Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
Following a two-year hiatus, approximately 3,000 people were more-than-ready to experience the CWE’s 5th Cocktail Party on Saturday, June 11. The event has its origins in the discovery that a CWE resident, Clara Walsh, is on record as hosting the 1st-ever cocktail party in her Lindell Blvd. mansion 100 years ago. According to proprietors of…
DJ Crucial, above, entertained the crowd into the night following the costume contest.
Restaurateur Salvador Alonso, who has been operating El Jalapeno in Anna, IL for the past 12 years, is planning to open El Burro Loco at 313 N. Euclid, above. In a phone conversation with Alonso today, he said he expects it will take approximately three months to open his authentic Mexican restaurant in the CWE. …