Ale Raisers: Best New Bars & Clubs
Where to do your drinking now: our picks for the city’s hottest new spots
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Drinking at Work
How do you perk up a dull Tuesday? Drink at work!
Luckily, I have a new acquaintance: Gabriel Magliaro, who, with some friends, has started a new Chicago beer company, Half Acre. Their first beer—a tomcat-colored lager that is brewed in Black River Falls, Wisconsin—just landed at Pint, Rodan, Jerry’s 2, and several other bars in Wicker Park. I was intrigued when Gabriel called me about it; I mean, how many local beers are there? For a city this size, there is a dearth of homegrown ale. Business idea, people!
Celebrity Beat: Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra made a local stop Saturday to host RedHot Midnight Kiss, an event benefiting the West Side homeless shelter Primo Center for Women and Children, at the just-opened club Bon V (1100 W. Randolph St.).
It was a commendable cause—the 27-year-old Primo keeps mothers and children together, and helps its clients locate permanent housing—but it was the night’s sexy host who catapulted attendance…
I Love the Seventies
Love them or hate them, concept bars—watering holes that serve up a gimmick with that shot and a beer—just keep on coming. The latest example, and my new favorite, is the Reagle Beagle, located on Grand just off the Mag Mile. If the bar’s name doesn’t resonate with you, then you were either born after the mid-eighties or never had an affinity for Chrissy Snow’s ample assets (hello, Three’s Company). Who hasn’t wanted to hang out at the Beagle with Jack Tripper and his rotating cast of sexy co-stars?
New on the Market-Lake Forest’s House of Mosaics
List Price: $7.5 million The Property: Every exterior wall of this 9,000-square-foot house in Lake Forest is covered in pebble mosaics, all the way to the top of its three-story tower. The mosaics-some that date from the house’s origins in 1882, and others from latter-day additions-depict hummingbirds, vines, family members’ names, and cabbage roses. At … Read more
Brasserie Ruhlmann Calls in the Big Guns
New York’s Loss . . . Dish has learned that the chef at Brasserie Ruhlmann, the offshoot of a classic NYC brasserie/raw bar opening opposite Japonais (600 W. Chicago Ave.; 312-822-9600) in early October, will be Christian Delouvrier. A native of Gascony, Delouvrier is a veteran of New York standouts such as Alain Ducasse at … Read more
High Steaks
In Chicago and New York, the top steak houses serve prime aged meat. How different can they be? You’d be surprised.
Sustained
SustainedAs the name suggests, Sidebar Grille (221 N. LaSalle St.), the latest venture from the Four Corners Tavern Group (Brownstone, Schoolyard, and Gaslight taverns), attracts a clientele heavily populated by the legal crowd. “A lot of our Lincoln Park patrons work in the Loop,” says Marc Epstein, the downtown spot’s 38-year-old general manager. Four Corners … Read more
Not Tonight, Honey
According to a recent study on human sexual behavior by two University of Texas profs, there are 237 reasons why humans—specifically, college-aged humans—have sex (No. 21: “It feels good”). OK, so now we know the factors driving us into the bedroom…
The Donald names his new apprentice
The Trump Card Everyone has been speculating about what high-octane chef would anchor the restaurant coming to the 16th floor of the Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago (401 N. Wabash Ave.) when it opens in December. Trotter? Robuchon? Ducasse? Nope. The answer is . . . Frank Brunacci. Who? A native of Melbourne, Brunacci, … Read more