You can't keep a good pho place down.
A few days ago, I wrote about the temporary destruction of Pho 7 by two men, one silver BMW and too many action movies in "Talk about a cursed location!" When this spot at 10009 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora was home to Istanbul Grill, I narrowly missed witnessing a robbery (the owner and other customers were not so lucky), and last Saturday, a dingbat drove straight into Pho 7, which took over the space early this year.
Said dingbat, one Alejandro Domin
​They Might Be Giants, Guggenheim Grotto
Thursday, November 5
Gothic Theater
Better than: Seeing an expertly executed live show that didn't include sock puppets.
They Might Be Giants couldn't stick to one sound during their
appearance at the Gothic on Thursday night. The band's show, which
nearly spanned two hours, included a comprehensive range of tunes, a
selection that pulled from their latest release, Here Comes Science, as
well as seminal albums from the 1990s like Flood and Apollo 18.