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Home » Best of Chicago 2014

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Best of Chicago 2014

by Reader staff June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Best of Chicago steers you to the people, places, and things you might not otherwise find, along a route you might not otherwise take.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Run by a Chef Prior to a Gracious Departure

by Kate Schmidt June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

He was named one of Food & Wine‘s Best New Chefs of 2013.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Taco Scholar

by Mike Sula June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

He has more than 60 spots (and counting) left to publish.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best New Summer Session Beer

by Philip Montoro June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A Belgian-style single with a fruity, floral, yeast-forward aroma

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Best Extraneous Article (and I Don’t Mean of Clothing)

by Gwynedd Stuart June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

I know for a fact that one of these days I’m going to need a bigger butt and a wig and fishnets.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best TV/radio announcer

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Pat Foley, Comcast Sports Net

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Sculpture With Everything Including the Kitchen Sink

by Steve Bogira June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Pots and pans bedeck this artwork on a Brighton Park boulevard.

Cicero March
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Best Itinerant Programming

by Ben Sachs June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

These guys are all over the place—on purpose.

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Best Soundtrack for Staring Into the Void

by Steve Krakow June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A folk chanteuse who soulfully sublimates her noisy past into transcendent performances full of pained howls and delicate melodies

DJ Rashad
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Best New Candidate to Be Footwork’s Crossover Hit

by Leor Galil June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

It’s definitely a footwork track, but it would also fit between Top 40 tracks at a Viagra Triangle nightclub.

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Best Affordable Medical Care

by Steve Bogira June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A clinic filling the post-Obamacare pockets of need

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Best Childhood Snacks That’ll Get You Buzzed

by Brianna Wellen June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Ingesting a small cup of vodka-soaked bears and a helping of alcoholic pudding is enough to get a strong buzz going.

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Best revival of a well-known play

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Measure for Measure

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Best burlesque troupe

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Vaudezilla

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Best musical instrument shop

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago Music Exchange

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