Frog Legs @ Telegraph
The cinnamon flavor through me off a bit, but otherwise the frog legs @TelegraphWine were just dandy. TELEGRAPH: 2601 N MILWAUKEE; 773-292-9463
Year: 2011
Luca Lanzetta Expanding in Mart
Italian-born tastemaker Luca Lanzetta, owner of Ernestomeda and Antonio Lupi, is slowly expanding his business into a lifestyle empire called Luca Lanzetta…
Weekend Photos: Pig, Swig, and Record Dig at Schubas
On Saturday afternoon, the Lake View bar and music room Schubas laid out a multicourse spread: cheap rum cocktails, crates and boxes and bins of new and used records and CDs for sale…
The Hot List: 10 places everyone's talking about and dining at in October—in order of heat
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Room-to-Room Paint Schemes
Glenview homeowner Amy Schneider was raised in a house decorated in neutrals. “I vowed that when I grew up, I’d have a different color in every room,” she says…
Missed It By That Much
List Price: $1.2 million
Sale Price: $1.05 million
The Property: When this hilltop mansion in Beverly was last sold (in 1995), it was the first home in the neighborhood to sell for more than $500,000, recalls its latest selling agent, Sandra Bianciotto…
Fall Gardening Tips, Dried Flowers
Garden centers all over town are having sales right now, and if you need some tips about fall planting…
Chicago's Bloody, Morbid Traffic History
If you think driving is dangerous in Chicago these days, you should see the statistics from the 1930s, when the roads were bloody and the press coverage was morbid.
‘Dining Social’ Happy Hour for Social Media Week Chicago
September 19, 2011–Guests stopped by Sub 51 to mix and mingle with panelists from Chicago magazine’s ‘Dining Social’ discussion, where Curtis Duffy, Liz Mendez, Phillip Foss, Paula Haney, and Shelby Allison discussed how they use Facebook, Twitter, and blogs to enhance branding, customers relationships, and more. Ellen Malloy of Restaurant Intelligence Agency moderated the panel. Happy hour attendees continued their discussion on social media in Chicago’s restaurant and bar scenes amid cocktails and hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Lettuce Entertain You.
Joel Pollak on Anthony Weiner, Andrew Breitbart, and Why Sarah Palin Could Be the First Jewish President
When I called Joel Pollak on Wednesday, he was back home in Skokie for the Jewish holidays—visiting from his new home in Santa Monica. He moved there to work as an in-house counsel and editor-in-chief for conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart, famous most recently for bringing down Acorn and Rep. Anthony Weiner…