Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva..." /> Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva..." /> Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva..." />
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August 2010
Your Jett-setting Week
Our top five picks for things to do this week: Where to go (besides Grant Park) for rock ’n’ roll … the best reason this season to road trip to Spring Green … the saga of Blago, back onstage … and more Read more
Renters Snap Up Obamas' Former Condo
By Dennis Rodkin
A four-bedroom condo that was home to Barack and Michelle Obama from 1993 to 2005 was supposed to go on the rental market this week after having some painting done—but a pair of renters grabbed it over the weekend. The first-floor condo is in Eastview Park, a gated block-long cluster of brick and limestone six-flats that run south from 53rd Street and face the lakefront park and Lake Shore Drive... Read more
Books We Like: 'The Last Stand' by Nathaniel Philbrick
By Geoffrey Johnson
The Windy City is 1,200 miles from Montana’s Little Bighorn River—so what’s its role in the story of the 7th Cavalry’s Last Stand? Having spent some time with the Pilgrims (Mayflower) and 19th-century whalers (the National Book Award–winning In the Heart of the Sea), Nathaniel Philbrick now turns his gaze inland toward The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn... Read more
Kathryn Kerrigan Opens in Bucktown
By Bridget Maiellaro
Super Shoes
Three years after launching her first brick-and-mortar location in Libertyville, the designer Kathryn Kerrigan is offering her vintage-couture inspired shoes in Chicago... Read more
Dish Flash: Rub BBQ Opens Tomorrow
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
The barbecuing of Chicago continues, and we’re not talking about the weather. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Rub BBQ Company (2407 W. Lunt Ave.; 773-675-1410) opens its doors for business... Read more