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March 2011
Weekend Photos: South Branch Tavern and Grille
Right now that 4,000-square-foot patio just sits there, taunting you, but come summer—or even, say, 60 degrees—you’ll be the first one out on deck. In the meantime, console yourself with floor-to-ceiling river views from inside South Branch Tavern and Grille, a new happy-hour destination that opened in the Loop last week... Read more
Where to Go This Weekend: Emmetsburg, Iowa
By Catey Sullivan
Chicago’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is over, but you can keep the celebration going by heading to Emmetsburg, Iowa. The Dublin sister-city has green-themed festivities ongoing through the weekend... Read more
A Good Deal on a Car Dealer’s Winnetka House
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1 million
Sale Price: $900,000
The Property: In 2006, federal marshals seized this 7,400-square-foot, five-bedroom Winnetka house after its owner was charged with selling scores of luxury cars to Chicago gang members for cash as a way of helping them launder millions of dollars in drug profits... Read more
Illinois's Amazon Tax: Companies Cry Foul on Main Street Fairness Act
By Whet Moser
Pat Quinn just signed a bill that forces online retailers like Amazon to pay state sales taxes in states where they have affiliates... and in response Amazon is cutting off its affiliates. What's this all got to do with affiliates if it's Amazon that we want the money from? It all has to do with the Commerce Clause. Read more
Still Glam at 78: The Ever-Popular Coq d’Or Gets a Facelift
By Amalie Drury
There’s only one Gold Coast bar I haven’t tried yet, so after a party last night at the Hermès flagship on Oak Street, I tried to enlist a few friends to help me check out the neighborhood’s only Cancun-themed spot. “Who wants to go to Paradise Cantina?” I proposed brightly as we stood on the sidewalk, debating our options... Read more