Tea houses start popping up like banks...
The Noble Fool theatre complex at 16 W. Randolph St. is expected to be taken over by a growing chain of tea houses. In terms of the arts, it becomes the most conspicuous failure to date in Chicago's revitalized theater district.TribuneAccording to a spokesman for the Argo Tea Cafe, an upscale Chicago outlet specializing in gourmet varieties of tea, Argo plans to open a branch there “in May or June.”
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The theater initially was developed with more than $1 million in state and city funds.
