EAT. SHOP. PLAY. Discovering the Best in Chicago
BY SHEILA TAWIA Over the years, Cinco de Mayo has evolved, from a culturally significant date for Mexico, to an excuse for drinking copious amounts of tequila and eating copious amounts of guacamole in cities around the world. As with most … [Read more...]
BY MARI LUANGRATH You would never notice this little spot – Jak’s Tap on Peoria and Jackson – unless you were looking for it. The epitome of a neighborhood bar, Jak’s boasts a plethora of rotating draft beer choices (40 +), a wide variety … [Read more...]
BY RACHEL DICKENS Until last month, I refused to order chicken at restaurants. I know that sounds extreme, and yeah – there was probably a time or five when I went H.A.M. on some General Tso’s carry out – but I genuinely didn’t see the … [Read more...]
BY RACHEL DICKENS I remember reading somewhere that Bavette means “steak” in French, and when I stepped inside Brendan Sodikoff’s Bavette's Bar and Boeuf, I expected to jump full-throttle into a carnivore’s paradise. Emerging from the … [Read more...]
BY AMANDA SKRIP You eat your vegetables, hit the gym and pass on dessert. Despite your best efforts, a burger craving strikes every now and then and it's stronger than your will power. Thanks to Bountiful Eatery, you can indulge your meaty … [Read more...]
BY ELIZABETH FITZGERALD La Fournette looks and feels like a French bakery more suited to the Gold Coast (a large soup is priced at $7), but it is instead nestled very near to the North and Wells intersection, one block south of that very large Old … [Read more...]
BY ELIZABETH FITZGERALD A two-story sports bar is the last kind of outpost one would expect to find while wandering down Division Street in Wicker Park. But that’s just what the newly opened FatPour Tap Works offers up: a surprisingly good … [Read more...]
BY MARIS CALLAHAN Have you ever heard of a cicchetti bar? As a matter of fact, neither had I until I went to Bar Ombra in Andersonville, a Venetian-style bar from Marty Fosse and Tim Rasmussen with decor that feels more like a Southwestern … [Read more...]
BY ESTHER REISINGER If you like cinnamon bears, does it mean you're practical? Does the fact that you enjoy a handful of Sixlets on occasion mean youʼre a good negotiator? Candyality suggests that it might. This sweet shop is bringing sugar … [Read more...]
BY KELLY ALESSO Living in New England for eight years spoiled me when it came to seafood. It’s hard to complain when you live in a city where finding a lobster roll is almost as easy as spotting a Dunkin Donuts. But as an Ex-Bostonian in … [Read more...]
