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Record Plant Smashed Plastic Is Keeping It Local

By Emily Dreibelbis
Known for pressing vinyl for Chicago artists, the shop’s new partnership with Jeff Tweedy will help keep the records spinning. Read more

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Where to Eat
Where to Live
A Real Estate Agent
Best of Chicago
A Getaway
Why the Illinois GOP Is Moving Right
We’re Obsessed With These Local Chile Crisps
Quiz: Can You Speak Midwestern?
What Weather Forecasters Know
Five Things To Do: August 12-14
By Jack McGann
What to do in Chicago this weekend. Read more
How I Learned to Love Karaoke
By Elizabeth Gomez
Before becoming a Karaoke Club regular, the author had to set aside her too-cool attitude. Read more
Five Things To Do: August 12-14
By Jack McGann
What to do in Chicago this weekend. Read more
How I Learned to Love Karaoke
By Elizabeth Gomez
Before becoming a Karaoke Club regular, the author had to set aside her too-cool attitude. Read more
Why the Illinois GOP Is Moving Right
We’re Obsessed With These Local Chile Crisps
Quiz: Can You Speak Midwestern?
What Weather Forecasters Know
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News & Issues
Why the Illinois GOP Is Moving Right
By Edward Robert McClelland
Darren Bailey’s Trump-style conservatism has taken over the Illinois Republican Party, which may doom it in November. Read more
The Most Corrupt Addresses in the Chicago Area
By Edward Robert McClelland
Where some of the biggest arrests, scandals, and busts have taken place. Read more
What To Know About: R. Kelly’s Latest Trial
Finding the Big Truth Behind the Insurrectionists
What To Know About: The 2022 Illinois Primaries
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Dining & Drinking
We’re Obsessed With These Local Chile Crisps
By Amy Cavanaugh
Chile crisps are all the rage — and you can find them made right here in Chicago. Read more
We’re Obsessed With These Local Chile Crisps
Joe Flamm Takes the Reins at BLVD Steakhouse
A New Koreatown Emerges
Our Five Favorite North Side Burritos Right Now
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now: August 2022
Joe Flamm Takes the Reins at BLVD Steakhouse
A New Koreatown Emerges
Our Five Favorite North Side Burritos Right Now
The 10 Hottest Restaurants in Chicago Right Now: August 2022
A Final Interview With The Bagel Owner Danny Wolf

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Chicago’s Best

New Restaurants New Bars Pizza Steakhouses Sandwiches Craft Beers Chocolate Chip Cookies Sausages for the Grill Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Cheffy Oysters Fish Fries Sorbets Rotisserie Chickens
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City Life
How I Learned to Love Karaoke
By Elizabeth Gomez
Before becoming a Karaoke Club regular, the author had to set aside her too-cool attitude. Read more
What Weather Forecasters Know
Interviews by Mike Thomas
Three of Chicago’s top meteorologists — Brant Miller, Cheryl Scott, and Tom Skilling — share what they’ve learned from years of tracking this city’s fickle and often extreme weather. Read more
Murals Hit a High Note on this CHA Building
Can Cannabis Make You a Better Parent?
Why Are So Many Chicago Businesses Named After Michoacan?
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Real Estate
Five Waterfront Homes For Sale
Chicago’s Top Real Estate Agents: 2022
Pro Tips on Navigating This Crazy Real Estate Market
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Video
How to Make Pink Salt’s Grilled Chicken Satay Sandwich
In the Kitchen: CJ Jacobson’s Turkey-Avocado Tartine
Koya in Wilmette Now Serves Sushi in a Cup
3 Vietnamese Noodle Soups with Cat Pham
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Culture & Travel
Five Things To Do: August 12-14
Record Plant Smashed Plastic Is Keeping It Local
5 Short Family Road Trips From Chicago to Help Fight Gas Prices
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Long Reads
The Storyteller of the White Sox
By Peter Sagal
If you follow the White Sox, you likely know broadcaster Jason Benetti was born with cerebral palsy. But that’s just the start of his story. Read more
What Happened to Timmothy Pitzen?
By Bryan Smith
A decade ago, his mother took him out of school for a three-day spree. Afterward, she killed herself. And the boy disappeared. Read more
Chicago’s Arts Scene Has a Race Problem
By J. Howard Rosier
Can a seven-year-old antiracism nonprofit solve it? The city’s biggest cultural institutions are betting heavily that it can. Read more
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