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Posted inBest of Chicago

Best place for ambience and egg sandwiches

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Billy Goat Tavern

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best tubular collaboration

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Lil’ Johnny’s birria sausages

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best tater tots

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

The Rocking Horse

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Best local response to a national music meme

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Funemployed’s “Arcade Fire Hipster Attack” video

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best place to lose at pool

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

The Ten Cat Tavern

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best reinvention of an old medium

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Cassettes

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Twitterer who still has fewer than 1,000 followers

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Erin Gloria Ryan

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Best elevators

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Fine Arts Building

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Best place to buy a vintage scary clown cookie jar

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Foursided

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Best chef downshift, animal division

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Rob Levitt, the Butcher & Larder 1026 N. Milwaukee 773-687-8280 thebutcherandlarder.com When Rob and Allie Levitt walked away from Mado to open an artisanal butcher shop and have regular lives as a family, it was hard to see how cold raw meat in a case could compensate for the loss of all the beautiful things […]

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Best hangout after a day at Rogers Park’s beaches

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

RoPa Restaurant & Wine Bar

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Best craft brewery that doesn’t exist yet

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Pipeworks

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Best dancing front man

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Damon Locks of the Eternals

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best classic el station

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Sheridan on the Red Line

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Best bar that’s 15 feet wide

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

The Matchbox

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