Fountainhead lures all ages and creeds with a tried-and-true local bar formula: It flaunts trends (cask beer, anyone) while retaining the feeling of casual familiarity that Chicago’s night owls love best.
With their 10,000-square-foot watering hole Public House—actually, it’s less like a hole and more like a good-sized lake—on the cusp of bringing beer to the River North masses, the Bull & Bear owners and longtime friends David Rekhson, Brandon Zisman, and Luke Stoioff are planning to give nearby spots (Hub 51, Rockit) a run for their money…
DEER OLD ENGLAND: The British pub invasion takes a wood-paneled detour through the North Woods
MAGIC AND MYSTERY: Exploring the fine line between a winning restaurant and a disappointing one: a culinary conundrum
NEW: The restaurant boasts several spicy sushi dishes
Pump Up the Jam
The crowds at the breakfast favorite Jam (937 N. Damen Ave.; 773-489-0302) frequently have made the name feel more like a verb than a noun…
As I stood shivering last night on a Lincoln Park sidewalk, bitterly waiting for one of those waste-of-paper receipts to emit from a horrid parking box, I noticed a young couple exiting a nearby apartment building, hand in hand. “Where in the world is that girl’s coat?” I wondered, predicting pneumonia would put a damper on her holiday hi-jinks…
Opening soon: a new Belgian-style spot
BUDGET BEAT: We plan to picnic all winter at this Ravenswood deli
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)?…
