{"id":50116,"date":"2019-08-07T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T03:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?page_id=50116"},"modified":"2019-08-08T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T19:25:10","slug":"blue-box-cafe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/blue-box-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Box Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n176 E Chicago St
\nElgin, IL<\/p>\n

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