Odyssey: Forget The Players—The Food Is on Steroids
Super-sized food has invaded our stadiums. Will monster pretzels and two-foot meatball sandwiches win over the baseball junkies?
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Weekend Photos: Queer Prom @ Subterranean
On Saturday our photographer headed to Wicker Park for the second annual Queer Prom, Subterranean’s contribution to a jam-packed Pride Weekend lineup. This year’s theme, Under the Sea, was straight out of the high-school yearbook but came with a musical headliner—the bluesy art rocker Miss Derringer—way cooler than anything we slow danced to as gawky teens.
Rebar? You're Fired. We Prefer Terrace
It’s a shame it’s taken Chicago so long to realize our skyline is begging for more rooftop bars. For years we’ve had little more than the few-stories-tall Rock Bottom, Plymouth, Citizen, and Twisted Spoke to keep us in the sunshine. But the rash of way-up-there openings in the last year—including C-View, Roof, and, as of today, the Terrace at Trump—has all but erased my memories of summers spent slumming on…
Stein's Way
BTW, It’s Slang for “Butter”
Zebda (4344 N. Elston Ave.; 773-545-7000), a new Mediterranean-influenced takeout deli/caterer from Katie Garcia (Mundial Cocina Mestiza) and Mohammed Djeddour (Tassili), opened last week. “We’re doing really interesting sandwiches and soups and things to go,” says Garcia, who met Djeddour working at the Ritz-Carlton years ago. “Trying to keep ethnic but…
Weeknight Photos: Rehab @ Debonair Social Club
Despite a struggling economy and a postweekend time slot, the Monday-night DJ series Rehab—newly relocated to Wicker Park’s Debonair Social Club from the nearby Evil Olive—was elbow-to-gyrating-elbow for last week’s turntable lineup, aptly dubbed “I Can’t Stop Dancing!” Get your groove on tonight when J2K of Flosstradamus (one of Chicago mag’s 2008 singles…
Odyssey: Counter Intelligence
We found five spots where fast-food speed and slow-food deliciousness (and table service) happily coexist
Singled Out: Chris Nugent
Chris Nugent doesn’t care if you don’t know his name. He’s more interested in pleasing his dedicated clientele.
Sake Heaven
When I heard the 22-year-old Streeterville karaoke bar Café Shino had morphed into the sake lounge Murasaki, I imagined yet another generic spot for an afterwork drink.
I was wrong…
Gluten-Free Zones
Awesome gluten-free fried chicken in the West Loop. PLUS: Restaurants, bakeries, and Web sites with gluten-free menus and products
The Real Pit Boss
Barbecue Alert!
Michael Altenberg (Bistro Campagne, Crust) has found a massive, undisclosed space in Lincoln Square for his “Alabama pit barbecue” concept; now he’s just ironing out details. Plans for the two-story space include slow-cooked barbecue, authentic old-fashioned Southern drinks like Sazeracs and mint juleps, and—believe it or not…