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Sunday morning customers, passersby enjoy sidewalk jam session at Ravinia Coffee Station
By Donald Liebenson, Special to the Tribune
3:14 p.m. CDT, July 6, 2014
The Ravinia Coffee Station has introduced a new Sunday morning perk to the neighborhood: live music.
Weather permitting, it's a scene out of the classic Creedence Clearwater song. Down on the corner and out on the sidewalk, owner Josh Weisbart and a recurring line-up of musicians play acoustic music to lift the spirits of customers and passersby. "It's wonderful to find live music just happening," said Laura Davis Sherman of Highland Park. "It's a really great pause in the week."
The Ravinia Coffee Station, 723 St. John's Ave. in Highland Park, opened last November. Weisbart, who plays guitar and mandolin, bills himself as "a casual musician." Taking his cue from the summer-long Ravinia Festival, Weisbart said he "always intended for music to be part of the big picture" of the to-go coffee shop located on the corner of St. Johns and Roger Williams avenues. "Music has the ability to bring people together," he said.