Openings

Sushi Para X Opens, Lava Lounge Grows Up, and a New Tamale Guy

• Lincoln Park’s shuttered Sushi X is reopening with new owners and a new word in the name: it’s now Sushi Para X, the latest in the Sushi Para empire.

• Lava Lounge is growing up: Not only is the party-hearty DJ bar reconcepting into a cocktail lounge (with a menu designed by Peter Vestinos, who did the drink lists at Bar Novo and Roof), but they’re turning down the volume: “Instead of at 100 percent, it’ll be at 50.” [MMix]

• There’s a new Tamale Guy in town: he’s manning a corner in Edgewater, and his “perfect” tamales are “filled with braised pork and green or red chile sauce.” [Food on the Dole]

Sushi Para X Opens, Lava Lounge Grows Up, and a New Tamale Guy