Dish Flash: Six Questions for Iliana Regan

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Regan, 33, plans to open her restaurant, Elizabeth (4835 N. Western Ave., no phone yet) on September 19. The ambitious project is gunning for the highest echelons of fine dining and growing out of the underground-dining series, One Sister, through which she made her name... Read more

Garry McCarthy: Playing the Long Game Against Chicago Crime?

By Whet Moser

Chicago's top cop has cited the work of former University of Chicago law prof Tracey Meares as an influence, in particular her concept of legitimacy, as an influence on his thinking. It might help explain a lot about the latest news in Chicago crime. Read more

LM Owners to Take Over Premise Space in Andersonville to Open Brasserie 54 by LM

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

LM = Lots More
You could be excused for thinking that Brasserie 54 by LM enumerates how many restaurants the owners of the LM brand, Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quaisser, have by now. The total is four, a number that has grown exponentially since they opened their first LM in March... Read more

White Sox Revisionism: Hawk Harrelson and A.J. Pierzynski

By Whet Moser

The White Sox's longtime broadcaster and catcher are the most hated men at what they do, or at least the most divisive. They're also arguably two of the best. Read more

Escape Artist: Midwestern Culture Trips

By Lena Singer

Craving vacation plus inspiration? Hit the road for arts-themed adventures in three towns: Columbus, Indiana; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Read more

Five Best Things to Do in September

By Matt Schur

THE SHORTLIST: Five musts from our September culture calendar Read more

Chicago Gangs in the 1950s

By Whet Moser

James F. Short, Jr., one of the many sociologists in the University of Chicago's tradition of gang research, did the first major work of his career as the Black P Stones and Vice Lords were born. Read more

A Low-Rise Treasure from the Original High-Rise King

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $700,000
The Property: Chicago’s William Le Baron Jenney is often called the father of the skyscraper. But at about the same time that he was working on the Ludington Building... Read more

Emerging Details on Alpana Singh’s New Venture, The Boarding House

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Singh a New Song
The sommelier and Check, Please! host Alpana Singh says things are coming into greater focus at the Boarding House (720 N. Wells St., no phone yet), her wine-driven restaurant in a townhouse, where each level will offer customers a different experience, such as more formal dining on the second floor and a late-night lounge in the wine cellar... Read more

Inside Rahm’s Brain

What's on the mayor's mind? Read more

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