The 5 Best Drink-Time Diversions Alice’s Lounge For the Rihanna Wannabe: This endearingly trashy karaoke joint ditches the private singing rooms for a public stage where a karaoke jockey takes tune requests (ruined on a recent Saturday: “Hand in My Pocket,” “Baby Got Back,” and even opera). It’s a birthday and bachelorette party bonanza, but … Read more
The Green Mill The 5 Best Bars For Music Empty Bottle Option 1: Get close enough to practically shred the guitar yourself. Option 2: Linger by the bar or pool table. Either way, the vastness of this nightly alt music venue makes for a surprisingly accommodating outing for all. The cheap beer doesn’t hurt. Find … Read more
While we wish we could have crawled through Chicago’s pubs forever for our 100 Best Bars issue, at a certain point we had to call it quits and actually write the whole thing. The problem? Going to press means we couldn’t include the spots opening now in the city. Here is what we’re most curious about for the next time we tackle the best bars of Chicago.
What’s dinner without a quality liquid sidekick? We’d be remiss not to give a shout-out to our favorite restaurant cocktail programs.
Todd Stein, the heartbreak kid; Moderno rolls into Royce; Patricia Yeo loves the Chicago food scene.
After a not-so-brief hiatus (Glunz 1.0 shuttered 90 years ago, as a result of Prohibition), The Glunz Tavern has finally resurfaced…
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Enoch Simpson’s Endgrain—not just doughnuts; Pizza D.O.C. morphs into Himmel’s; meet Mr. Spanky…
COOKING UP IDEAS: A veteran chef weighs in on the touchy subject
Kuma is coming to Lake View; pizza in a log cabin? Oiistar explains new American cuisine.
