The Chaser - August 2011

08/31/11

Your Drinking Digest: Village Tap’s Local Tap Takeover; Patio Updates at Fountainhead, Quenchers, Deuce’s; A New Late Nighter in Logan Square

All right, readers. Take a deep breath. There’s a lot to talk about this week. First up, heaven for the beer geeks: Mike Green, owner of the Village Tap in Roscoe Village, recently found himself marveling that there are now enough locally brewed beers from Chicago and the burbs to fill all of the bar’s 26 taps...

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08/26/11

Millennium Park’s New Lounge: Kid-free and People-free; Plus, Five Outdoor Bars to Visit Before Summer Wraps

As with the produce department at the Jewel nearest my house and the gym around the corner where the old treadmills inexplicably change speeds on their own, I find myself at The Plaza at Park Grill—you know, the outdoor bar in the same Millennium Park spot where ice skaters will twirl in a few short months—several times each summer, just because it’s there...

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08/18/11

Bravo Zulu Lounge at the Air and Water Show: A New Pay-to-Play Beer Garden Offers Primo Views

When I first saw an announcement heralding the debut of the Bravo Zulu Lounge at this year’s Chicago Air and Water Show—officially my favorite weekend of summer; is anyone else already shivering over these practice flybys?—I didn’t get it...

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08/11/11

Me and You and Everyone We Know: South Loop’s The Scout Is Crowded Already

If you ever dined at Jerry Kleiner’s South Loop restaurant Opera, the building’s new occupant, The Scout Waterhouse + Kitchen, is bound to give you a serious jolt of culture shock. The interior of The Scout, which is in soft-opening mode now in advance of its grand opening on August 19, is done in a style I’d call post-Kleiner: nary an inch of velvet, an ounce of wrought iron, or a dash of primary color anywhere in sight...

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08/04/11

Parking It at The Garage, the Far Northwest Side’s Undiscovered New Biker (Kinda) Bar

Much to my mother’s chagrin, I am a sometime passenger on the back of The Creative Director’s motorcycle, so I was heartened last night to find a row of hogs parked outside my destination: The Garage, a brand new bar in the Gladstone/Jefferson Park area, just a few blocks south of Superdawg. “These are my people,” I thought, having barely recovered from a numb posterior brought on by last weekend’s cruise to summer camp in Elkhorn, Wisconsin...

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	08/31/11 Your Drinking Digest: Village Tap’s Local Tap Takeover; Patio Updates at Fountainhead, Quenchers, Deuce’s; A New Late Nighter in Logan Square All right, readers. Take a deep breath. There’s a lot to talk about this week. First up, heaven for the beer geeks: Mike Green, owner of the Village Tap in Roscoe Village, recently found himself marveling that there are now enough locally brewed beers from Chicago and the burbs to fill all of the bar’s 26 taps... Posted at 01:39 PM in The Chaser \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	08/26/11 Millennium Park’s New Lounge: Kid-free and People-free; Plus, Five Outdoor Bars to Visit Before Summer Wraps As with the produce department at the Jewel nearest my house and the gym around the corner where the old treadmills inexplicably change speeds on their own, I find myself at The Plaza at Park Grill—you know, the outdoor bar in the same Millennium Park spot where ice skaters will twirl in a few short months—several times each summer, just because it’s there... Posted at 11:37 AM in The Chaser \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	08/18/11 Bravo Zulu Lounge at the Air and Water Show: A New Pay-to-Play Beer Garden Offers Primo Views When I first saw an announcement heralding the debut of the Bravo Zulu Lounge at this year’s Chicago Air and Water Show—officially my favorite weekend of summer; is anyone else already shivering over these practice flybys?—I didn’t get it... Posted at 12:58 PM in The Chaser \| Permalink \| Comments (0)
	08/11/11 Me and You and Everyone We Know: South Loop’s The Scout Is Crowded Already If you ever dined at Jerry Kleiner’s South Loop restaurant Opera, the building’s new occupant, The Scout Waterhouse + Kitchen, is bound to give you a serious jolt of culture shock. The interior of The Scout, which is in soft-opening mode now in advance of its grand opening on August 19, is done in a style I’d call post-Kleiner: nary an inch of velvet, an ounce of wrought iron, or a dash of primary color anywhere in sight... Posted at 02:16 PM in The Chaser \| Permalink \| Comments (2)
	08/04/11 Parking It at The Garage, the Far Northwest Side’s Undiscovered New Biker (Kinda) Bar Much to my mother’s chagrin, I am a sometime passenger on the back of The Creative Director’s motorcycle, so I was heartened last night to find a row of hogs parked outside my destination: The Garage, a brand new bar in the Gladstone/Jefferson Park area, just a few blocks south of Superdawg. “These are my people,” I thought, having barely recovered from a numb posterior brought on by last weekend’s cruise to summer camp in Elkhorn, Wisconsin... Posted at 03:33 PM in The Chaser \| Permalink \| Comments (1)

August 2011

08/31/11

Your Drinking Digest: Village Tap’s Local Tap Takeover; Patio Updates at Fountainhead, Quenchers, Deuce’s; A New Late Nighter in Logan Square

08/26/11

Millennium Park’s New Lounge: Kid-free and People-free; Plus, Five Outdoor Bars to Visit Before Summer Wraps

08/18/11

Bravo Zulu Lounge at the Air and Water Show: A New Pay-to-Play Beer Garden Offers Primo Views

08/11/11

Me and You and Everyone We Know: South Loop’s The Scout Is Crowded Already

08/04/11

Parking It at The Garage, the Far Northwest Side’s Undiscovered New Biker (Kinda) Bar

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