Photos: Chris Guillen All-in-one concept: an equal-parts noshing and lounging scene. Landmark Case With its myriad sports bars and baseball-capped boys, the Lincoln Park scene often gets a bad rap from me. But the opening in September of Landmark (1633 N. Halsted St.) signifies an evolution in the nabe’s nighttime action. Anchoring the stretch of … Read more
The area’s 350 best MDs—as chosen by their fellow physicians.
Salsa Verde and Salsa Roja at Fonda del Mar
Photos: Selena Salfen Top: Puppy love at the Fur Ball.Below: PAWS Chicago founder Paula Fasseas Animal Passion I’ve certainly dated more than my share of dogs, but I’ve never partied with pooches like I did at this year’s Fur Ball, thrown by the animal anticruelty group PAWS Chicago at the W Chicago City Center. More … Read more
Harry Caray’s Restaurant Chicken Vesuvio
’Tis the season for weddings. On Friday night, I attended yet another bachelorette party, this time for S. R., a founding member of Team Lush, who’s getting married at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego this coming weekend. About 10 girls got together to shower the bride-to-be with lingerie and advice before sending her off into matrimonial bliss. Of the 10, two are single; one is in a serious relationship; another has been married for a year; two are pregnant with their second children; and three have at least one kid each already. Conversation throughout the night hovered around husbands, pregnancy, children, grocery shopping, and sex. Only one of those topics I could personally relate to—OK, two, if you count grocery shopping for one.
Budget Beat, Pub Grub, Opening, Asian
Gregg Majewski has run the Jimmy John’s corporate operation. Now he’s bringing a better burger to Chicago.
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
26 great places to Eat Now
