Word from Paratii Craft Bar manager Michael Kostin is that the new cachaca bar on Ballard’s Leary Ave will officially open at 4pm on Wednesday, May 4. (It’s been opening softly for the last few days).

The bar was originally slated to open in late April but that date was moved back due to a death in the family of owner Samir Hassan.

I don’t know about you but I’m overdue for a good caipy: the $17 one I had at Trump Hotel Chicago was decidedly subpar. I’ve got investigators looking into the matter, they’re also trained deep-sea divers. Har har har.