I think this version of the topologist's sine curve is compact and simply connected but there are obvious neighborhoods with no simply connected open refinement. Take the union of the following: $$\left\{(x,\sin\frac{1}{x}):0<x<1\right\}$$ $$0\times[-2,1]$$ $$[0,1]\times -2 $$ $$1\times[-2,\sin 1]$$ ![picture of the above union][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/cFvJD.jpg