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March 2009
03/26/09Cocktail Class-y
My bar at home is pretty uneven: We have our pick of a good 40 bottles of wine, some rum remnants, Grey Goose (a wedding leftover), and vermouth (from … college?). As much as I like cocktails, crafting anything fancier than a martini has always seemed like an expensive hassle to me. Posted at 04:11 PM in The Chaser | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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03/19/09Re: RebarThey say you never forget your first love—that’s true for bars and boys, in my case. Both cemented themselves in my heart on a cold January night, post-dinner, in the Loop. The streets were dead, so when my now-husband Ben and I hopped into a cab I assumed we... Posted at 01:16 PM in The Chaser | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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03/12/09Sham RockSeeing as how I’m a good 50 percent Irish and St. Patty’s is mere days away, this week seemed like the perfect time to scout out the newly opened Cagney’s, an Irish-themed sports bar in west Lincoln Park. Unfortunately, my Irish half was not impressed—and neither was the other half. Launched by a trio of New Yorkers and a pair of Chicagoans in the old Jack Sullivan’s/Varsity Club/Barleycorn space, Cagney’s has something of an identity crisis going on... Posted at 01:27 PM in The Chaser | Permalink | Comments (1) |
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03/05/09Dumplings and DragonsStadium West’s crawl from just another neighborhood dive to the vegan-Korean-food-cheap-beer haven known as Dragonlady Lounge (3188 N. Elston Ave.; 773-597-5617) has been a slow and stealthy one, but, with its name change last December, the metamorphoses is complete. And what a work of wacky, wonderful goodness it is... Posted at 12:07 PM in The Chaser | Permalink | Comments (2) |
About The Chaser
The freelance life keeps writer Amalie Drury ensconced in her home office most days, but by the time cocktail hour rolls around, she’s more than ready to snap her laptop shut and hit Chicago's bar scene in search of the good, the bad, and the gossipy. A native Kentuckian, Amalie has been nursing a taste for bourbon practically since birth. Leave her tips on where to sip in the comments section below, then check back each Thursday for tales of her exploits and the latest in nightlife news.
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