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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 23, 2018
Chef David Campigotto spills the beans on Castelnaudary Cassoulet

Each year the French chef takes up residency at Publican Quality Meats and shows les Américains how it’s done at home.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Publican Quality Meats, Castelnaudary Cassoulet, Paul Kahan, David Campigotto, cassoulet, Paula Wolfert, Mike Miller, throwdown, Toulouse, Delilah's, Publican Anker

Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2018
Artist Alok Vaid-Menon and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

The Hot Box party and more goings-on March 12-15.
- By Rachel Yang
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Alok Vaid-Menon, The School of the Art Institute, Meanwhile: What's Your Sign?, Delilah's, Top Notch Tuesdays, Laugh Out Loud, Puerto Rico, Recipe for Relief, fund-raisers, the Lakewood, the Hot Box, Jeezy's Juke Joint, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3, Roscoe's Tavern

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2014
Video
The Tolkien franchise is over!—plus more new movie reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, Peter Jackson, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, The Battle of the Five Armies, Drew Hunt, The Babadook, Annie movie, Quevenzhale Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Jamie Foxx, Awake: The Life of Yogananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, In Bloom, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Gene Siskel Film Center, Music Box Chicago, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Delilah's, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Johnny Cash Christmas Special, Stanley Kubrick, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 6, 2014
Weekly Top Five: The Best of Lucio Fulci

The best of exploitation maestro Lucio Fulci
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Lucio Fulci, The Beyond, Delilah's, Italian horror cinema, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, H.P. Lovecraft, Austin Spare, The House by the Cemetery, Don't Torture a Duckling, Una sull'altra, One on Top of the Other, Zombi 2, George Romero, Dawn of the Dead, Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, New Hollywood, San Francisco

Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 12/24: 12 Days of Porn and Chicken, Rockin Christmas Eve, and a holiday sale

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, December 24
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Porn and Chicken, 12 Days of Porn and Chicken, Double Door, Trap House, Delilah's, Rockin Christmas Eve Party, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Andy Kaufman, holiday shopping, Roy Boyd Gallery, art

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2013
Delilah's pays tribute to Lou Reed with a short series of music docs

Noting three upcoming screenings at the Lincoln Park punk bar
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Do This, RIP, Film, Music, Lou Reed, Delilah's, Get Crazy, A Night With Lou Reed, Songs for Drella, Ed Lachman, Andy Warhol

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 8/29: Delilah's 20th Anniversary, Hamid Drake, Action Comedy, Aram Shelton

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, August 29
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Delilah's, Three Floyds Brewing, Chuck Wren, Camino El Casino, Chicago Jazz Festival, Challengers Comics + Conversation, Action Comedy, Megan Gailey, Aram Shelton, Fast Citizens, Elastic

Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Mon 6/11

What's on the Agenda for Monday, June 11, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, scotch, Delilah's, Cheetos, Stew Snack Attack Supper, Bike to Work Week

Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2012
Booze news

Booze news: a tasting of whiskey-barrel-aged beer, In Fine Spirits morphing, a Scottish beer tasting at the Bluebird
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Delilah's, Whiskyfest Chicago, whiskey-barrel-aged beer, In Fine Spirits, Premise, Marianne Sundquist, Brian Runge, Grahm Elliot, Andrew Brochu, the Bluebird, Jason Baldacci, Brewdog, Orkney Brewery, Inveralmond Brewery

Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Wine dinners, wine making, truffle making, and other food and drink events this week.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kit Kat Club, Jerry's Wicker Park, Koval, North Shore Distillery, Few Spirits, Journeyman Distillery, Tankboy, The Hideout, Howard Area Community Center, Lawrence Peters, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Katherine Duncan, Katherine Anne Confections, Chicago Marriott, Chicago French Market, Delilah's, ENO Wine Room, InterContinental Hotel, Margy Kaye, Sweet Margy Confection Diva, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Act One Cafe, Carlo Basile, Telegraph Wine Bar

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Carl Jung, Michael Fassbender, David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method, Sigmund Freud, Viggo Mortensen, Sabina Spielrein, Keira Knightley, That Girl in Yellow Boots, Lads & Jockeys, Frederick Wiseman, The Last Circus, Alex de la Iglesias, El Crimen Perfecto, New Year's Eve, Garry Marshall, Pretty Woman, Valentine's Day, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, The Sitter movie, Jonah Hill, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, John le Carre, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Ciaran Hinds, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Music Box, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Antonio Gaudi, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Johnny Cash Christmas Special, Delilah's, Vincente Minnelli, Meet Me in St. Louis, Northbrook Public Library, Mitchell Liesen, Remember the Night, Portage theater, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Santa Sangre, Chicago Cinema Society, film societies, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2011
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This week's movie action

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Laurel & Hardy: The Essential Collection, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Hal Roach Studios, Young Adult, The Sitter, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, No Skin Off My Ass, Bruce LaBruce, Silent Souls, Ben Sachs, Young Goethe in Love, Vincent Minnelli, The Band Wagon, Northbrook Public Library, William Desmond Taylor, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, Northwest Chicago Film Society, Portage theater, W.S. Van Dyke, The Thin Man, Music Box, Empire Andy Warhol, Aon Center, Millennium Park, Delilah's, Star Wars Holiday Special, George Lucas, movies, Video

Arts & Culture, Calendar Aug 11, 2011
The Reader Agenda

Grungy Wicker Park, Elvis's disappearance, a long Lolla hangover, and more
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Special Event, Reader Agenda, Heartland Cafe, Fat Tire, Delilah's, Elvis, Destructo, Wicker Park, Built Festival, New Chicago Brewing, Unrehearsed Shakespeare Company, Lollapalooza

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 23, 2011
Best jukebox

Simon's Tavern voted best jukebox
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best jukebox, Readers' poll, Simon's Tavern, Gingerman Tavern, Delilah's, GMan Tavern

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A strong beer tasting, a V-Day pastry market, a candy lecture, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bernie Laskowski, ChicaGourmets, Park Grill, Vintage Strong Beer Fest, Anchor Old Foghorn, Dogfish Head Immort Ale, Malheur Millennium, Delilah's, Morton Arboretum, Katherine Duncan, Katherine Anne Confections, Morton Arboretum, Valentine's Day, Valentine's cooking class, Kristine Subido, heart-healthy food, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, Logan Square Kitchen, Valentine's Day Pastry Market, Flour Cake and Pastry, Mayana Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Leslie Goddard, Sweet Home Chicago, candy capital of America, Naper Settlement, Valentine's brewing class, Marriott Hotel

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Delilah's, holiday beer tasting, Christmas, Three Floyds, Logan Square Kitchen, Christmas market, Mayana Chocolate, Celestial Kitchens, Flour Cake and Pastry, Floriole Bakery, Sweet Miss Givings, Tinycakes, Defloured, Fritz Pastry, ChicaGourmets, Jam, Jeffrey Mauro, Antonin Rodet, Seifried, Check, Please!, Cheese, Please!, Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe, Alpana Singh, Alpana Pours, Gale Gand, Chocolate and Vanilla, Corner Cooks, Uncommon Ground, Half Acre Beer Dinner, Gossamer Golden Ale, Half Acre Beer, Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Dietzler Farm, Thunder and Sons Brown Ale, Slagel Family Farm, Louis John Slagel, Markethouse, Scott Walton, the Bluebird, Coniston, Meantime, Dark Hose, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2010
Take a Sip: Koval Aged Rye and Oat Whiskeys

The city's one and only distillery releases its first aged whiskeys next week.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Koval Distillery, Robert Birnecker, whiskey, oat, rye, Meg Bell, bourbon, Delilah's, Lion's Pride Whiskey

Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Pumpkin beer, burgers, ribs, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Pumpkin beer, Oktoberfest, Delilah's, beer tasting, Hacker-Pschorr, Goose Island Brewing Co., Summit Brewing Co., Dogfish Head, Chicago Gourmet, Hamburger Hop, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, John Coletta, Quartino, Eddie Lakin, Edzo's Burger Shop, WXRT, Lin Brehmer, Thomas Keller, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Grace Young, Stir Frying to the Sky's Edge, wok cooking, Chinese diaspora, Rib-A-Que Smoke-Out, Moonshine Brewing Company, The Carpetbaggers, The Hoyle Brothers, ribs, National Wine Week, Smith & Wollensky

Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2010
Auction Tuesday to Benefit Musician and Mugging Victim Jason Larsen

Uninsured local musician Jason Larsen was mugged last month and had his leg broken in two places, but members of Chicago's music scene and small-business community are helping him out with a silent auction at Delilah's on Tuesday night.
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Delilah's, silent auction, auction, benefit, Thee Invaders, Jason Larsen, Liar's Club

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A paella parade, an apiary tour, an absinthe tasting, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, paella, El Coto de Tioja Paella Parade, Whole Foods Lincoln Park, Shana Petrone, fashion show, raffle, Sweet Summer Solstice Potluck Supper, Chicago Honey Co-op, Show Food Chicago, bee etiquette, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, O Canada, Canadian cuisine, Chad Rubel, Judy Hevrdejs, Beth Fisher, Patrick La Reviere, Erika Dufour, Kendall College, Rebecca Wheeler, Argyle Avenue, Asian cuisine, Growing Home, Wood Street Urban Farm, Growing a Green, Health Neighborhood, Harry Rhodes, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, Kocoa Scott-Winbush, Fork and the Road, A Tavola, absinthe, Delilah's, Vincent van Gogh, Uncommon Ground, Goose Island, Brian Millman, Demolition, Prince Edward Island mussels, Rock Bottom Brewery, Pig Out Around the World Beer Dinner, pork

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 10, 2010
Readers' Poll
Best bourbon selection

Delilah's voted best, Longman & Eagle and Big Star, runners-up
- Tags: Food & Drink, Longman & Eagle, Delilah's, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Arts & Entertainment Jun 10, 2010
Readers' Poll
Best lounge
- Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Underground Wonder Bar, The Violet Hour, Delilah's, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Beer Under Glass, the Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse seedling sale, Chicago Craft Beer Week, and more.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Beer Under Glass, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, seedling sale, Chicago Craft Beer Week, Garfield Park Conservatory, City Provisions, farm dinner, Nichols Farm, Delilah's, Lambic Festival, Longman and Eagle, Goose Island beer dinner

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Belgian beer, southern food, Chilean wine, and more
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Quince, Goose Island Beer Company, Sofie, Matilda, Pere Jacques, Bourbon County Stout, Belgian ales, Whiskyfest, Whiskyfest After-Party, Delilah's, Black Bush Irish Whiskey, Bulleit Bourbon, Garfield Park Conservatory, Green and Growing Fair, Tom Bulleit, West Lakeview Liquors, Whisky Week, Illinois Saint Andrew Society, Johnnie Walker, 7th Annual Pub Crawl, Roscoe Village, Village Tap, Mulligan's, Riverview Tavern, Four Treys Bar, Four Moon Tavern, Bucktown, Buzz: Killer Espresso, The Story Behind Your Morning Cup: Information for the Conscious Coffee Consumer, Kasey Klimes, PT's Coffee Roasting Co., fair trade, direct trade, coffee tasting, Ruth Van Waerebeek, Concha y Toro, ChicaGourmet, Nacional 27, Paul Fehribach, Lost Southern Foods Dinner, Big Jones, Slow Food USA, Ark of Taste, Sea Island red peas, Carolina Gold rice, Slow Food Chicago, Wines of CHile, Fred Dexheimer, Anthony Bourdain, The Travel Channel, No Reservations, Chicago Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Nice Cream Co. releases its spring flavors, Vie offers an Earth Day dinner all week, Leslie Cooperband of Prairie Fruits Farm offers free samples of goat cheese at Pastoral, and more.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nice Cream, Green Grocer Chicago, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Out of Ethiopia, Vie, Earth Day dinner, Leslie Cooperband, Prairie Fruits Farm, City Provisions, Dishes Inspired by Music, Pipeworks Brewing, Delilah's, Koval, Whiskyfest

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