But its food inspired by the “borderlands” is no ordinary Tex-Mex—or, really, Tex-Mex at all.
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Lost Lake’s Paul McGee and a tiki bar dream team have created a rum that will make you say, ‘Oh, fuck, that’s delicious!’
How a supergroup of mixologists and one cocktail historian made Plantation OFTD Overproof Rum
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Talking Taste Talks Chicago with Lula Cafe chef Jason Hammel
The upcoming food-centric conference features parties, meals, panel discussions, and chef demos.
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Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible
The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.
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Milk Room isn’t just for booze nerds
The ticketed eight-seat bar inside the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel offers a history lesson via vintage spirits.
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Chicago’s essential new cocktail bars, brewpubs, and barstaurants
The 21 recently opened bars where you should be drinking.
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Boogie over to the Texas Tiki Disco at Lost Lake before it’s gone
The 1970s-inspired takeover of Lost Lake by Houston’s Anvil Bar & Refuge runs through Friday.
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A Chicago newcomer wins this year’s Speed Rack bartending competition
On the first stop of this year’s Speed Rack tour, 24-year-old Marissa Huth of Bordel entered her first-ever bartending competition—and won.
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Play poobah at Cherry Circle Room
No longer a boys’ club, the restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a retreat from Michigan Avenue madness.
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Defending the Cherry Circle Room against the Blackhawk hordes
Getting lofty in the posh yet welcoming environs of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel.
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Lost Lake’s Paul McGee talks about what came before the mixology revival
A chat with the master mixologist about the dark years of cocktails.
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What six Chicago bartenders would drink if they were stranded on a desert island
Paul McGee and five other local drink slingers pick a favorite libation—and where in Chicago they like it best.
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Will Chicago’s tiki renaissance last this time?
Talking with a tiki enthusiast about the latest revival of the midcentury fantasy bar trend
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RPM Steak: The Melman kids’ Rancic-branded meat market is their best restaurant yet
RPM Steak: The Melman kids’ Rancic-branded meat market is their best restaurant yet
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Right and wrong: Sodikoff’s High Five Ramen and the Melmans’ Ramen-San
Brendan Sodikoff’s High Five Ramen and the Melmans’ Ramen-San face off over noodle soup.