For the past three weeks, the Violet Hour has remained dormant in Wicker Park, with ownership saying the cocktail bar was in ...

The Violet Hour. Today, housemade syrups and a good old ... around small white stool-sized tables illuminated by tiny candles. It’s still the place to go for fine conversation and some of ...

The Wicker Park building that houses the highly acclaimed cocktail bar could soon become two separate commercial units.

Managing Partner Terry Alexander said the bar did not have a timeline for reopening because negotiations with its landlord ...

CHICAGO — Wicker Park’s critically acclaimed bar, The Violet Hour, will remain closed until further notice, the establishment announced over the weekend. The bar, located at 1520 N.

But, honestly, when the host told us it would be a full hour before we could get a table at Violet, a new cutie of a breakfast-and-lunch joint on Southport Avenue, we were relieved. Though the big ...

When it first opened in 2007, the Violet Hour was a pioneer in the craft-cocktail movement, serving inventive beverages infused with small-batch liqueurs, hand-crafted syrups and super seasonal ...