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Me and You and Everyone We Know: South Loop’s The Scout Is Crowded Already

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If you ever dined at Jerry Kleiner’s South Loop restaurant Opera, the building’s new occupant, The Scout Waterhouse + Kitchen, is bound to give you a serious jolt of culture shock. The interior of The Scout, which is in soft-opening mode now in advance of its grand opening on August 19, is done in a style I’d call post-Kleiner: nary an inch of velvet, an ounce of wrought iron, or a dash of primary color anywhere in sight…

OK Go at Debonair Social Club’s Lollapalooza Preparty

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The dancing. Oh, the dancing! OK Go, that purveyor of just-try-to-sit-still viral videos, got the crowd on its feet and sweaty at Debonair Social Club’s Lollapalooza preparty Thursday night, when two members of the formerly Chicago-based band took over DJ duties right around midnight—just 24 hours and change after playing Obama’s 50th birthday bash at the Aragon…

Parking It at The Garage, the Far Northwest Side’s Undiscovered New Biker (Kinda) Bar

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Much to my mother’s chagrin, I am a sometime passenger on the back of The Creative Director’s motorcycle, so I was heartened last night to find a row of hogs parked outside my destination: The Garage, a brand new bar in the Gladstone/Jefferson Park area, just a few blocks south of Superdawg. “These are my people,” I thought, having barely recovered from a numb posterior brought on by last weekend’s cruise to summer camp in Elkhorn, Wisconsin…

Grilling with Stephanie Izard: Citrus Bourbon Cocktail with Fresh Apricots and Vanilla

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  Related: MORE VIDEOS AND RECIPESOysters » Spicy shrimp » Lamb-stuffed calamari » Broccoli » BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOS » STEPHANIE IZARD PROFILE » RECIPE 2 oz. bourbon or Templeton Rye whiskey 1 oz. spiced apricot syrup ¾ oz. lemon, grapefruit, and orange juices 1. Shake with ice. 2. Strain over ice into a rocks glass. 3. … Read more

Sneak Peek: Paddy O’Fegan’s, Coming Soonish to the West Loop; Plus, The Abbey Pub on TV

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As of two weeks ago, Patrick Fegan was predicting an August 1 opening for his in-the-works West Loop pub, Paddy O’Fegan’s (not actually named after himself; read the legend here). But when I stopped by yesterday afternoon to check in on the bar’s progress, the general manager Cathy McDonagh delivered an all-too-familiar update…