Le Boeuf Sandwich @ Toni Patisserie
Thank goodness they cut le boeuf sandwich in half @ToniChicago. Dinner one night & lunch the next day. TONI PATISSERIE: 65 E WASHINGTON; 312-726-2020
Year: 2011
Quiche Lorraine @ Toni Patisserie
@pennypollack: Quiche Lorraine @ToniChicago looks so rustic, if you buy the whole thing, you could palm it off as homemade. TONI PATISSERIE: 65 E WASHINGTON; 312-726-2020
My Favorite Song About Chicago
“Cars and Parties” by Edith Frost, a song by a Chicago transplant for Chicago transplants about the tension between going out and staying home.
How Do You Solve the Bill Cellini Problem?
The quiet, unelected power broker has long presented a dilemma for journalists and voters alike. Reining them in requires a lot of unsexy concentration from writers, readers, and legislators.
Filini: First Sips and Fake Candles at the Aqua Tower’s Just-Opened Restaurant and Bar
Filini opened in the new Radisson Blu hotel in the Aqua building this week, and on its second night of service, The Creative Director and I ventured over to check it out. The Italian-inspired restaurant is one floor above the bar, which makes the bar—a few steps below the lobby and lounge level—feel like the main attraction…
Rooms We Love
This marks the first of a series of blogs we will be posting on rooms we love. We come across far more…
Three Chicago Menswear Lines
SHOPPER: Sir & Madame, Nonnie, and Chivalry Is Not Dead
CTU President Karen Lewis: Race, Class at Center of Education Debate
In part two of my conversation with the Chicago Teachers Union president, she shares about her time at Dartmouth College, why she left the classroom for the CTU job, her thoughts on the poverty gap, and more…
The Expansion of Chicagoland and Midwestern Poverty
A Brookings study looks at changes in concentrated poverty during the last decade: the Midwest got hit the hardest, and across the country the gains of the 1990s have vanished.
The Chicago Marijuana Debate Continues
The mayor and Joe Moreno weigh in on pot decriminalization and/or legalization; emergency visits from weed, inhalants, and pharmaceuticals; Portugal’s approach to decriminalization; and more.