Power Drive

By Iris Krasnow

FROM NOVEMBER 1991: After 33 years in Congress and facing his toughest race in decades, Dan Rostenkowski may be feeling his political mortality at last. But he’s the same fierce, engaging, conflicted man who rose from the streets of the Northwest Side to the peaks of Capitol Hill Read more

Arun Sampanthavivat at Work on Thai Town Center

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Thai One On

Arun Sampanthavivat, the chef at the renowned upscale-Thai restaurant Arun’s, is teaming up with two business partners, the city of Chicago, and Thai investors to build Thai Town Center (4461 N. Pulaski Rd.), a kind of Thai community center that will feature a restaurant with Arun’s cuisine... Read more

Riggo Design, KitchenWalk Kick-Off, Dwell Patterns

By Bradley Lincoln

I’m kinda-sorta looking for a new sofa, so stopped by Urbanest to check out its new(ish) space, a few storefronts south of the original location on Clark Street, to see if inspiration would hit... Read more

An Unlikely Friendship with Dan Rostenkowski

By Bryan Smith

A FRIENDSHIP IN WINTER: How a 34-year-old high-school dropout and recovering alcoholic found inspiration and a buddy in the irascible, imperious Dan Rostenkowski, the fallen political giant Read more

Maude’s Liquor Bar Brings French Barbecue to Randolph Street

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer with Margaret Rhodes

Bienvenue, Maude Into the restaurant-rich Randolph Street area, the owner of Gilt Bar, Brendan Sodikoff, is bringing Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva... Read more

Life en Plein Air

By Gina Bazer

A Riverwoods yard turns over a new leaf with spaces that complement the home’s interior Read more

Argentinean Street Food Coming to West Town

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer with Denise Peñacerrada

So Is It Actually “Ocho”? A former auto-body shop in far west West Town will soon house 8 (2501 W. Chicago Ave.; no phone yet), the latest project from Hubie Greenwald (Motel). “[It’s] street food inspired by what you find in and around Buenos Aires,”... Read more

Best of Chicago 2010: Theatre

By Catey Sullivan

Last season's standouts Read more

This New Old House

By Tate Gunnerson

A Victorian home gets the kitchen and breakfast room it long deserved Read more

Bill Kim Tests Out Country Belly at Pop-Up Restaurant

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Belly Up

This Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., as part of the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Logan Square Kitchen (2333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-342-2333), a commercial kitchen and event space, hosts a pop-up restaurant with food from Bill Kim (Urbanbelly, Belly Shack) and Jason Hammel (Lula Cafe, Nightwood). Kim says he’s using the pop-up to field-test food for an inkling of a new restaurant called Country Belly. Kim’s menu:

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