Working from home is great, but not all the time. While most correspondence makes sense virtually, there’s a certain magic of meeting with your team in person—safely, of course, and when inspiration strikes. With the pandemic accelerating what was already a trend toward flexible work arrangements, it’s quickly becoming the norm. Employees report higher levels […]
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Moonwalker Cafe is the scratch kitchen every neighborhood deserves
When Arlene Luna moved back to Chicago in December 2020 she discovered that all of her old classmates from the now-defunct Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago had left the life. “Everyone that I knew from back then is no longer in the business,” she says. “I came back and started looking up a few […]
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Escalating violence and lack of police response put the city’s homeless even more at risk
A string of fires and stabbings have many advocates worried, and challenges in reporting and investigating these crimes leave little hope for justice.
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Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit
It’s Shin Thompson’s pivot to Japanese soul food, from a virtual kitchen.
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Old Habits is bar food reborn
The kitchen at Avondale’s Ludlow Liquors is so good it gets its own name.
Posted inNews & Politics
Rahm’s Chicago Stories podcast takes you inside the mind of the mayor
We listened to all 18 hours of it so you don’t have to.
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Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot’s Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?
The Randolph Street restaurant is a reunion of sorts for the celebrity chefs, but it’s in some ways also a rebirth.
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Metropolitan Brewing’s long-awaited Avondale taproom pairs beer with river views
The taproom is a little tricky to get to at the moment, but coffee-infused lager awaits those who make the journey.
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Prepaid bus boarding debuts on Belmont, but why doesn’t Loop Link have it yet?
Off-board fare collection would shorten travel times on the downtown bus corridor.
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At least 14 CPS schools test positive for lead in the water supply, and other Chicago news
And, set your calendars: Hamilton tickets go on sale June 21.
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Hit-and-run crashes are all too common in Chicago
Tragically, the type of collision that killed Chris Sanchez is not unusual.
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Thou shalt not kill?
When police use deadly force or experience trauma, Chicago Police Chaplains Ministry director Father Dan Brandt helps officers cope.
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Crown Tap and Best Intentions are dive bars no more
Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.
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Best hot dice
Crown Tap Room 2821 N. Milwaukee 773-252-9741 There are hundreds of ways to get fall-over hammered at a local drinking establishment. And so many of them involve a fiery-eyed yahoo—someone you likely met that same night—demanding “Shots!” A staggered line of shot glasses on top of a well-worn bar isn’t as much a slippery slope […]
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Is the Bloomingdale Trail a path to displacement?
Longtime residents of Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and other areas around the highly anticipated 606 project are organizing to make sure they’re not priced out of their neighborhoods.