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The Illinois Department of Labor investigated the Boystown staple after a former employee complained.
Chicago businesses will have to pay their employees $11 an hour starting Saturday and $13 by 2019.
Airport and hospital workers, among others, are called for a higher minimum wage.
The increase is part of a 2014 ordinance that will raise minimum wage to $13 per hour by 2019.
Despite opposition from some business groups and aldermen, the hike was approved Tuesday.
The City Council votes at a "special meeting" Tuesday to raise it to $13 an hour over five years.
Aldermen pushing for a $15-an-hour minimum wage fear the state could cap it instead at $10.10.
Business interests argued against an increase in the minimum wage, while workers supported it.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office estimated it would benefit about 1,000 workers, but impact many more.
But critics said it doesn't go far enough and "leaves out huge swaths of the workforce."
Aldermen, union members and community activists rejected the $13 recommendation by a mayoral task force.
They'll wait for the General Assembly to raise it statewide, but are "poised to move" in Chicago.
A vast majority of city voters supported a hike to a $15-an-hour minimum wage for major corporations.
The award-winning actor joined Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn to push for a $10 minimum wage.
The City Council is considering a mayoral proposal after passing another resolution last week.
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And, no, they're not called Roosevelt and State.
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"The reception has been outstanding. We've had lots of interest and excitement," the listing agent said.
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