Won Kim does not care that your grandma hates his food. One month into a five-month sabbatical from Bridgeport’s Korean-Polish Kimski, and the chef is feeling fine. “I think I did a pretty good job trying to respect each culture,” he says. “I was downright fucking paranoid and scared to honor the babcias and the […]
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Records, Ruido, robots, and Peaches
Chicago Vinyl Connection celebrates one year of bringing independent record sellers, vintage vendors, and music lovers together with today’s latest edition of their nomadic gatherings of good times dealers. Thousands of new and used albums will be for sale this afternoon at Chicago Vinyl Connection 010 from a long list of locals, including South Rhodes […]
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Ricky Hanft is bringing German deep cuts to the next Monday Night Foodball
Ricky Hanft is the sausage king of northwest Indiana. Currently in the case at the Wurst—his Griffith, Indiana, butcher shop—he’s stocking 30 different varieties of encased meats: among them French morteau, Ukrainian kovbasa, Vietnamese cha lua and cha bo, Armenian sujuk, Irish black pudding, North African Merguez, and Cajun boudin. There not a single jalapeño-cheddar […]
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Tony B’s Steak Chips, you were a mistake
Tony Balestreri’s meat snacks were inspired by jazz cabbage.
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The Wurst has the best meats
A small northwest Indiana butcher shop makes a go of it mid-pandemic with small farmers, small slaughterhouses, and naturally raised beef, pork, chicken, and lamb.
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Marz Community Kitchen is the future
Restaurants should embrace community food stability during patio season, and beyond
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Holding it together during the quarantine
The Quarantine Times is virtually helping folks keep their cool.
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The U. of C. Folk Festival celebrates 60 years on Valentine’s weekend
The U. of C. Folk Festival celebrates 60 years on Valentine’s weekend, Polo G headlines a stacked Metro benefit before the NBA All-Star Game, and more.
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Augment beereality with Tech Noir at Marz Community Brewing
These beer cans make music.
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‘You Will Die’ reminds us of our mortality
Metal art breaks into the white-wall gallery.
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Joe Guzzo is sweet on complexity, not so much on sugar
Marz Community Brewing’s nonalcoholic drinks are just as wild as its beers.
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Chicago Reader Pride Block Party 2019
There may have been rain on Sunday, but that didn’t stop the rainbows from taking over Marz Community Brewing for our Pride Block Party! Thanks to all who came out to celebrate our city’s rich and diverse 50 years of LGBTQ+ community legacy with Drag Queen Story Hour, house and salsa dance lessons, a Janet Jackson […]
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Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years
Hip-hop site Ruby Hornet throws its first show in years, Lumpen Radio teams up with Sonorama for a bumping Día de los Muertos party, and more.
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Lumpen Radio amplifies voices from the margins
Bridgeport-based low-power station Lumpen Radio provides an on-air home for diversity and dissent.
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Worlds collide in the Korean-Polish street food of Kimski
The extension of Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar serves up Korean-Polish under the direction of street artist and one-time Food Network star Won Kim.