Weekend Photos: The Scout Waterhouse and Kitchen
The Scout was already packed when our nightlife reporter visited a couple of weeks back, so you can imagine the hubbub at Friday’s grand opening bash…
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Studio Paris, River North’s Elite New Rooftop Lounge
Want a table at the Melman brothers’ hot spot above Paris Club? Bottle service is the only way to ensure it
Bravo Zulu Lounge at the Air and Water Show: A New Pay-to-Play Beer Garden Offers Primo Views
When I first saw an announcement heralding the debut of the Bravo Zulu Lounge at this year’s Chicago Air and Water Show—officially my favorite weekend of summer; is anyone else already shivering over these practice flybys?—I didn’t get it…
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Riccardo Enoteca, from the Owner of Riccardo Trattoria, to Open in Lincoln Park
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Riccardo Michi, the owner of Riccardo Trattoria, takes it beyond flatware for his upcoming wine bar across the street, Riccardo Enoteca…
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Weekend Photos: River Shannon at 65
Three sláintes for River Shannon, which celebrated its 65th birthday on Saturday, making it the city’s oldest Irish pub still in operation…
Me and You and Everyone We Know: South Loop’s The Scout Is Crowded Already
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…
Jacky's on Prairie Bought by Its Chef, Menu to Shrink
I Cook, Therefore I Am
Now several overhauls away from the original Jacky, Jacky’s on Prairie has new owners—Jonadab Silva and Erin Silva Winston, also known as the current chef and the pastry chef…
OK Go at Debonair Social Club’s Lollapalooza Preparty
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…