5 Secrets of The Office, Grant Achatz’s Uber-Exclusive Speakeasy

By Amalie Drury

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any more difficult to snag at table at a Grant Achatz/Nick Kokonas joint (Alinea, Next), now there’s The Office: a clubby VIP bar filled with art, antiques and only 14 seats, tucked behind a locked door beneath the Fulton Market cocktail lounge The Aviary... Read more

Chicago Asperatus Cloud Update

By Whet Moser

Those clouds that made Chicago look so apocalyptic last week? The process to declare them a new variety of cloud, as made official by the International Cloud Atlas, continues. Read more

Weekend Photos: Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive

For those lucky enough not to be scrambling out of town for the holiday weekend, Ethyl’s Beer & Wine Dive was the perfect spot to spend a Friday evening—with a game of bags and some patio drinking... Read more

A Post-4th Treat: R. Kelly Sings the National Anthem

By Whet Moser

Chicago's infamous R&B genius gives "The Star-Spangled Banner" the cheeseball R. Kelly treatment. Plus: Lou Rawls shows us how it's actually done. Read more

Sweet Potato Gnocchi @ Sola

By Penny Pollack

Burger @ Sola

By Penny Pollack

Halibut @ Sola

By Penny Pollack

Cute Cleaning Supplies

By Gina Bazer

Michael Graves recently came out with some new designs for those household necessities he’s so good at making look pretty.... Read more

Chicago’s Loftiest Foreclosure—and Possibly the World’s

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $1,750,000
Sale Price: $950,000
The Property: When a 2,900-square-foot condo on the 83rd floor at the John Hancock Center sold June 22, it became Chicago’s loftiest foreclosure—and very likely, the world’s... Read more

Asperatus Clouds Over Chicago?

By Whet Moser

The eerie, turbulent, Ghostbusters-like clouds over the city this afternoon may be a new variety of cloud... or not. Read more

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