Creating cakes for our customers is one of the most joyful parts of what we do at Alice and Friends. We often receive feedback about how hard it is to find vegan cakes or that we offer specialty flavors unavailable anywhere else in the Chicago area. For our team, it’s a privilege to create and […]
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Last week we received a Google review for our Chicago location hours that intrigued us. The reviewer stated: “Honestly y’all’s hours absolutely suck… closed on a Tuesday and not open for lunch most days is crazy. I would eat here everyday if their hours didn’t suck. So I’m forced to go elsewhere.” _ Eric The
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These 10 years of Alice & Friends are bittersweet to me, to us, and to my family. I started this business 10 years ago against the objections of many. My family and even my accountant felt the need to warn me about how restaurants are the first to go during economic downturns. Speaking from experience,
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A high-profile group of plant based restaurants made headlines for filing for bankruptcy last month. Planta, who launched in 2016 (the same year we took over Alice & Friends in Chicago) grew fast. In less than a decade, they opened 18 locations across major cities like New York, Toronto, and Miami. Many of us in
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Our Alice & Friends Chicago location on Broadway Ave has been closed since January. Similar to many old Chicago structures, the building needed maintenance. While discussing repairs with our landlord, we discovered that there was a minor risk for the floor to collapse. To take care of this promptly, our landlord decided to close for
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