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Reader Best of Chicago 2021 presented by Green Thumb, sponsored in part by Curaleaf, Goethe Institut, Chicago History Museum | Categories: Arts & Culture, Buy Local, Cannabis, City Life, Food & Drink, Sports & Recreation, Music & Nightlife chicagoreader.com/best
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Best of Chicago 2021 final ballot

by Chicago Reader March 2, 2022March 18, 2022

Winners were announced in the March 3, 2022 special issue: Best of Chicago 2021 chicagoreader.com/best.

Best of Chicago 2020
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Best of Chicago 2020 poll winners have been announced

by Chicago Reader March 17, 2021March 18, 2022

Votes on the final ballot were accepted from January 5 to February 8, 2021. Review all the finalists here on the closed ballot.

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We’re winners!

by John Dunlevy September 22, 2020August 18, 2021

The Reader brought home some AAN Awards.

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Staff Pick: Best house music DJ

by Leor Galil November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Duane Powell

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Staff Pick: Best hip-hop artist

by Leor Galil November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Polo G

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Staff Pick: Best local label

by Leor Galil November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago Research

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How this got made: the award-winning 2017 Best of Chicago issue cover

by Sue Kwong and Danielle A. Scruggs August 14, 2018August 18, 2021

The Reader‘s graphic designer and former director of photography and two sign painters explain how they created and photographed a mural in just 12 days.

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The Thompson Center is Chicago’s endangered, postmodern Pantheon

by Deanna Isaacs June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

If Governor Rauner has his way, Helmut Jahn’s remarkable creation will be a thing of the past.

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Drunken tattoos are indelible reminders to delight in life’s absurdity

by Sarah Nardi June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

Drinking before inking isn’t always a party foul.

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Best of Chicago 2016

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2016August 18, 2021

The 31 reasons to love Chicago right now—plus, everything from the city’s best pizza to the best person to follow on Twitter

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Vote now in the Reader’s Best of Chicago 2016 poll!

by Ryan Smith May 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Cast a ballot by June 9 for your favorite things in the best city on earth.

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Your Best of Chicago 2015 . . . on Instagram!

by Gwynedd Stuart June 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Your Instagram accounts are a window into the city.

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Watch the O’My’s and Mike Golden & Friends play our Best of Chicago concert—live

by Gwynedd Stuart June 25, 2015August 18, 2021

Check out our 2015 Best of Chicago concert, live from the Metro.

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The O’My’s headline the Reader’s Best of Chicago party tonight at Metro

by Philip Montoro June 25, 2015August 18, 2021

If you aren’t already coming to our Best of Chicago show, listening to the O’My’s Keeping the Faith EP will nudge you in the right direction.

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Best of Chicago voting (round two!) is open

by Gwynedd Stuart April 30, 2015August 18, 2021

The best record store, best pizza, and the best alderman will be decided in round two of our Best of Chicago voting.

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