UPDATE:

I owe my existence to many things, my parents being one of them, Yak-Zies being another.

My mom and dad met at the Diversey Parkway bar roughly 35 years ago, so I was bummed to read Kevin Pang's report that the bar served its last pint Sunday. (The Clark Street location is still open.) I'd always meant to visit the scene of the crime but never did.

The exact details of their first encounter vary depending on who you ask, but it generally goes something like this: My future dad overhears my future mom making a snide comment to one of her friends; my dad in turn makes a snide comment to my mom; some attempt at flirtatious conversation ensues; my mom sneaks out the back door to avoid further conversation with my dad. They somehow meet up later. The rest is history.

Ah, romance.

"I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did," my mom said when I called her this afternoon with the news, referring to the bar. "It was always kind of a dump."

Perhaps. But I'm quite thankful for that dump.

--Matt McGuire, Metromix editor

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Fans of some of the best buffalo wings in town are mourning the loss the Yak-Zies Diversey Parkway location. The spot closed after business Sunday night-a closing that happened rather quietly during one of the busiest weekends in Chicago, what with Lollapalooza and other fests going on all across town. The Tribune is reporting that the original owner passed away, and that the general manager was unable to elaborate on the future of the 41-year-old bar. The Wrigleyville Yak-zies on Clark Street is still open.

--Karen Budell, Metromix Bars and Clubs producer

After a summer full of sequels, America still has a taste for more, and it's a good thing. Director Paul Greengrass' exciting and excellent "The Bourne Ultimatum" took in $70.2 million this weekend to top the box office, exceed tallies for the first two "Bourne" movies ($27.1 million, $52.5 million, respectively) and become the biggest August opening ever--besting the previous champ, "Rush Hour 2," which made $67.4 million over the same weekend in 2001. "Ultimatum" was also well ahead of the week's No. 2, "The Simpsons Movie," which dipped to $25.6 million in its second week of release. No other new releases made any significant waves, with the corny "Underdog" coming in at No. 3 with $12 million and Andy Samberg crashing and burning with his big-screen debut, with "Hot Rod" earning $5.01 million to finish at No. 9.

Which is your favorite "Bourne" movie? Was "Ultimatum" good enough to make you believe in this week's sequel, the awful-looking "Rush Hour 3"?