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Mina Bloom

Reporter/Producer @mina_bloom_ Contact

Mina Bloom is a reporter/producer covering Logan Square and Humboldt Park for DNAinfo Chicago. She previously covered Uptown and Andersonville, Lincoln Park and Old Town.

Before joining the DNAinfo Chicago team in summer of 2014, Mina worked at Groupon in customer/merchant resolutions for two years. Prior to that, she was an editor for Forbes Travel Guide. Mina's work has also appeared in Time Out Chicago, The A.V. Club, 22nd Century Media and Gapers Block. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago where she was the arts & culture editor for The Columbia Chronicle and a staff writer for Echo Magazine.

Mina is from the northern suburb of Highland Park, home of the best hot dog joint in the Chicago area: Michael's.

Fun fact: Mina had a T-shirt made with a Hello Kitty face in the shape of the Wu-Tang Clan symbol, effectively combining two of her favorite things. 

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March 3, 2016

The Old Town shop, 1419 N. Wells St., also serves apple fritters and Metropolis coffee.

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March 2, 2016

Chef Mike Sheerin is serving up ramen with roasted chicken and roasted pork neck.

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March 2, 2016

Cmdr. George Devereaux will meet with the community the third Wednesday of every month.

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March 2, 2016

This zip code contributes 135 times more to political campaigns than the average American ZIP code.

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March 1, 2016

Some are torn down and replaced with megamansions. Others are replaced with pricey condos.

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February 29, 2016

The bible school has about 18 properties spread across 20 acres on the Near North Side.

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February 26, 2016

Ryan Varallo said it's "scary to think about" what might've happened if he hadn't been trained to help.

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February 26, 2016

Though Second City grabbed most headlines, Fleet Feet suffered from about $1 million in damages.