Unbuilt Chicago Architecture Roundup
A tour through non-existent Chicago, from the old U.S. Steel plant, temporary home of the Dave Matthews Band Caravan, to architectural fantasies on display.
Year: 2011
Chicago's Best Craft Beer: What Other People Think
A look at popular beer-ranking sites shows Chicago to be a great town for stouts and other complex beers. Plus: who wins the Anheuser-Busch InBev/Miller showdown of gargantuan, generic beers?
Where to Go This Weekend: Oregon, Illinois
One hundred years have past since the sculptor Lorado Taft completed his monument to Chief Black Hawk, which stands on the banks of the Rock River. This week, the centennial will be celebrated at Lowden State Memorial State park in Oregon Illinois, as the annual Oregon Trail Days Festival gets underway…
Weekend Photos: Lady Gregory’s
After a March fire slowed construction on their nearly completed pub, the folks behind Beckett’s Public House and Wilde Bar & Restaurant opened their third writer-themed spot, Lady Gregory’s, last month…
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams opens in Chicago
Edited by Gina Bazer North Carolina–based manufacturer Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams is opening a two-level, 10,000-square-foot retail store in the Clybourn Corridor, which means that now you can get this company’s well-made, stylish, and comfortable upholstered furniture, along with lamps and case goods, straight from the source (until now the brand was available in … Read more
Reviews: GT Fish & Oyster, Perennial Virant
THE GOLDEN BOYS: It’s not even fair how many good restaurants Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz own. Here, two more
Angel Hair Pesto @ Volare
The angel hair pesto @ Volare can be salvaged, but it takes a lot of salt and pepper. VOLARE: 201 E Grand; 312-410-9900
Insalata Volare @ Volare
Start with a bag greens from the grocery store, throw in some canned artichoke hearts and hearts of palm. Top it with mozzarella and call insalata Volare. VOLARE: 201 E Grand; 312-410-9900
Chicken Vesuvio @ Volare
@pennypollack: The chicken Vesuvio @ Volare fooled me. It looked so juicy but it tasted so dry. VOLARE: 201 E Grand; 312-410-9900
Rahm Emanuel Wanted to Be First Jewish House Speaker—Will the Honor Go to Eric Cantor?
Center stage in the debt limit/government default drama now playing in Washington is House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Here in Chicago, Rahm Emanuel may be busy with the latest weekend tragedy of street gangs’ bullets missing their targets and hitting children, but he is surely keeping his eye on Capitol Hill, his old stomping ground. Were he still there, he’d be playing the Cantor role on the other side of the aisle…