You heard it here first (thanks to sje for the tip), and thanks to NYT reporter Jennifer Bleyer, a soon-to-be Prospect Heights resident, for a great article!
” … Local residents took notice when Janice Combs, the mother of the hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, opened Mama Duke in 2001, and when the restaurant suddenly closed, they took notice again. Rumors spread quickly on a Prospect Heights Web log, dailyheights.com, about why Mama Duke was no more …”