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Candlelite is a meeting place for family and friends located in Chicago ' s Historic Rogers Park neighborhood . Our menu features favorites : thin-crust pizza and Candlelite is a meeting place for family and friends located in Chicago ' s historic Rogers
specialty burgers , as well as a wide selection of appetizers and entrees . Enjoy a beer Park , neighborhood glass of wine ., Our martini menu or features cocktail favorites from our : thin-crust extensive pizza selection and specialty while catching the NFL Playoffs on one of our many flat-screen televisions . burgers , as well as a wide selection of appetizers and entrees . Enjoy a beer , glass of wine , martini or cocktail from our extensive selection while catching the Cubs , White Sox and Bears on one of our many flat-screen TVs . Masks and social distancing are required .
MONDAY WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
Monday Slow Roasted • $ BBQ 11.99 Brisket BBQ BRISKET Burger SANDWICH Meal of & Choice SIDE - 1 / 2 Price Fish Wine N ’ Chips Bottles Basket ! $ 9.99
Tuesday Sandwich choice • 2 of FOR side , 1 Half PIZZA with and a a draft nightly beer and draft nightly special . Guinness & Harp Drafts $ 5
Wednesday Price Bottles of Wine • $ 13.99 , and BURGER MEAL draft special & BEER : and a nightly Imperial , draft Powers special , & Tullamore .
Thursday nightly draft special • $ 11.99 :. $ 11.99FRIED CHICKEN $ 13.99 PLATE and a nightly draft Dew $ special 5 .
Friday • $ 9.99 FISH & CHIPS , Guinness , Harp - $ 5 drafts . plus shots SPECIALTY of Jameson PIZZA , Powers , & THURSDAY Tullamore Dew for $ 5.00 SPECIALTY PIZZA Metal Lovers Pizza $ 10.99 + Fried Chicken Plate Margharita Pizza $ 10.99 +
Saturday • 5 bloody marys , $ 15 buckets ( 5 beers ) of Miller Lite Kona Pizza $ 10.99 +
$ 11.99
Veggie Pizza $ 10.99 +
Sunday • $ 5 bloody marys and $ 15 buckets ( 5 beers ) of Corona Bottles
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“ There was this movie called A River Runs Through It ’ that was filmed in my hometown , and the bartender was an extra in that movie ,” Interrupter notes . “ And he was like , ‘ Actually , I do know somebody ! And they might even have a room for rent !’ And the place that had the room for rent ?” She gets chills just thinking of the spooky synchronicity of it all . “ I was parked on that same exact street , so I just walked over and knocked on the door ! And they did have a room , and that ’ s how it all
Interrupters to his uber-hip Hellcat imprint through Epitaph for its eponymous 2014 debut .
“ But for me , music was what brought us together ,” Bivona recounts . “ Aimee was touring a solo record , and I had a band , and we just ended up on this West coast tour together , and I just loved her songs so much that we literally exchanged numbers right away and started texting each other about songwriting . Like , ‘ We ’ ve gotta write songs together !’ Or , ‘ We ’ ve gotta get together and write songs !’ So within a year , we were , but then it turned into more than that because she was my soulmate . And everything that we ’ ve built , musically , has photo by Jimmy Fontain
22 illinoisentertainer . com september 2022 started — I started walking up and down Sunset Boulevard , looking for musicians , and ultimately , that led me to The Interrupters .” This was 2009 when she met guitarist / producer Kevin Bivona and his bandmate brothers , bassist Justin and drummer Jesse , who were then touring as The Telecasters , and two years later began collaborating on punk-powered material with them . The matchup clicked and caught the ear of Rancid founder Tim Armstrong — himself one of the most sorely underrated composers on the scene — who employed the quartet on his ongoing Tim Timebomb recording project , then signed The
been built on this love and respect that we have for each other .”
They weren ’ t following a mid-career glossy , stadium-pleasing No Doubt trajectory , either — guided by the Bivona clan ’ s , abiding respect for all things ska , dub , reggae , and rock steady ; they delved deeper and deeper into the Kingston sound until they perfected their own uniquely scruffy and true-blue take on it , easily audible on In the Wild , which boasts studio cameos from serious players lik Hepcat (“ Burdens ”), UK ' s The Skints , Rhoda Dakar from The Bodysnatchers (“ As We Live ”), and old chum Armstrong ( also on “ As We Live ”). continues on page 24