{"id":17785,"date":"2020-07-07T17:10:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=17785"},"modified":"2020-07-07T17:10:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T22:10:54","slug":"river-north-update-concrete-cowboy-surrenders-business-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=17785","title":{"rendered":"River North Update: Concrete Cowboy Surrenders Business Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alderman Reilly Reports<\/p>\n

July 7, 2020<\/p>\n

Dear Neighbor:<\/p>\n

I am happy to report that Concrete Cowboy, located at 646 North Franklin\u00a0Street, has surrendered their business and liquor licenses and is permanently\u00a0closed.<\/p>\n

Concrete Cowboy opened in 2016 after buying the active liquor and late hour\u00a0licenses from the former operator. Not long after they opened, my office started\u00a0receiving regular complaints about Concrete Cowboy causing disturbances and\u00a0operating as a nightclub.<\/p>\n

Complaints focused on increased traffic congestion and honking; motorcycle\u00a0noise; refuse, vomit and urine on the public way; and patrons fighting and making\u00a0excessive noise outside. As a resident of this block, I witnessed many such\u00a0incidents first-hand.<\/p>\n

I met with the Liquor Commissioner, the Police Department’s 18th District and the\u00a0Department of Business Affairs (DBACP) to share video footage provided to my\u00a0office. The footage was clear evidence of the unacceptable mismanagement of\u00a0the Concrete Cowboy frontage and the significant safety risks caused by the\u00a0business.<\/p>\n

The City Law Department filed a public nuisance case against Concrete Cowboy,\u00a0which included\u00a050 charges relating to public nuisance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On June 30, 2020, the City Hearing Officer overseeing the disciplinary case\u00a0recommended “License Revocation” as a result of the serious charges.<\/p>\n

I am pleased to report that, in response to this action, Concrete Cowboy chose\u00a0to voluntarily surrender their business licenses, effective July 2, 2020. The\u00a0Business is now closed and there should be no further activity at that location.<\/p>\n

It is also important to note that, because I placed a liquor license moratorium on\u00a0this block, no new Tavern or Late Hour liquor licenses can be approved at this\u00a0location.<\/p>\n

I am grateful to the Department of Business Affairs, the Chicago Law Department\u00a0and River North neighbors for their efforts that resulted in shutting down\u00a0Concrete Cowboy.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Brendan Reilly
\nPresident Pro Tempore
\nAlderman, 42nd\u00a0Ward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alderman Reilly Reports July 7, 2020 Dear Neighbor: I am happy to report that Concrete Cowboy, located at 646 North Franklin\u00a0Street, has surrendered their business and liquor licenses and is permanently\u00a0closed. Concrete Cowboy opened in 2016 after buying the active liquor and late hour\u00a0licenses from the former operator. Not long after they opened, my office […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17617,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}