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For the past few years the monthly Members Meeting of AFSCME Retirees Subchapter 161, has been held at Sweet Basil Café. We have learned that this restaurant has abruptly closed and is no longer in business. 

Therefore, the next meeting of Subchapter 161 at Curt’s Café, 2922 Central Street, Evanston. The meeting will be on November 19 (the third Wednesday of the month). Our speaker will be Tom Suhrbur, author of Public Education and Social Reform: A History of the Illinois Education Association. We will also get a report on the nationwide strike at Starbucks and Subchapter 161’s support for workers Starbucks.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive at Curt’s Café  as early as 11:30. The management at Curt’s Café requests you either order online prior to the meeting or at the cashier on the way into the meeting. You may order online through the website https://curtscafe-north.hngr.co/menu/start, specifying  Pickup on November 19 at 12:45. When asked for a name at the website you should enter a first and last name and “161”. The formal meeting will begin at noon and food will be delivered to the table during a recess at 12:45.   

Central Street is the main east-west street in north Evanston. From the east, Central Street can be reached from Ridge (near Evanston Endeavor hospital) or Green Bay Road. Proceeding west along Central Street, Curt’s Café will be on the left (south) side of Central Street, about 1 mile west of the intersection with Green Bay Road, about 1.5 miles west of the intersection with Ridge. From the west, Central Street can be reached from Gross Point Road or Crawford. Curt’s Café  will then be less than a mile from the intersections, next to Swan Lake Cleaners, near the intersection of Central Street and Lincolnwood Drive.

There is metered parking near Curt’s Café on both sides of Central Street. Parking fees in Evanston can be paid by credit card at the machines or by smart phone with the Park Evanston app (available at the iPhone App Store or Android Play Store). Street parking is free on side streets north of Central Street. There are a few 2-hour free parking spaces on Lincolnwood near Central Street. Further south on Lincolnwood and on other side streets south of Central Street, there is free street parking for Evanston residents.

For further information about Curt’s Café see their website: https://curtscafe.org/