Glazed Wild Mushrooms @ Hoyt's
The side of glazed wild mushrooms @ Hoyt’s were all too tame for my table. HOYT'S: 71 E WACKER; 312-346-9870
Year: 2011
Lamb Chops @ Hoyt's
@pennypollack: Medium rare and frenched, lamb chops on creamy risotto & red pepper compote are best of show @ Hoyt’s. HOYT’S: 71 E WACKER; 312-346-9870
RIP Q101
As Chicago’s Alternative leaves the airwaves, fans mourn it and their own passing youth, and discuss the future of how we relate to music and the people who bring it to us.
Penderecki Vs. Pitchfork
Legendary Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki leads the Grant Park Orchestra this weekend in his divisive Concerto grosso and Beethoven’s Eroica symphony.
Remember When Barack Obama Voted Against Raising the Debt Limit?
One futile political gesture deserves another, apparently. Meanwhile, the bond market is not amused, and no one outside the smoke-filled rooms has any idea what the principles want to or will do. But cooler heads will likely prevail on something relatively uninteresting.
Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Michael Scott's Apparent Suicide
Wallace’s Catfish Corner sits like a little candy-cane-colored Monopoly house on the corner of West Madison Street and California Avenue, about a mile west of the United Center, along a gritty stretch of blighted buildings with boarded windows and vacant lots blanketed in weeds, broken glass, and cigarette butts—in a part of the city that … Read more
New Details Emerge in the Death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott
SHADOWS OF DOUBT: Nearly two years after Michael Scott turned up dead in the Chicago River, we reveal exclusive new details about his final hours—clues that only deepen the mystery of what really happened on that sad November day.
Picks of the Pitchfork Afterparties
Wild Nothing, White Mystery, Austra, Syd tha Kid, and others are all worthy options after you go to the festival, or if you don’t go at all.
Dearborn Garden Walk, Sidewalk Sales, Street Fests
I love a good home and/or garden walk, whether through insouciant artist-occupied interiors in Bucktown or the patrician stomping grounds of the well-to-do
Homeowners Hold Their Breath
Why underwater owners are still years away from resurfacing