Mini-review: City Provisions Delicatessen
BUDGET BEAT: We plan to picnic all winter at this Ravenswood deli
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Weekend Photos: Twelve Bars of Christmas
Here’s hoping Santa is similarly overzealous when it comes to filling stockings: This year the Wrigleyville pub crawl Twelve Bars of Christmas, or TBOX, featured more than three times the implied number of watering holes—but who’s counting (especially after 19 hours of drinking)?…
Dish Flash: What Happened at Mado?
Mado (1647 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-342-2340) closed abruptly on Wednesday. Dish talked both to a co-owner, David Richards, and the chef, Brandon Baltzley, about what happened and what happens next.
Chicago Firehouse Revamps Menu
TURNING POINT: Chef Kendal Duque creates lighter, brighter dishes at the 10-year-old South Loop spot
Paris Club Opens in Old Brasserie Jo Space
Brasserie begone! Make way for the Melman brothers’ newfangled French
The Juke’s Up: Why your drinking anthem never plays when you want it to; or, why digital jukeboxes are the devil
Digital jukeboxes, I’m convinced, are the biggest scam perpetrated on the beer-drinking public since single-ply toilet paper. Here’s how they get you: You’re sitting there, innocently sipping a brew and conversing with your companion, when suddenly you recognize the opening strains of a song…
Getting Steamed: The Chaser heats up with homemade hot toddies (with some professional help)
As someone who frequently bemoans the prices of craft cocktails in Chicago, I decided to go DIY and mix my own drink last night. Little did I know, I was in for a sticker-shocking awakening. My mission? It was 16 degrees out, so there was only one choice: a hot toddy…
Ryan McCaskey to Open a Fine-Dining Restaurant in the South Loop
Generation Gap
The South Loop teems with newly built condo skyscrapers, but somehow, fancy restaurants have materialized much more slowly…
Weekend Photos: SantaCon Chicago 2010 at LaSalle Power Co.
We learned a few things about Santa over the weekend:
• He gets carded, just like everyone else.
• He and the Easter Bunny really are friends.
• He’s not picky about beer: Miller, Heineken, Amstel Light. Whatever. He’ll drink it…
Feeding the Jingle-Bell Jiggle: A First Take on the New Moe’s Cantina in River North
It’s a typical bar-opening tale, but the staff at Moe’s Cantina—a brand-new River North sequel to the Wrigleyville original—tells it as wide-eyed as anyone: “We only got our liquor license literally, like, two hours ago. You should have seen this place at 10:30 a.m. You’d never have believed we were opening tonight!”…