Five Things You Never Knew About ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ By Alec Moran As an iconic brand gets a shakeup, a look at its longstanding can’t-get-it-out-of-your-brain ad campaign Read more
This Guy Came to Chicago Just to Take Pictures of Our Toilets By Alec Moran One Australian writer has a hobby of photographing bar bathrooms—and he picked the best and worst ones in Chicago. Read more
These Are the First People in Line for the Last Day of Hot Doug's By Alec Moran They arrived Thursday afternoon and camped out overnight. Hot Doug's will open its doors for the last time at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Read more
What a Minimum Wage Increase Means in Chicago By Alec Moran Who's affected, how, and what Rahm's plan to up the minimum wage to $13 an hour really means. Read more
The Best Things to Do in Chicago This August, in One Giant List By Tomi Obaro, Zac Thompson, Graham Meyer, Erin Osmon, Jason Foumberg, and Alec Moran Music, art, theatre, and a legendary parade—there's more happening than we can even count this month. Read more
Six Things to Do for Chicago Bike Week By Alec Moran Beer. BBQ. BMX. Spirited debates on bicycling infrastructure. Here's where to eat, shop, and ride from June 13–20. Read more
What Crazy Food Mash-Up Will They Think of Next? By Alec Moran, Carrie Schedler, and Luke Seemann After the cronut, anything's possible--so we built a food combo generator that lets you invent and name the next big thing in dining. Read more
The 25 Best Bets for Chicago Craft Beer Week By Alec Moran You've really got to be a disciplined drinker to get the most out of Chicago Craft Beer Week's overwhelming schedule. Here's how to plan it out, pint by pint. Read more
Read Six Award-Winning Chicago Magazine Features By Hope Holmberg and Alec Moran These big stories—and a couple of lovely photo galleries—just won Lisagor awards. Read more