Old Style: The Chicago Beer That Isn’t
It hails from the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, but good marketing made it the second city’s first choice.
Custom Placements: City Life Lead
Ask Chicago: Why Does Cracker Jack Have So Many Birth Dates?
I’ve seen both 1871 and 1896 given as Cracker Jack’s birth date, which would make this year its 150th or 125th anniversary. What gives? The makers of the sugary globs of peanuts and popcorn love any excuse for a party. Previous owner Borden celebrated the centennial three separate times: in 1972, commemorating the creation of … Read more
Richard Marx Grooms Each Chest Hair
Flip straight to that and other spicy tidbits in the singer’s name-dropping memoir, Stories to Tell out July 6.
What It’s Like to Get a $299 Massage
In which our Experimentalist tries a lymphatic drainage treatment that promises to reshape her body.
9 Stereotypes About Chicago That Are No Longer True
We don’t drink Old Style, eat that deep dish, slaughter hogs, or battle the wind like the rest of the world thinks.
How Sharone R. Mitchell Jr. Hopes to Fix a Broken Justice System
The new Cook County public defender on prioritizing reform
I Tried a Power Plate Workout and Didn’t Fall Off
Can working out on a vibrating platform make me as fit as a Russian cosmonaut?
Jesús “Chuy” García
The U.S. representative, 65, on Adam Toledo’s death, growing up in Mexico, and running for mayor