Mr. Beef
Gregg Majewski has run the Jimmy John’s corporate operation. Now he’s bringing a better burger to Chicago.
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Running on Fumes
Photography: Chris Guillen No waiting to exhale at Marshall McGearty’s Running on Fumes“I only smoke when I drink.” That quote can be attributed to more than half the quasi-smokers I know (including, sometimes, me). Nonetheless, the city’s new Clean Indoor Air Ordinance-prohibiting smoking in many public places, with the exception of bars, which will fall … Read more
Best New Restaurants 2006
26 great places to Eat Now
Let’s Do Launch
Photography: Chris Guillen Roll out the product: companies are spending more on launch parties such as Heineken’s at Rockit (both above). Tyson Beckford at Rockit DJ Z-Trip (above) spins for appreciative fans at Motorola’s bash. It was a chilly Thursday in March, but Millennium Park was heating up as it made its transformation into Motorola … Read more
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Features The 2004 Dining Awards, by Dennis Ray Wheaton and Jeff Ruby Our critics combed the city to find the finest restaurants in town. They experienced spectacular rooms, pampering servers, and imaginative chefs offering everything from olive oil ice cream to prosciutto cotton candy. Our definitive top 20 list proves that Chicago restaurants are less … Read more
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Features Best New Restaurants, by Dennis Ray Wheaton and Jeff Ruby In a banner year for restaurants, our critics had a tough time narrowing the standouts down to 20-but here’s the list, with our pick for the single best of this year’s class. We also choose the best new dish, highlight the coming-out of a … Read more
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Features Best New Restaurants, by Dennis Ray Wheaton and Jeff Ruby Our critics waded through the past year’s rush of restaurant newcomers-some swank, others neighborly-and tabbed 20 of them as the city’s best. Owning a Piece of Jonathan, by Lucinda Hahn When their son was born with a fatal genetic disorder, the Greenbergs urged a … Read more
Pushing Tin
A new Bucktown pub offers 27 beers in a can; tallying up the Green Tie Ball; grooving on a Monday night at Webster’s Wine Bar.
Party of One
Bad-boy rocker Tommy Lee in the flesh; the best night at Bacchus; cocktailing at Hotel Sofitel’s Le Bar.
The Goodbye Girl
A friend of mine is moving to L.A. in a couple of weeks, so a group of us girls got together last night at Piazza Bella in Roscoe Village to send her off. She picked the restaurant: “This is my new Settimana,” she said on the ride over, referencing the shuttered Wicker Park café. “I still can’t believe that place closed.” Soon, though, she’ll have to find a new, new Settimana.