Hubbard Inn Opens Thursday in River North
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
When brainstorming the vibe of Hubbard Inn, an 8,000-square-foot, two-floor European-inspired restaurant opening for dinner Thursday, the proprietors found a lodestar…
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Fate and Leopold: The Chaser checks out West Town’s new gastropub
I like talkative bartenders, don’t you? Well, at least the semitalkative ones who tell you a little something you wouldn’t have thought about otherwise, then slip down the bar to polish a glass or two, leaving you to mull over this tidbit before ordering your next round…
Name That Bar: A Wrigleyville contest could be your ticket to Cubs spring training
When you’re walking around a neighborhood in nearly two feet of snow, you tend to notice things that might not have registered from the comfort of your car. I saw something in Wrigleyville on Wednesday that stopped me in my (extremely deep) tracks…
The Lutefisk’s Mysterious Allure
NORTHERN RITES: Equal parts punch line and culinary reverie: the lutefisk
Blizzaster Beer Run: The Chaser Emerges
SNOMG! was so fun for a while, right? First there was the anticipation and the stocking up, followed by the hunkering down, the act of being bodily blown down the street during an adrenaline rush of a midnight blizzard stroll, the hours of happy tromping and shoveling, and then—what?…
Ariel Bagadlong Takes Over at Aja
Rock of Aja
The new chef at Aja is Ariel Bagadlong…
Nightlife Photos: Hearts
It’s been a long time since Mark Farina shared DJ duties with fellow hometown spinner Derrick Carter on Northwestern’s WNUR, but the now San Franciscan still maintains a loyal local following…
The Hot List: 10 places everyone’s talking about and dining at in February (in order of heat)
Chicago’s most-buzzed-about restaurants this month
Long Division: It’s back to school for 22-year-olds at the new dance club Detention
Stood up. That’s what I was last night at Butch McGuire’s on Division Street, nursing a Goose Island Green Line ($6) at the bar and making eyes at myself in the mirrored taps…
Like a Moth to a Flame: The Chaser Goes to Story Hour
I have made a Discovery, with a capital D. Well, it was a discovery for me, but if any of the many Moth regulars among the 700 or so in attendance at last night’s Grand Slam at Park West are reading this, they’re probably thinking, Yeah—“D” as in “Duh.”…