovery from the pandemic. The strengths that brought so many office users in, including Google and McDonald’s, are still there, even if many firms decide to allow more employees to work more or less permanently from home. Read More....
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