The fifth annual CANstruction design contest/benefit for the Greater Chicago Food Depository gets cooking tonight in the lobby of the Merchandise Mart, with a $25-ticket judging party from 6–8:30 p.m... Read more
List Price: $2.195 million The Property: The many windows that line the front of this 1920s Glencoe house evoke a summer day before air conditioning, when all those windows could be thrown open to lure in a cool breeze off Lake Michigan, just three blocks away... Read more
Terra Incognita
After service Saturday night, the Lincoln Park location of Terragusto will enter the dressing room and reemerge May 18 as Pastaterra... Read more
The old Bar Louie in River North has a new tenant with a French accent: Bistro Voltaire. We made the acquaintance of Claudine Hubert, the chef, and got enough details to whet our appetites. Read more
This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-5th) is releasing a list of 60 ideas to reduce the federal debt and deficit spending—and already, one of the smallest proposals in the pack has stirred up angry opposition. Quigley advocates ending the home mortgage interest deduction for boats that owners have claimed as second homes... Read more
Why are people up in arms about WalMart coming to Chicago, when other big-box retailers with comparable labor practices are welcomed with open arms? Plus: labor opposition to Walmart isn't a zero-sum game, even if it looks like it. Read more
Why Chicago owes its existence as a major economic center to its crappy weather; the return of the Tiny Aviary; a convict's odyssey and a look at HB2067; and more. Read more
