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Kicking Off Halloween Weekend with a Beer and a Knife
There’s pumpkin goo on my purse, my shoe, and who knows where else (oh, wait: definitely on my notebook). That’s because last night, true to my word, I gathered The Creative Director and my friend Jenny (The Berg) and headed over to Sheffield’s for the bar’s 25th Annual Pumpkin Carving…
Pick Your Poison: If the Booze Fits this Halloween, Drink It
So, what are you going as this Halloween? The Situation? Lady Gaga? Antoine Dodson? A BP exec? A Chilean miner? A healthcare bill? Tiger Woods? Wow. It’s been a long year…
Our 30 Favorite Mexican Dishes in Chicago
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Dish Flash: More Tacos as Take-out on the Way
First food trucks, now take-out windows? Apparently, Chicagoans are perfecting dinner on the go. Edgar Castaneda, the restaurateur who helped popularize Latin small plates in Chicago at Zocalo, has plans for a twist on the fast-food walk-up window in Lincoln Park at the aptly-named Taco Joint Urban Taqueria and Cantina (1969 N. Halsted St.; 312-951-2457). The Mexican street fare, such as…
Weekend Photos: Joe Manganiello of “True Blood” at 8 Fifty 8
With the weekend opening of 8 Fifty 8 in the West Loop, Chicago’s nightclub drought is officially over. It’s been so long since we’ve seen a new dance floor—what, nearly a year?—that we won’t even worry about the number of names that have been attached to this address (Reserve, Veil, Theatro, and Opera, to mention a few)…
Tony Hu Opens Lao You Ju in Chinatown
LAO YOU JU: The Lao dynasty (2000–) and Tony Hu, the man who would be emperor