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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Schuba

David and Goliath battle brewing over clouted company’s bid to set up a weed shop inside old Rainforest Cafe

The Rainforest Cafe, at 605 N. Clark St., has been empty since August 2020. Two cannabis firms are seeking city zoning approval to open a dispensary at the site on Nov. 18, 2022. (Brian Rich/Sun-Times)

Three days after weed’s high holiday of April 20, Robert Brown spotted a sign posted outside the shuttered Rainforest Cafe steps from his River North home.

The advisory stated only that a pair of companies were looking to set up shop in the space, still adorned with the massive frog and mushrooms left behind by the last tenant. 

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