With the second reinvention of the legendary bar officially happening today, a look back at where the legend came from, courtesy of Rick Kogan. Plus: Rick Telander on Rush Street circa 1988, and a tour of Chicago nightlife at the end of the ’80s.
Hot on the heels of our intrepid reporter’s weeknight visit to 120 Degrees Ultra Lounge, the new spot on the ground floor of Lake Point Tower, we sent a photographer back to the bar to check out the weekend action…
It may always hit 90 degrees in Dallas in October, but if this were a different kind of fall week here in Chicago, the Texas import III Forks might not have been able to test-drive its rooftop lounge at all…
O Say Can You See
Sports bars have a certain sameness to them—greasy fried food, beer, and lots of big TVs…
THE BUZZ: West on North, BLT American Brasserie, Butcher and the Burger
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…
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
It would be a strange existence to live in Lake Point Tower, I’ve always thought. I love admiring the gently curving building from vantage points along LSD, but imagine going home to it: What would you call that little slice of non-neighborhood?…
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The husband-and-wife team Dave and Megan Miller launched the food truck Bang Bang Pie & Coffee Show on July 1 with the dream of opening a storefront someday. Someday came quickly…
Long gone are the sticky floors and graffitied stalls at the Empty Bottle, that Ukrainian Village live-music institution known for its cutting-edge indie rock and, until recently, its grime…
