Pollack Extols Mastro’s in 170 Words
Mastro’s Steakhouse (520 N. Dearborn St.; 312-521-5100) is a glamour puss—all sparkle and glitz (thank goodness I wore black, although I was sans any bangles or beads). The piano bar feels like a Cole Porter party…
Turns out Manor’s Saturday-night theme, Zombie Prom, couldn’t hold a candle to Halloween’s most reliable costume mainstay, Sexy [Fill in the Blank]. We sent a photographer to the club on night two of its Halloween doubleheader in the hopes of capturing some awesome fake gore…
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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…
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…
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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…
