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Yardbird Arrives in D.C. With a Lofty Reputation Built on Southern Decadence
The boutique chain from Miami opens its first Mid-Atlantic location for favorites like thick-battered fried chicken and blackberry bourbon lemonade
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Fried chicken fans, rejoice. Yardbird Southern Table & Bar the popular Miami restaurant best known for comfort foods like buttermilk biscuits, lobster mac and cheese, and crispy, thick-battered fried chicken that’s been brined for 27 hours officially arrives in D.C. today. Thursday, April 1, is opening day for Yardbird’s new spot downtown. The space that used to house Cajun restaurant Acadiana, which closed in December 2018.
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Key questions for 5th Ward candidates
Evanston Now asked 5th Ward aldermanic candidates Bobby Burns and Carolyn Murray to respond to questions about several key issues in the city.
Bobby Burns and Carolyn Murray.
Two candidates Bobby Burns and Carolyn Murray are running for 5th Ward alderman in the April 6 general election.
The name of a third candidate, Tina Foster, will appear on the ballot. But Foster has withdrawn from the race and endorsed Murray.
Evanston Now asked Burns and Murray to respond to questions about several key issues in the city.
QUESTION: Do you support the 7% reduction in sworn police staff implemented this year by City Council? Do you favor more police staffing reductions in the future, and if so, what would you do with the money should there be any savings?
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Carolyn Murray. 51, is making her second run to become alderman of Evanston s 5th Ward.
Carolyn Murray.
Carolyn Murray. 51, is making her second run to become alderman of Evanston’s 5th Ward. In 2017 she finished second to Robin Rue Simmons with just under 40% of the vote.
Murray and the other active candidate for 5th Ward alderman, Bobby Burns, were interviewed about their views on major issues by Evanston Now’s Jeff Hirsh.
Murray, who owns a home at 1930 Grey Ave., also offered the following information on her background and what she views as the key issues in the campaign in response to an Evanston Now questionnaire.
Jose Francisco Sanchez Guerrero, a 21-year-old from Glenview, and Demarcus Anthony Cokley, a 20-year-old from Des Plaines, both died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner s