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Evanston (IL) Now, 3/29:
 

Upstairs Café at Central Street Metra may close

 

 

Customers at the Upstairs Café at Evanston’s Central Street Metra station have launched an email and telephone campaign to persuade Union Pacific Railroad to let them stay in business.

 

The popular eatery that serves as much as a community information exchange as it does a site to purchase coffee and freshly baked scones before boarding a train downtown, has been told by the railroad to relinquish their space by the end of April.

 

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A company spokesperson, responding to an inquiry, said "we are currently in the process of identifying the best and most effective use of the space at Central Street Station. 
We remain in close contact with the occupant of the space to ensure a smooth transition."

 

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Evanston Review by Chicago Tribune, 4/18:

 

Evanston Metra coffee shop to close after failed lease renewal talks

 

The closure later this month of a popular Evanston coffee house will not only wrap up more than four years of work for its co-owners, but some customers say it cold signify the end of an era.

 

Evanston residents Elizabeth Hubbard, Gail Doeff and Shelley Patterson co-own the Upstairs Cafe at a Metra stop in the north suburb.

 

But it is scheduled to close April 28 after the baristas couldn't reach a rental agreement with Union Pacific railroad company, which owns the property.

 

A coffee shop of some variety has served commuters at the Central Street station for about 35 years, Doeff said.

 

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