New Social/Business Venture South of the Midway

<p>This looks like an interesting idea. Let's hope it works. Worth visiting.</p>

<p>[url=<a href="http://backstorycafe.com/section/45718.html%5D...backstory"&gt;http://backstorycafe.com/section/45718.html]...backstory&lt;/a> caf</p>

<p>From the University of Chicago Magazine’s web site about a year ago:</p>

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Reduce, reuse, recaffeinate</p>

<p>Everything starts somewhere—and in the Backstory Caf</p>

<p>Very interesting, I hadn’t seen that.</p>

<p>It’s a very cool place!!! They also encourage students from nearby Hyde Park Academy and the school across the street to hang out there, which is a welcome change to our history of being an “urban fortress.” I seem to recall seeing a special deal-- if the students bring in a report card that has all A’s and B’s, they can get a free muffin (or something like that).</p>

<p>Backstory also has some live music at night. And it’s not as “out of the way” as it might sound-- it’s walking distance from Breckinridge, the new dorm, Burton-Judson, and even closer to places where students might intern, like the UC Press and the Urban Education Institute.</p>