The owners of a restaurant on Chicago’s Riverwalk say they’re being forced to walk away after the city didn’t renew their contract, raising the ire of officials.
Alds. Daniel LaSpata and Gilber Villegas held a press conference Wednesday to raise questions about the city’s permitting practices on the Riverwalk after the owners of the Beat Kitchen restaurant say their contract wasn’t renewed.
Roberto Gomez, a co-owner of the space, said that his group had invested more than $600,000 in the space, but now after just three uninterrupted years, he said the city opted not to renew their contract without an explanation…