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Home » the Plant

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Posted inNews & Politics

Wanna buy a plant?

by Ryan Edmund March 14, 2019August 18, 2021

Brighton Park prodigy Damiane Nickles has the goods. And the microgreens …

Posted inBlogs

Tour de Fat, Wicker Park Fest, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Emily Wasielewski July 28, 2017August 18, 2021

Comedian Dwayne Kennedy, MMA fighter-turned-podcaster Brendan Schaub, and more happenings from 7/28-7/30.

Posted inFood & Drink

Whiner Beer’s taproom inside the Plant serves beer that’s wild, sour—and not at all scary

by Julia Thiel February 6, 2017August 18, 2021

The Back of the Yards brewery is making very approachable beer.

Posted inBlogs

How to see Open House Chicago, from north to south

by Aimee Levitt October 11, 2016August 18, 2021

The city’s annual tour of overlooked landmarks and curious interiors kicks off this weekend.

Posted inFood & Drink

Brewers recommend 16 beers to drink in 2016

by Julia Thiel January 6, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago brewers discuss which beers they’ll be drinking in 2016.

Posted inBlogs

Behold the mother of all cheese cakes

by Mike Sula September 24, 2015August 18, 2021

The Great American Cheese Collection will customize a cheese cake for any occasion.

Posted inBlogs

Windy City Smokeout and other alternate Tastes in Chicago

by Michael Gebert July 10, 2015August 18, 2021

Beer, BBQ and country music are on the bill at the Windy City Smokeout this weekend, among other culinary cultural events.

Posted inBlogs

Ale Syndicate’s Sunday Session: Also good on every other day

by Philip Montoro February 24, 2014August 18, 2021

A beer that Samuel and Jesse Edwin Evans of Ale Syndicate fell in love with as home brewers in 2005 finally gets its first commercial bottling.

Posted inBlogs

137 tasty things from 2013

by Mike Sula December 23, 2013August 19, 2021

I ate it all.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 6/27: Best of Chicago bash, Air Sex World Championships, and the Plant

by Tosten Burks June 27, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, June 27

Posted inBlogs

Ale Syndicate: A brewery of many names finally produces some beer

by Julia Thiel March 27, 2013August 19, 2021

The brewery formerly known as New Chicago Brewing Company and New Chicago Beer Company, from brothers Samuel and Jesse Evans, has released its first beer.

Posted inBlogs

Don’t cook produce from the Plant

by Mike Sula January 28, 2013August 18, 2021

The incredibly fresh produce grown on the city’s only vertical farm is now for sale.

Posted inBlogs

The Fuckin’ Catalina Wine Mixer and other food and drink events

by Meg Pier September 20, 2012August 19, 2021

An apple fest, German lager courses, rib cook-offs, ice cream socials, a dessert crawl and more

Posted inBlogs

Arcade Brewery launches Kickstarter campaign

by Julia Thiel April 24, 2012August 19, 2021

Arcade, a new experimental brewery,launches a Kickstarter campaign to raise start-up funds.

Posted inBlogs

New Chicago Beer Company moves out of the Plant

by Julia Thiel April 17, 2012August 19, 2021

New Chicago Beer Company is moving out of the Plant, the vertical farm where they’d planned to start their business.

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