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Home » Best of Chicago 2014 » Page 3

Tag: Best of Chicago 2014

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Doughnut When You Don’t Want to Commit to a Doughnut

by Gwynedd Stuart June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Sometimes an entire doughnut is just too much.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Local Designer Making Something New Out of Something Old

by Isa Giallorenzo June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Her aesthetic is “complex simplicity,” clothes that seem minimal but have an elaborate construction.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Use of Embroidery

by Brianna Wellen June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A unique blend of femininity and foul language

Matt McMunn, Margi Cole, and Lisa Gonzalez in Peep Show
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Behind-the-Scenes Dance Series

by Jena Cutie June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Like the best sushi, the choreography is prepared directly in front of you.

Kiese Laymon's debut novel, Long Division, a Bolden Books title
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Use of Start-Up Mode by a Press No Longer in Start-Up Mode

by Jonathan Messinger June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

From the basement to the New York Times best-seller list

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Rapper Getting Slept on Because People Can’t Pronounce His Name

by Leor Galil June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

This member of Lucki Ecks’s Outsider Clique crew has released only a handful of songs in the past year, but every one of them slays.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Gothic Prog-Rock Duo

by Miles Raymer June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

A tenebrous, synth-heavy mix of early industrial music, Suicide-style protopunk, and avant-garde electronic compositions

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Anti-Establishment Mouthpiece

by Edward McClelland June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

She bridges the divide between activists and corporate media.

Riff Music Lounge
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best 7 AM Get-Down

by Jay Gentile June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

The real draw is the sheer absurdity of selecting an LED-lit environment over the light of day.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best smoking area

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Ugly Hookah Cafe

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Best actress

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Caroline Neff

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Best vintage store

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Knee Deep Vintage

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Best pet store

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Kriser’s

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Best apartment finder

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Apartment People

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Best Cubs bar

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Sluggers World Class Sports Bar

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