Weird, Wonderful Wine Pairings at Outside Voices
Four suggestions for savoring the city’s unfussiest new wine bar
Contributors: Amy Cavanaugh
The Ultimate Eataly Platter
Our favorite finds from the emporium’s 500-plus-product cheese and salumi counter
The Four Best Savory Pies in Chicago
1 Buffalo-Style Chicken Pot Pie at Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits What can’t you give the Buffalo treatment? This pie is topped with a layer of blue cheese and a generous dose of hot sauce, a funky update to the traditional dish. $13.50. 2051 N. California Ave., Logan Square; 4947 N. Damen Ave., Ravenswood 2 … Read more
Drink Like the Danes With Elske’s Bracing Schnapps
Elske’s bar team turns mushrooms, dill, and even kitchen scraps into seasonal schnapps.
Latkes, Like New
Let the fryer cool this year: Table, Donkey and Stick is turning the Hanukkah mainstay into finger food.
It's a Pub! It's a Bar! It's… an Airbnb?
Three popular watering holes have opened lodgings just in time for your winter staycation.
The Four Best Shrimp Cocktails in Chicago
Margeaux Brasserie, Shaw’s, Portsmith, and more.
Four Cookbooks for the Chicago Foodie in Your Life
From whitefish pizza to coconut eggnog, unexpected dishes and drinks star in holiday recipe books from local luminaries.
Best New Bars
A refined Japanese drinking den, an underground music venue that doubles as a beer mecca, a janitor’s closet serving killer martinis — these are just a few of our 20 favorites, ranked here.