🌱 Restaurants Open On Thanksgiving + Chicagoland Holiday Travel Tips

Happy Thanksgiving, Chicago! In this edition of the Daily:

• 🍽️ A list of local restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day
• 🚗 Tips for traveling around the Chicago area this holiday weekend
• 🦃 Boys & Girls Club hands out 500 Thanksgiving meals to local families

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📰 Top 5 stories in Chicago:

1) What restaurants are open on Thanksgiving in the Chicago area? From fast-food chains to fine-dining restaurants, here’s a collection of spots that will be open on Thanksgiving Day. Just be sure to check the listing before visiting, as hours may vary by location.

NBC Chicago

2) Thanksgiving travel: Best, worst times to get around Chicago area. An estimated 54.6 million travelers are planning to travel this Thanksgiving, and if you’re in the Chicago area, you’ll want to plan your trip wisely to avoid traffic snarls today and this weekend.

Chicago Patch

3) Chicago brewer’s beer pays tribute to trailblazing Bears’ QB Willie Thrower. The “Thrower’s Scotch Ale”—a 7% APV malt-forward, easy-drinking brew—at Haymarket Brewery in the West Loop is similar to other beverages Jay Westbrook makes: It has a local connection. This one is about a player who took the field for the Bears 69 years ago and made football history.

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4) South Chicago to get raised bike lanes, markers honoring history to make streets ‘vibrant and accessible.’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot and local leaders broke ground yesterday on a $43 million project to improve Commercial Avenue and 92nd Street. The Chicago Department of Transportation will lead the project, which is funded by the Chicago Works infrastructure plan. It’s expected to be complete by the end of 2025.

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5) ‘It means tradition and family.’ Boys & Girls Club hands out 500 Thanksgiving meals to local families. The pandemic forced the Valentine Boys & Girls Club in Bridgeport to stop serving meals inside the building, but it hasn’t deterred the organization from holding its annual Tony Maurello Thanksgiving Dinner event. Volunteers handed out more than 500 meals to local families yesterday. Each is made up of food donated from the community and includes carved turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls and a dessert.

Chicago Sun-Times