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Music, Concert Preview Jun 29, 2018
Recommended
In our time of great division, Odie makes music for everyone
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Odie, Analogue, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 19, 2017
Recommended
Daisies pushes pasta in a midwestern direction

Chef Joe Frillman’s veg-heavy pastatorium in Logan Square has range that extends far from Italy.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Daisies, Joe Frillman, pasta, Logan Square, Analogue, Illinois Sparkling Co., Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 30, 2016
Fifolet is the Cajun-creole restaurant Chicago is missing

But the city still deserves better than this workmanlike West Town spot.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Fifolet, Cajun, creole, Division Street Ale House, Alfredo Nogueira, New Orleans, Analogue, gumbo, Sazerac, Vieux Carré, po'boy, jambalaya, Kevin Crouse, Nouveau Tavern, Moe Joe's, Plainfield, Fifolet Cajun & Cocktails

Blogs, Bleader May 26, 2016
Video
This video recap of the 2016 Key Ingredient Cook-Off will make you ravenous

Ryan Pfeiffer of Blackbird and Abraham Conlon of Fat Rice were this year's Key Ingredient Cook-Off winners.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient, Blackbird, Analogue, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Fat Rice, Ryan Pfeiffer, Abraham Conlon, Venue One, West Loop, Topolobampo, KICO, Video

Food & Drink, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
New Chicago bar patios and rooftops for outdoor drinking

The season for alfresco imbibing returns.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Analogue, Logan Square bars, Ukrainian Village bars, craft cocktails, Barcocina, Best Intentions, Burnt City Brewing, Seven Ten Lounge, Atlas Brewing, Cindy's, Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, Nandini Khaund, stroller corridor, Corridor Provisions & Brewing, Island Party Hut, Riverwalk, City Winery pop-up, O'Brien's, J. Parker, Stratford Hotel, rooftop lounges, Paul Virant, David Bowie, Bowie-inspired cocktails, Chicago bars with patios, Joy District, horrible bar names, River North bars, Mezcaleria la Flores, premium mescal, tequila bars, Johnny's Grill, Raised, an Urban Rooftop Bar, Raised, Loop bars, Whiskey Business, Cheesie's Pub & Grub, Wicker Park bars, rooftop bars, Risky Business, Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago brewpubs

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2016
Video
Get tickets to the Reader's Key Ingredient Cook-Off happening this Friday, May 20

Chefs from Fat Rice, Topolobampo, Blackbird, and more of Chicago's best restaurants are cooking custom dishes in the West Loop.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient, pancake art, dancakes, Image, Video, Fat Rice, Topolobampo, Blackbird, Dos Urban Cantina, Analogue, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2015
Video
Self-described 'outsider torch singer' Mary Ocher performs at Analogue tonight

With her wild, self-possessed, uncategorizable music, Mary Ocher has made fans of King Khan and Karen O.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Do This, Music, Free Shit, 12 O'Clock Track, Mary Ocher, Analogue, Gel Set, Eden, The Fictional Biography of Mary Ocher, Berlin, King Khan, Karen O, Video

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll Jun 24, 2015
Best up-and-coming chef
- Tags: Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll, Best of Chicago 2015, Best up-and-coming chef, Analogue

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2015
Wheel to Reel at Sportsman's Club makes audio geeks' analog dreams come true

Crate-digging DJs give Sportsman's Club's vintage reel-to-reel a workout during monthly Wheel to Reel events.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: You Are Here, Show Us Your..., Music, Food & Drink, You Are Here, Sportsman's Club, Uncanned Music, Scott McNiece, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, the Drifter, Formento's, Mott Street, Trenchermen, Xoco, Au Cheval, Sportsman's Club, reel-to-reel tape deck, analog, Sean Krainik, Lime House Building and Design, Analogue, Mfk, the Promontory

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2014
181 tasty things I ate in 2014

I ate it all.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Year in review, El Metro, Oak+Char, Kiko's, Ciao Bella, The Charlatan, Hal Mae Bo Ssam, Polak Eatery, Momotaro, Rice 'n Bread, Coppervine, Ceviche, Dove’s Luncheonette, RPM Steak, Tava, Alice’s Bar-B-Q, Salero, Maracas, Knockum Hill BBQ, Acanto, Mariano's, River Roast, Taqueria los Gallos #2, Bro-N-Law's Bar-B-Que, Bohemian House, Anita's Gumbo, Mfk, Pita Puff, Craft Pizza, Boltwood, Las Quecas, Más, Lao Pi BBQ, Parachute, The Jerk Taco Man, Top Notch Beefburger, High Five Ramen, Sze Chuan Cuisine, the Roost, El Habanero, Chef Ping, Laughing Bird, Joong Boo Market, New Asia, Kabobi Grill, Cocello, Joe Fish, Pearl Tavern, Lao Yu Ju, Jim Samata, Tête Charcuterie, Ani, Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, Baconfest, Gyros on the Spit, Bottlefork, Boka, Vienna Beef Store, Japonais by Morimoto, Kinmont, Baffo, Cremeria La Ordeña #2, Ina Pinkney, Spicy Thai Lao, Cellar Door Provisions, Bow & Stern Oyster Bar, Analogue, Cicchetti, Stella Barra Pizza, La Casa del Pan Bakery, Eataly, Summer House Santa Monica, the Dawson, Shake Shack, Jonathan Zaragoza

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 22, 2014
Our favorite restaurants of 2014

They weren't all Italian. And they weren't all in River North.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Year in Review 2014, favorite restaurants 2014, best restaurants 2014, Jerk Taco Man's Jamaican Jerk Shack, River North, Cicchetti, Mike Sheerin, Osteria Langhe, Cameron Grant, Joe Fish, Nico Osteria, Paul Kahan, One Off Hospitality, Dove's Luncheonette, Parachute, Beverly Kim, Johnny Costello, Boka, Lee Wolen, Momotaro, Japonais, Masaharu Morimoto, Jeff Pikus, Brendan Sodikoff, High Five Ramen, Green Street Smoked Meats, New Asia, Spicy Lao Thai, Nakhon Phanom, RPM Steak, Doug Psaltis, Nick Lacasse, Mfk, Thomas Rice, Kurt Guzowski, Tete Charcuterie, 42 Grams, Jake Bickelhaupt, Analogue, Alfredo Nogueira, Japonais by Morimoto, New Asia Restaurant, Spicy Thai Lao, Tête Charcuterie

Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 10, 2014
Overlooked ska and reggae treasure Charles 'Organaire' Cameron drops his first vinyl in decades

Plus: BLVD Records gets back into gear, and Analogue celebrates its first year with a free show.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, BLVD Records, Melissa Geils, Eric Marsh, Exhausted, Den, Oozing Wounds, Cole's, Savage Sister, Staring Problem, Astrobrite, Foreign Resort, Charles "Organaire" Cameron, Toots and the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Chema Skandal, Jump Up Records, Colibri Recordings, Mayne Stage, Logan Square, Analogue, Bare Mutants, Clearance

Blogs, Bleader Aug 18, 2014
The gumbo's got personality at Anita's Gumbo in Avalon Park

From this small south-side storefront emerges gumbo of great powers.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: One Bite, Food & Drink, gumbo, Anita's Gumbo, Avalon Park, Creole food, Cajun food, New Orleans, jambalaya, po'boy, Analogue, Heaven on Seven

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2014
What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ina Pinkney, Ina's, Baume & Brix, Moto, Kabocha, Oon, Fat Rice, Embeya, Brendan Sodikoff, Dillman's, Sam Goldwyn, The Refinery, Lawrence Letrero, Mike Sula, The Savoy, Brian Greene, Big Star, Storefront Company, Bib Gourmand, The Purple Pig, Cecilio Rodriguez, TMIP, Telegraph, Webster's Wine Bar, Pecking Order, Kristine Subido, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, The Radler, Analogue

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Dirty Rice

Analogue
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, dirty rice, Analogue, Hurricane Katrina, Alfredo Nogueira, Paul Prudhomme, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2014
Chicago magazine's best, and the rest

An alternative look at the past year on Chicago's food scene
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Magazine, Dusek's, 42 Grams, Nico Osteria, Gogi, Stella Barra Pizzeria, Smoque, Spacca Napoli, The Butcher & Larder, Publican Quality Meats, Scooter's, Smalls Smoke Shack, Analogue, Chengdu Impression, Bartoli's, Red Hot Ranch, Cookies & Carnitas, Bad Wolf Coffee, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Hoosier Mama, Cellar Door Provisions, Chill Cafe, West Loop Salumi, Nduja Artisans, El Pollo Real

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Mar 6, 2014
Video
Cocktail Challenge: Catnip

Kristin Wolfel of the Charleston crafts a cocktail for her Friday-night drinking buddy.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Analogue, cannabis, Careless Whisper, catnip, cocktail challenge, Henry Prendergast, Kristin Wolfel, marijuana, mojito, Nandini Khaund, pig's blood, the Charleston, wheatgrass, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 21, 2014
Recommended
At Analogue, cocktails get top billing but the food steals the show

The Cajun menu at Logan Square's new cocktail bar is deceptively complex.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Analogue, Cajun food, Violet Hour, gumbo, po'boys, dirty rice, biscuits, Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, Robert Haynes, Henry Prendergast, cocktails, Alfredo Nogueira, Rootstock, Flipside Cafe, trout dip, saltines, crackers, hot sauce, potato salad, chicken, sausage, mirliton, chayote, mushrooms, garlic, meat, cheese, fish, local sourcing, french fries, pork, Slagel Farms, sandwiches, beef, hot dogs, chowchow, beans, Au Cheval, fattiness, headcheese, boudin balls, peppers, Scotch eggs, mashed potatoes, yams, desserts, bread pudding, sweet cocktails, The Matchbox, beer cocktails, bitters, purls, Malort cocktails, Malort, bars, Cajun restaurants, Recommended

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Feb 21, 2014
Cocktail Challenge: Pizza grease

Henry Prendergast of Analogue gets down to basics with a pizza-and-Bud michelada.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Henry Prendergast, Analogue, Velvet Hour, Budweiser, Alfredo Nogueira, Baby Fredo's Signature Hot Sauce, Kristin Wolfel, Charleston, cocktail challenge

Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 12, 2014
V-Day Issue: A duo that met on the dance floor

Aay Preston-Myint and Colin Dickson's first date "didn't just have a third wheel, it had 20."
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Feature, Aay Preston-Myint, Colin Dickson, Parlour, metal fabricators, woodworkers, artists, instructors, bartenders, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC, Chances Dances, The Charleston, Analogue, dance parties, DJ Swaguerrilla, OKCupid, couples, Claire Arctander, Latham Zearfoss, Tess Kisner, Kristen Kaza, Slo-Mo, Crimson Glow, Bastardgeist, records, music, talk radio, cooking, baking, pies, Fat Rice, Small Bar, trivia, Netflix, movies, television, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Grace Jones, Dolph Lundgren, vacations, marriage, dancing

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Feb 6, 2014
Cocktail Challenge: Whey

John Smillie of the Violet Hour has his way with a two-whey flip.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, John Smillie, whey, mixology, Violet Hour, Griffin Benko, Lone Wolf, Little Miss Muffet, Big Star, Sierre Ferrand 1840, Palo Cortado, Carpano Antica, Henry Prendergast, Analogue, pizza grease, cocktail challenge

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2014
The unexpected cocktails of Analogue

Bitter purls, smoky pumpkin, and rum with lime and coffee feature in the cocktails at this new Logan Square bar.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Analogue, cocktails, cocktail bar, Logan Square, Robert Haynes, Henry Prendergast, purl, Radio Flyer, End of the Century

Blogs, Bleader Dec 25, 2013
A dozen of the best things I drank this year

It's been a good year for drinking.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Pipeworks, Hey Careful Man There's a Beverage Here, Ten Ninety, Imperial Witbier, Imperial Porter, Furthermore, Knot Stock, New Belgium, coconut curry hefeweizen, Deschutes, Inversion IPA, Del Maguey Mezcal, Pinckney Bend Distillery gin, Pinckney Bend tonic, Robert Haynes, Henry Prendergast, Analogue, People's Old-Fashioned, Ada St., Fistful of Dollars, Virtue Cider, the Mitten, Vander Mill, Totally Roasted Cider

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2013
A first look at the cocktails of Analogue

Violet Hour vets Robert Haynes and Henry Prendergast show off a little of what's to come at their soon-to-open Logan Square bar, Analogue.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Analogue, Robert Haynes, Henry Prendergast, Violet Hour, Logan Square, cocktails

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