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Wednesday, November 4, 2026Lawrence · Wilson · Argyle · Broadway
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Argyle & Dining

Restaurants, bakeries and food businesses on Argyle Street and across Uptown.

The Uptown Farmers Market moves indoors for winter at the Uptown Taproom

The terra cotta Uptown Station building at Broadway and Wilson with storefront windows

After its final outdoor Wednesday on Nov. 4, the Uptown Farmers Market starts a Saturday winter market Nov. 14 at the Uptown Taproom on Wilson, with SNAP and Link Match.

Taste of Argyle and the festival that put the street on the map

Broadway and Argyle Street in Uptown

The Argyle street festival began in 1981 to draw visitors to a young Asian commercial district. It remains a summer anchor for the street’s restaurants.

Argyle’s shared street: what owners say changed

The curbless shared street design on Argyle Street

The curbless shared street on Argyle was built to slow traffic and make room for pedestrians. Owners describe the trade-offs for business.

Pho, banh mi and bakeries: a block-by-block guide to Argyle

Storefronts in the West Argyle Street Historic District

The short stretch of Argyle Street between Broadway and Sheridan holds one of the Midwest’s densest clusters of Vietnamese and Chinese food. Here is how to walk it.

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