ABC7 Chicago Digital TeamThe owner of the beloved Chicago restaurant and bakery, Café Selmarie in Lincoln Square, is in the ABC 7 kitchen as she prepares to close next year.A popular restaurant in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood closed its doors on Saturday afternoon after more than 40 years in business.The café was founded by Birgit Kobayashi and Jeanne Uzdawinis, who met as neighbors on Giddings Street. It expanded over the years.
"After cooking and baking for decades, it is time to sit down," Kobayashi said. "I want to travel with my husband and have time to indulge in other interests. We have met so many wonderful people over the years and celebrated birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations with them. We witnessed this sleepy northside enclave blossom into the vibrant, lovely Lincoln Square neighborhood at our front door.