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Lane Alexander’s top West Lakeview spots

The director of Chicago Human Rhythm Project shares his favorite neighborhood haunts.

By Marissa Conrad
Published: July 20, 2011

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    “There’s a bakery on Belmont called Bittersweet (1114 W Belmont Ave, 773-929-1100). I just stopped there on Saturday and got some molasses cookies that I intended to give to somebody else and I ate them all.”

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    “There’s a bakery on Belmont called Bittersweet (1114 W Belmont Ave, 773-929-1100). I just stopped there on Saturday and got some molasses cookies that I intended to give to somebody else and I ate them all.”

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    “I teach [adult] tap classes at the Emerald City Theatre School (2933 N Southport Ave, 773-529-2690) on Monday and Tuesday nights. Those are two nights I look forward to because I get to put my tap shoes on rather than sit in front of the computer writing a grant. It’s a very fun space. Bright colors, a lot of stuff related to The Wizard of Oz, cool murals.”

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    “Las Tablas (2942 N Lincoln Ave, 773-871-2414) is a Colombian restaurant, and I highly recommend the churrasco [a char-broiled, butterfly-cut New York strip steak]. The empanadas are excellent, too!”

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    “I go to Papacito’s (2960 N Lincoln Ave, 773-327-5240) for lunch way too often. It’s a Mexican restaurant with some booths and a small outdoor café. My favorite there is the chicken soup with rice. It’s spicy; it’s delicious. They also have goat cheese nachos that are pretty spectacular.”

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    “I go to Papacito’s (2960 N Lincoln Ave, 773-327-5240) for lunch way too often. It’s a Mexican restaurant with some booths and a small outdoor café. My favorite there is the chicken soup with rice. It’s spicy; it’s delicious. They also have goat cheese nachos that are pretty spectacular.”

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    “I’m not a big shopper. Wait, wait, that’s not true! I like the Army and Navy Surplus Store (3100 N Lincoln Ave, 773-348-8930). I started going in there when we were doing a Fourth of July concert and we needed some military costumes…but they have so much more.”

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“There’s a bakery on Belmont called Bittersweet (1114 W Belmont Ave, 773-929-1100). I just stopped there on Saturday and got some molasses cookies that I intended to give to somebody else and I ate them all.”

Photo: Jeremy Bolen

Lane Alexander has lived “right at Montrose Harbor” for two years—and has been to the waterfront once. “I go home [only] to sleep,” says Alexander, who arranges tap concerts and grants dancer scholarships as cofounder and director of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. “My true neighborhood is West Lakeview, around the Athenaeum [Theatre], where I work.” The internationally acclaimed dancer has been logging even more time in the office lately to get ready for the 21st annual Rhythm World, CHRP’s two-week festival of tap and percussive performances, classes and exhibits (begins Monday 25). When Alexander manages to leave his desk, here’s where he heads.

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