Lincoln Park’s popular Batter and Berries sit-down restaurant would open a second location in Austin through a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) proposal introduced to City Council today by Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot.

Planned for a vacant, one-story building at 5924 W. Chicago Ave., the restaurant would be operated by Juan and Only LLC, serving breakfast and lunch during the day and catering to special events in the evening.

The proposed $1.8 million in TIF assistance would pay for eligible building rehabilitation costs, with funding made available through a Chicago Recovery Plan grant application announced by DPD in July 2022. The proposed project also includes an adjacent, vacant building owned by the City at 5926 W. Chicago, which would be acquired for its appraised value of $15,000 and rehabbed.

The $3.2 million project would contribute to Mayor Lightfoot’s INVEST South/West initiative along Austin’s “Soul City Corridor,” which is repurposing multiple underutilized sites with new retail amenities, mixed-income housing, streetscape amenities and open spaces.

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