Two Reinterpretations of the Sports Bar Opening Soon
O Say Can You See
Sports bars have a certain sameness to them—greasy fried food, beer, and lots of big TVs…
Year: 2011
Chicago Ideas Week
Worth your time (and money): Jeanne Gang and Sandra Day O’Connor think big … Follies gets wistful … Susan Orlean waxes rhapsodic on Rin Tin Tin … plus, weekend plans from Joan of Arc’s Tim Kinsella
Annals of Chicago's Head Tax
Mayor Emanuel is stepping up his promise to cut the city’s “head tax,” a per-employee tax on medium and large businesses. It’s unpopular, but how’d we end up with it in the first place?
Nick Digilio, Radio Man
Dmitry Samarov on his unlikely friendship with the WGN radio host
Are We Still Looking for the Bottom?
Last week, while I was on vacation, the release of the latest monthly Case-Shiller home price index brought a glimmer of good news: in July, for the third month in a row, local home prices were up. Could this be a sign that the Chicago real-estate market has finally bottomed out?…
Adam Greenberg Dreams of Making It Back to the Majors
UNBROKEN: Five years after a bean ball ended his big-league career on the first pitch of his first at-bat, the former Cub still yearns to fulfill his big-league dream
New Upholstery Class
For anyone who has spotted an old chair with great bones but has passed it by, we have a class for you…
The Patent Holder Who Might Take Your WiFi Away (But Might Help Save the Patent System)
A Chicago based firm and its lawyer are suing hotels, department stores, and upscale chains like Caribou and Panera for patent infringement… because they use WiFi. It’s crazy, but so is patent law.
TIFs in the Spotlight: After School Matters
Chicago’s inspector general finds that the charity founded by Da Ex-Mare’s wife got $915,000 in money donated by recipients of tax increment financing, through an opaque process that generated $3.7 million for various public and private organizations.
Boutique for Made-in-Chicago Designs Debuts in Wicker Park
Local Option
Carl Dahlstedt—a Columbia College alum whose clothes for women and men are produced exclusively in Chicago—opened his first boutique, C. Dahlstedt (2028 W. Division St.; 773-687-8273, cdahlstedt.com), in Wicker Park late last month…