Chicago Magazine We crunched data from more than 1,700 public elementary and middle schools in the Chicago area—evaluating everything from average class size to expenditures per student to standardized test results—and picked the 115 best. We also interviewed education experts to come up with 25 private schools deserving high marks.
List price: $2.195 million The Property: This slender townhouse, built in 1883, stands on one of the Gold Coast’s loveliest streets, punctuated on its east end with a view of Lake Michigan across Lake Shore Drive. The beautifully renovated house-owned by Frank James, an executive at Bear Sterns, and his wife, Sandy-is just 16 feet … Read more
Dale Levitski’s Grilled Sirloin and Chicory Salad
10 places everyone’s talking about—and dining at—in AUGUST. In order of heat.
Budget Beat, New, and Latino
Kee Chan, chef-owner of Mulan, Chinatown’s exciting (and expanding) new spot for innovative Asian cuisine
The son of a prominent First Amendment scholar is now fighting his own press-rights battle against the City of Chicago
Fine service at West Town’s Five Star While on a recent visit to Five Star (1424 W. Chicago Ave.), my latest favorite watering hole, a friend compared its strip of Chicago Avenue (near Ashland Avenue) to Ukrainian Village’s Division Street. It’s true that neighboring hot spots such as Cleo’s, The Darkroom, Tuman’s, and Sonotheque have … Read more
A former U. of C. colleague has sued Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics, for defamation in a case growing out of research on gun-control laws
Three sales agents provide Deal Estate with their assessments of a KaneCounty house.
