MINI REVIEW SALUTE WINE BAR An Italian wine bar. Piatti piccoli, panini, formaggi. Cutesy patio. Spumantes and chiantis galore. Did we have to? But Salute, barely noticeable between the sports bar madness of Jake Melnick’s and curlicued kitsch of 1492 Tapas Bar, charmed the pants off us. For starters, we expressed interest in a glass … Read more
among the 110,000 volumes on offer at the Newberry sale
1 The Publican 837 W. Fulton Market This much-lauded brew hall serves an $8 mimosa that mixes freshly squeezed OJ with—what else?—beer, an 1809 Berliner Weisse. 2 The Bristol 2152 N. Damen Ave. For the man who just can’t get enough meat, $9 buys a Manhattan made with bacon-infused Dewars, maple syrup, and bitters. … Read more
Loft Six Ten has a relatively lofty goal: to cater to everyone by being both high- and lowbrow, a spot for drinking $3 Milwaukee’s Best and $800 bottles of Cristal. Which means that this two-plus-years-in-the-making bar from the folks who brought you Cortland’s Garage, Goodbar, and The Stretch aims to be exactly what you, and … Read more
A live wire of a new club plugs into a familiar River North address
List Price: $259,000
The Property: When the great Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed his now-iconic twin residential towers at 860-880 N. Lake Shore Drive, completed in 1951, the small and lightless kitchens and baths were in keeping with the era’s attitude, but they look..
Five picks for the Pitchfork Music Festival (July 17-19, Union Park, pitchforkmusicfestival.com) from Mark Richardson, managing editor of Pitchfork.com
The many virtues of the hulking Whole Foods in the Weed Street District have been described and celebrated—a smokehouse! A craft beer bar! A music venue, for crying out loud! But it’s the little things that have us excited about the new store. Like aisles and aisles of the kind of organic food products that … Read more
We wanted to throw an impromptu summer bash, so we kept the to-do list simple: takeout food, local beer, and a quirky theme—a “Taste of Chicago” at home
Chicago could sure use a colorful sports star
