Magazine archive: Outer Drive

The Secrets of Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis's Success on 'Sound Opinions'

The Secrets of Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis’s Success on ‘Sound Opinions’

ROCK AND ROLES: The hosts of the popular rock talk show give us an inside look.

The Most Depressing Date in Chicago History

The Most Depressing Date in Chicago History

WHEN DOVES CRY: Guy meets Girl. Girl humors Guy with date. Homeless Man produces shoebox.

Northwest Indiana Man Re-creates Medieval Torture Devices

Northwest Indiana Man Re-creates Medieval Torture Devices

LEFT TO HIS OWN DEVICES: Carl Carder brings new meaning to the phrase “farm implements”

Favorite Moments in Chicago Magazine's History

Favorite Moments in Chicago Magazine’s History

OH, YES, WE DID: Naked models, breakout moments, rampant rats: In 40 years, we’ve covered it all

Why the Professional Restaurant Critic Will Survive the Age of Yelp

Why the Professional Restaurant Critic Will Survive the Age of Yelp

PEER REVIEW: Anthony Bourdain is wrong: The food critic is not dead

Dining Critic Tries Nutraloaf, the Prison Food for Misbehaving Inmates

Dining Critic Tries Nutraloaf, the Prison Food for Misbehaving Inmates

JUSTICE IS BLAND: I eat Nutraloaf, the all-in-one "disciplinary loaf" served at Cook County Jail

Chicago Bar Project's Sean Parnell Knows His Drinking Trivia

Chicago Bar Project’s Sean Parnell Knows His Drinking Trivia

BAR EXAM: Getting schooled in trivia about Chicago pubs, inns, and lounges by the city’s greatest barfly

Whole Foods Versus Shoplifters: The Conundrum

Whole Foods Versus Shoplifters: The Conundrum

THE ACCIDENTAL THIEF: A local mom is banned from Whole Foods for life for accidentally walking out with an item she didn't buy.

Chicago-spotting at the Cineplex

Chicago-spotting at the Cineplex

BACKGROUND NOISE: I definitely don't watch Chicago movies like a normal person.

Walk-up Songs in Baseball

Walk-up Songs in Baseball

HIT PARADE: No one knows when it started, but today, the walk-up song is as much a part of baseball as spitting