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Domestic Violence Fundraiser Roster Rises to More Than 60 Restaurants

Chicago Industry Night for Domestic Violence is on Thursday

A candle-lit bar with modern Japanese design.
Kumiko is among the participants in Chicago Industry Night for Domestic Violence.
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Ashok Selvam is the editor of Eater Chicago and a native Chicagoan armed with more than two decades of award-winning journalism. Now covering the world of restaurants and food, his nut graphs are super nutty.

On Thursday, more than 60 Chicago bars and restaurants will raise money for the city’s oldest domestic violence shelter. Chicago Industry Night For Domestic Violence benefits Connections for Abused Women and Their Children (CAWC) and since mid-April the roster of participants has doubled to include restaurants from one of Chicago’s most success hospitality companies (One Off Hospitality Group), a brewery (Maplewood), and new Israeli/Mediterranean hot spot Galit.

Participants will donate in various ways. Table, Donkey, and Stick in Logan Square is donating 10 percent of its sales. Kumiko in West Loop is donating $3 per prawn and $3 per seaflower cocktail. Mi Tocaya Antojeria in Logan Square is donating $1 per steak burrito and $1 per margarita. There’s also a Michelin-starred participant: Oriole in West Loop is donating 10 percent of sales. Check out a map of participants here and the full roster below. On Tuesday evening, 16” on Center restaurants including Revival Food Hall in the Loop and Dusek’s in Pilsen joined the roster.

The event spun out of the #MeToo movement. Event organizer Daniella Caruso, a veteran bartender and co-owner of Funkenhausen in West Town, has wanted to foster a hospitality industry in Chicago where workers and owners can better support victims of domestic violence. Caruso has already dropped off educational materials at restaurants and bars. She said there hasn’t been enough to go around.

“CAWC has been overwhelmed by the response,” Caruso said. “They’re kind of scrambling to get enough stuff to pass out.”

Caruso singled out Cleo’s, the West Town bar up the street from Funkenhausen. Management is teaming up with American Bocce Co. and holding its kickoff event for the season on Thursday. They’ll donate all money from bocce games to the cause.

It’s been a learning experience for participants who didn’t know about CAWC’s work, and for Caruso. She acknowledged that the participants are all on the North Side. That’s something she wants to work on next year as she plans to make the event an annual occurrence.

Check out the roster below. Caruso said it could grow even more. Chicago Industry Night For Domestic Violence is on Thursday.


  1. Funkenhausen
  2. Bar Biscay
  3. Mfk.
  4. El Che Steakhouse & Bar
  5. La Sirena Clandestina
  6. Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods
  7. Frontier
  8. Flo
  9. The Loyalist
  10. Bayan Ko
  11. Good Measure
  12. Portsmith
  13. Filini
  14. The Press Room
  15. Walton Street Kitchen + Bar
  16. Dorian’s
  17. Gemini
  18. Cherry Circle Room
  19. Longman & Eagle
  20. Boeufhaus
  21. Broken Shaker Chicago
  22. Spilt Milk
  23. Pub Royale
  24. Emporium Chicago (all locations)
  25. Young American
  26. Ludlow Liquors
  27. Cleos
  28. Ironside Bar & Galley
  29. Mi Tocaya Antojeria
  30. Houndstooth Saloon
  31. Roots Handmade Pizza
  32. About Last Knife
  33. Inner Town Pub
  34. Table, Donkey, and Stick
  35. The Fifty/50
  36. O’Shaughnessy’s Public House
  37. Volo
  38. Avec
  39. Big Star (Wicker Park & Wrigleyville locations)
  40. Blackbird
  41. Dove’s Luncheonette
  42. PQM
  43. The Publican
  44. The Violet Hour
  45. Farmhouse (Chicago & Evanston locations)
  46. Farm Bar
  47. Spinning J Bakery & Soda Fountain
  48. Split Rail
  49. Smack Dab
  50. Steingold’s
  51. Galit
  52. Oriole
  53. Kumiko
  54. The Hideout
  55. Maplewood
  56. The Ruin Daily
  57. Bite Cafe
  58. Dusek’s
  59. Punch House
  60. The Promontory (restaurant and venue)
  61. MONEYGUN
  62. Saint Lou’s
  63. Revival Food Hall

Punch House

1227 West 18th Street, , IL 60608 (312) 526-3851 Visit Website

roots handmade pizza

2200 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 433-5959

The Loyalist

177 North Ada Street, , IL 60607 (773) 913-3774 Visit Website

Farmhouse

8500 West 3rd Street, , CA 90048 (310) 818-4925 Visit Website

The Press Room

1134 West Washington Boulevard, , IL 60607 (331) 240-1914 Visit Website

Ludlow Liquors

2959 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL (773) 754-7492 Visit Website

Good Measure

226 West Chicago Avenue, , IL 60654 (312) 600-9268 Visit Website

Bayan Ko

1810 West Montrose Avenue, , IL 60613 (773) 698-6373 Visit Website

La Sirena Clandestina

954 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 226-5300 Visit Website

Boeufhaus

1012 North Western Avenue, , IL 60622 (773) 661-2116 Visit Website

Pub Royale

2049 West Division Street, , IL 60622 (773) 661-6874 Visit Website

Flo

1434 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642 (312) 243-0477 Visit Website

Dive Bar

3445 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 770-4618 Visit Website

Revival Food Hall

125 South Clark Street, , IL 60603 (773) 999-9411 Visit Website

Moneygun

660 West Lake Street, , IL 60661 (312) 600-0600 Visit Website

Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods

1415 North Wood Street, , IL 60622 (773) 360-8320 Visit Website

About Last Knife

168 Michigan Avenue, , IL 60601 (312) 392-2440 Visit Website

Galit

2429 North Lincoln Avenue, , IL 60614 (773) 360-8755 Visit Website

Oriole

661 West Walnut Street, , IL 60661 (312) 877-5899 Visit Website

The Hideout

1354 West Wabansia Avenue, , IL 60642 (773) 227-4433 Visit Website

Farm Bar

1300 West Wellington Avenue, , IL 60657 (773) 281-2599 Visit Website

The Ruin Daily

328 S Jefferson St, Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 929-2707 Visit Website

Big Star

, , IL 60613 (773) 857-7120 Visit Website

Next

953 West Fulton Market, , IL 60607 Visit Website

Funkenhausen

1709 West Chicago Avenue, , IL 60622 (312) 929-4727 Visit Website

The Publican

837 West Fulton Market, , IL 60607 (312) 733-9555 Visit Website

Blackbird

614 North 2nd Street, , PA 19123 (267) 324-5224 Visit Website

Longman & Eagle

2657 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 773 276 7110 Visit Website

Cherry Circle Room

12 South Michigan Avenue, , IL 60603 (312) 792-3515 Visit Website

Public House

400 North State Street, , IL 60654 (312) 265-1240 Visit Website

Houndstooth Saloon

3369 North Clark Street, , IL 60657 (773) 244-1166 Visit Website

Smack Dab

6954 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626 (773) 575-0062

Spilt Milk

2758 West Fullerton Avenue, , IL 60647 Visit Website

Gemini

2075 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614 (773) 525-2522 Visit Website

Portsmith

660 North State Street, , IL 60654 (312) 202-6050 Visit Website

The Promontory

5311 South Lake Park Avenue West, , IL 60615 (312) 801-2100 Visit Website

Walton Street Kitchen + Bar

912 North State Street, , IL 60610 (773) 570-3525 Visit Website

El Che Steakhouse & Bar

845 West Washington Boulevard, , IL 60607 (312) 265-1130 Visit Website

The Fifty/50

2047 West Division Street, , IL 60622 (773) 489-5050 Visit Website

The Violet Hour

1520 North Damen Avenue, , IL 60622 (773) 252-1500 Visit Website

Broken Shaker Chicago

19 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 940-3699 Visit Website

Mi Tocaya Antojeria

2800 W Logan blvd, Chicago, IL 60647 (872) 315-3947 Visit Website

Avec

615 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 377-2002 Visit Website

Bar Biscay

1450 West Chicago Avenue, , IL 60642 (312) 455-8900 Visit Website

Dorian’s

1939 West North Avenue, , IL 60622 (773) 687-9824 Visit Website

Young American

2545 North Kedzie Boulevard, , IL 60647 (773) 687-8385 Visit Website

Frontier

1072 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642 (773) 772-4322 Visit Website

Kumiko

630 West Lake Street, , IL 60661 (312) 285-2912 Visit Website