BUCKTOWN — On a Saturday afternoon in mid-April, Wicker Park resident Tess Syriac planned to make a quick stop for beers and burgers to bring home to some friends hanging out at her house.
She had already placed an order online at Small Cheval, 1732 N. Milwaukee Ave., and said she planned to stop at the Garfield’s Beverage Express liquor store across the street right after.
Syriac parked in the Garfield’s lot across from the restaurant and went in to pick up her order. But when she got back just a few minutes later, she found an unpleasant surprise attached to her car.
“My food was already ready, so I didn’t have to wait. I literally just walked over, grabbed the food, came back, and there was a boot on my car. And I was like, ‘I’m literally going into Garfield’s right now to grab beers.’ And they were like, ‘It doesn’t matter. You left the premises,'” Syriac said. “And so I had to pay a fine.”
Syriac didn’t have her credit card on her, so ended up paying $170 — the maximum fine booting companies are allowed to charge in Chicago — via Venmo, according to a screenshot of the transaction reviewed by Block Club.
Two months later, Syriac is still angry about the whole experience.
“I think that like it’s pretty ridiculous, right? Like Small Cheval obviously doesn’t have a ton of parking. They clearly saw me leave and come back. It was like a matter of minutes,” she said.
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