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Home » Bar DeVille

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Posted inBlogs

Can a Division Street cocktail bar truly capture the spirit of Nelson Algren?

by Bill Savage June 13, 2018August 18, 2021

The Neon Wilderness will try, but the phrase “Algren-inspired bar” makes Algren scholar Bill Savage groan.

Posted inBlogs

Wrigley Field will host the MLB All-Star Game in the ‘near future,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 12, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Mexican immigrant scheduled for deportation is suing CPD for an alleged gang database error.

Posted inMusic

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

by Peter Margasak May 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago label International Anthem puts in the sweat to bring progressive jazz the audience it deserves.

Posted inBlogs

A former Chicago bartender returns from Cambodia to mix cocktails from her Phnom Penh bar

by Julia Thiel December 30, 2016August 18, 2021

Annemarie Sagoi brings drinks from Le Boutier, her craft cocktail bar that celebrates Cambodia’s “golden age” of rock, to Bar DeVille for one night only.

Left to right: Zach Peterson, Katie McVay, Matt Byrne, Stephanie Hasz, and Goodrich Gevaart get serious about stand-up with the inaugural Comedy Exposition.
Posted inArts & Culture

The Comedy Exposition stand-up fest stands in for Just for Laughs

by Kevin Warwick July 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Locals at the ground floor of Chicago’s stand-up scene launch the Comedy Exposition to help replace the absent Just for Laughs.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Tue 1/7: At Berkeley, Michael Zerang and Tuesday Funk

by Drew Hunt January 7, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, January 7

Top: Jay Schroeder's Declaration of Neutrality (PEZ), Alex Renshaw's Teacher's Pet (chalk), Rachael Smith's Chum Guzzler (sardines)
Bottom: Micah Melton's Bleu Cheese Martini (goat cheese), Jason Cevallos's Sandy (dragon fruit), Mary Rose Braun's Pearl's Neck Brace (cod milt)
Posted inFood & Drink

2013: Ballsy babes, potted meat, and bartenders who can tackle just about anything

by Kate Schmidt December 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The third year of the Reader‘s Cocktail Challenge brought nonfoodstuffs and the nastiest ingredient yet.

Mezcal Negrossni
Posted inFood & Drink

Cocktail Challenge: Potted meat

by Kate Schmidt November 21, 2013August 19, 2021

Austin Skiles of Lone Wolf uses the processed foodstuff in a twist on the negroni.

Chum Guzzler
Posted inFood & Drink

Cocktail Challenge: Sardines

by Kate Schmidt November 7, 2013August 19, 2021

Rachael Smith of Bar DeVille “doubles down on fish” in a pink-and-blue margarita.

Posted inBlogs

Experimental trio Good Stuff House almost reunites

by Peter Margasak September 17, 2013August 19, 2021

The Zelienople side project almost gets back together to play its first show in four years as its eponymous 2006 debut gets reissued.

Robert Haynes (left) and Henry Prendergast (right) experiment with recipes in a space used by mixologists to test cocktails.
Posted inFood & Drink

One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars

by Julia Thiel August 28, 2013August 19, 2021

One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars

Matty Ryan
Posted inArts & Culture

Parlour Car stand-up at Bar DeVille is worth leaving the couch for

by Molly Adams July 30, 2013August 19, 2021

Parlour Car stand-up at Bar DeVille is worth leaving the couch for.

Posted inBlogs

Ben Schiller leaving Boka Restaurant Group

by Mike Sula April 29, 2013August 19, 2021

The illustrious barman is partnering in the Berkshire Room and opening his own “old-man bar.”

Posted inBlogs

In praise of Fat Phil’s Last Stand

by Mike Sula June 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Don’t hate this hot dog stand because it’s obnoxious

Posted inBlogs

The Philly cheesesteak makes good

by Kate Schmidt June 6, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Monti’s redeems the Philadelphia cheesesteak for Chicagoans, Cocktail Challenge canned tuna

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