Happier Hour: Bar Novo and Sweetwater Tavern and Grille
Two new Loop spots aim to get office workers out of the cube and in from the cold
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Weekend Photos: Mr. Brown's Lounge
Just when winter was starting to wear us down, a new bar brings a breath of balmy air: The Jamaican-themed Mr. Brown’s Lounge, named for a Bob Marley lyric, opened this weekend in the old Sak’s address in the Ukrainian Village. Our photographer stopped by to snap early adopting barflies as they tested the…
Live from the Palace: Running the numbers on Bernard's Bar, the Gold Coast's new haute hangout in the Elysian Hotel
The Peninsula? The Four Seasons? The Ritz? Get me there, get me on a velvet couch—oh, and somebody get me a cocktail, please.
I’m a sucker for luxe hotel bars. That’s why, when an invite from the Elysian finally arrived in my inbox last week, I replied…
Heather and Yon
Sable on the Table
Heather Terhune, who has run the kitchen at Atwood Cafe (Hotel Burnham, 1 W. Washington St.; 312-368-1900) for ten years, plans to leave her post at year’s end to helm the upcoming…
Mini-Review: T-Bones in St. Charles
Beware: Portion sizes never let up
Weekend Photos: Prohibition Repeal Party at Faith & Whiskey
So what if the Lincoln Park bar Faith & Whiskey wasn’t around for last year’s landmark 75th anniversary of Prohibition’s repeal? As far as the relative newbie is concerned, booze’s legal return just might deserve a celebration every year. On Friday the spot hosted a 1930s-style bash, complete with dancers from Ripettes Burlesque and a new…
Tacos: Big Star in Wicker Park
The quintessential anti-sports bar opens in Wicker Park
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Giuseppe Scurato’s promising contemporary American restaurant plans to reinterpret classics
Empanada Madness: Best places in Chicago to get the classic turnovers
The humble turnover gets its 15 minutes
First Big Star I See Tonight: A campout at Wicker Park's new honky-tonk; plus, what's up with the Charleston
As I stood in the rain last night, waiting to cross the street to Big Star (1531 N. Damen Ave.; 773-235-4039), I could already see them on the blacktop out front: the Wicker Park hipsters, hunched coolly in vintage peacoats and smoking cigarettes on the same patio where, not long ago, people with tattoos and big dogs used to…