Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Saturday, April 20
If you haven't taken a stroll in Lincoln Square lately, changes are afoot in this German-Baltic-Yuppie 'hood. Sure, the strip is peppered with cool restaurants, indie cafes and bookstores, but now a Potbelly is slated to open -- right next to a Cold Stone. Will Costello's prevail? We sure hope so!