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Metropolitan Brewing teams up with Pelican for the biere de garde Cold Hope
Beer and Metal returns to review a long-gestating collaboration by beloved Chicago institutions Pelican and Metropolitan Brewing.
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25 places to eat fresh, housemade tortillas
A not-comprehensive list of places serving tortillas hechas a mano
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Meat Wave bassist Joe Gac on possibly the world’s only family-friendly trap records
Current musical obsessions of Meat Wave bassist Joe Gac, Fckr Jr guitarist Ben Grigg, and Reader music listings wrangler Luca Cimarusti
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With antique spirits and goat brats, Mordecai brings fine dining to Rickettsville
Chef Matthias Merges’s restaurant is the latest to open in the Hotel Zachary, across from Wrigley Field.
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How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining
A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.
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Jeanne Ives says Bruce Rauner has ‘betrayed’ Republicans, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Dick Durbin is bringing a local medical student “Dreamer” to Trump’s State of the Union address.
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Lonesome Rose joins Logan Square’s crowded modern Mexican field
But its food inspired by the “borderlands” is no ordinary Tex-Mex—or, really, Tex-Mex at all.
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The best things to do in Chicago on New Year’s Eve
Hip-hop artist Noname, the Annoyance Theatre’s Steamworks: The Musical, and more recommended events for New Year’s Eve in Chicago
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Mousetrap, Off Color Brewing’s taproom, is designed to ensnare lovers of experimental beers
Off Color expands its capacity for experimental and wild beers with a 150-seat taproom in Lincoln Park.
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Anker is yet another compelling evolution of the Publican brand
The latest offshoot of the Publican is like the others in that it’s unlike the others.
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Cafe Tola is building an empanada empire
Lakeview’s tiny empanada emporium goes for big flavor in Hot Doug’s former digs.
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Estereo dances to a Latin beat in Logan Square
The Heisler Hospitality spot is a cafe by day, and by night a bustling bar focused on Latin American spirits.
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Saves the Day bassist Rodrigo Palma on the elementary particle of rhythm
Current musical obsessions of CHIRP Radio DJ John Lombardo, Saves the Day bassist Rodrigo Palma, and Reader music listings coordinator Luca Cimarusti
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An oral history of the Empty Bottle
An excerpt from The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing