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News & Politics, Feature Apr 25, 2019
How to get rid of a CPS principal

The quest to fire Ogden International’s leader exposes flaws in the disciplinary mechanism.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Beyer, Ogden Elementary School, Jenner Elementary School, Ogden Jenner Merger, due process, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Board of Education Office of the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Nicholas Schuler, public schools, Robert Croston, Cabrini-Green, Gold Coast, Local School Councils, Troy LaRaviere, Michael Passman, Chicago Principals & Administrators Association, William Quinlan, Sandeep Soorya, Rebecca Bancroft, Naajidaah Jones

News & Politics, Feature Nov 29, 2018
CPS sat on evidence of record falsification for months before removing Ogden principal

Michael Beyer is suing the district for due process violations amid historic merger.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Feature, Chicago Public Schools, Michael Beyer, Ogden Elementary School, Jenner Elementary School, Ogden Jenner Merger, due process, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Board of Education Office of the Inspector General, public schools, Robert Croston, Eric Schmitt, Cabrini-Green, Gold Coast, Local School Councils

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 6, 2018
Recommended
At Etta, chef Danny Grant plays with fire at a cooler price point

The talent behind Maple & Ash's Gold Coast lands in Wicker Park.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Maple & Ash, Gold Coast, Balsan, Rio, Danny Grant, Julia Thiel, What If Syndicate restaurant group, Wicker Park, Mediterranean, Etta, the Southern, pizza, pasta, Earl Grey ice cream, steak house, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2018
Low-income tenants say luxury developer is treating them like ‘bald-headed stepchildren’

Plans for redeveloping Atrium Village now call for segregating affordable housing into a separate, aging building
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Housing, Atrium Village, Onni Group, Gold Coast, Cabrini-Green, Near North Side, gentrification, mixed-income housing, public housing, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Affordable Requirements Ordinance, ARO, gentrification, Department of Planning and Development, Toni Pullen, Atrium Village Tenant Association, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Walter Burnett Jr., 27th Ward

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 20, 2017
The best new Chicago restaurants of the year

Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, best new Chicago restaurants 2017, 17 best new chicago restaurants, Balkan Grill Company, Gary, Indiana, pljeskavica, lepinja, kupus salata, urnebes, kajmak, Momo Bogdanovich, City Mouse, Ace Hotel, Randolph Row, Randolph Street restaurants, Jason Vincent, Ben Lustbader, Patrick Sheerin, Giant, Logan Square, Fulton Market District, the Kennison, the Lincoln Hotel, Bill Walker, country club culture, Somerset, Viceroy Chicago hotel, Gold Coast, Lee Wolen, Boka, Boka Restaurant Group, Bellemore Selam Ethi, Iliana Regan, Kitsune, North Center, izakaya, midwestern cuisine, Daisies, Joe Frillman, Zoe Schor, comfort food, Split-Rail, Selam Ethiopian Kitchen, tire siga, mitmita, senafich, Gorée Cuisine, Senagalese food, Kenwood, Diana Dávila, Mi Tocaya Antojería, Quiote, mezcal, Mexican food, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Proxi, global street food, small plates, Marisa Paolillo, Mango Pickle, Edgewater, Indian food, the Spice Room, Mirabella Italian Restaurant & Bar, Irving Park, Old Irving, Gene & Georgetti, David Posey, Anna Posey, One Off Hospitality, Elske, hygge, coziness, eastern-European food, Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar, Humboldt Park, caviar

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 30, 2017
Recommended
Country clubs aren’t cool, but the food at Somerset is

Chef Lee Wolen opens the season in the Gold Coast at Boka Restaurant Group’s latest
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boka Restaurant Group, Boka, Somerset, Viceroy Chicago, Gold Coast, Lee Wolen, Lobby at the Peninsula, country club culture, Viagra Triangle, Carl Spackler, Mar-a-Lago, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 31, 2017
Margeaux Brasserie is not really a restaurant for Chicagoans

Celebrity chef Michael Mina's simulacrum of a jaunty French brasserie caters to the inmates of a Gold Coast luxury hotel.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Michael Mina, Gold Coast, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, La Sardine, Mere Fillioux, Les Misérables, Arcadia, Pabu, Bourbon Steak, San Francisco, Paris Club, Brent Balika, The Dawson, Margeaux Brasserie

Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2016
Report: Chicago police are shooting fewer civilians since the Laquan McDonald video release, and other news

Also, a local start-up wants to help Americans make informed decisions on their ballots before they vote.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Laquan McDonald, Chicago Police Department, police brutality, Election 2016, University of Chicago, gun violence, Facebook Live, Gold Coast, Great Chicago Fire, architecture, Three Floyds, Minneapolis, Surly Brewing Co.

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 8, 2016
Airbnb reminds Chicago why Rahm’s nicknamed Mayor 1 Percent

The home-sharing company accuses the mayor of siding with his Gold Coast base at the expense of the “little guys.”
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Will Burns, Ameya Pawar, Airbnb, City Council, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Jesus Garcia

Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2016
Chicago readies Alexander Hamilton statue for Hamilton musical premiere, and other news

Also, the ultimate guide to Playboy’s Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton, Broadway, Chicago Park District, Lincoln Park, Grant Park, Millennium Park, rats, Tree House Humane Society, cats, Hugh Hefner, Playboy, Hyde Park, Gold Coast, Chicago Public Schools, magnet schools, LaSalle Elementary, Blackhawks, NHL, Stanley Cup, Bryan Bickell

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 10, 2016
Best of the Blackout Diaries: Kick up your (high) heels

Father-daughter bonding hits a sartorial snag at Redhead Piano Bar.
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Redhead Piano Bar, Shaw's Crab House, Jager, Trump Tower, Gold Coast, drinking story, Ontario Street, Boz Scaggs, Lido Shuffle

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 16, 2016
Maple & Ash offers Gold Coast excess at excessive prices

The whimsical twist on the typically stuffy steak-house format would benefit from a little discipline.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Maple & Ash, steak house, Gold Coast, Belinda Chang, sommelier, wine, Cristiana DeLucca, Hook’s cheddar

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 9, 2015
Recommended
The cocktails flow at GreenRiver

New York City restaurateur Danny Meyer and the duo behind NYC cocktail joint Dead Rabbit make their booze-forward Chicago debut inside a Northwestern Medicine building.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, GreenRiver, Danny Meyer, Dead Rabbit, Aaron Lirette, Celeste, MK, Acadia, Gold Coast, Montgomery Burns, Monk's Cafe, Northwestern Medicine, Lavin Family Pavilion, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Nov 29, 2014
Well-dressed women celebrate Mag Mile style

The fashionable represented at the "Chicago Styled" opening at the Chicago History Museum.
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, Chicago History Museum, Petra Slinkard, Nena Ivon, Costume Council, Chicago Styled, Mag Mile, North Michigan Avenue, Gold Coast, fashion, Chicago street style

Blogs, Bleader May 26, 2014
Reader's Agenda Mon 5/26: Irish Fest, "Yes, You're in Heaven," and Victor Wooten

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, May 26
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Chicago Gaelic Park Irish Fest, Gaelic Athletic Association, Screaming Orphans, Famous Idaho Potato, School of the Art Institute, Yes You're in Heaven, Gold Coast, Grammy, Victor Wooten, SPACE, Evanston

Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 13, 2014
Rahm reels toward his reelection bid

A new poll is the latest sign that Mayor Emanuel could be in trouble.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Sun-Times, elections, polls, Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Karen Lewis, City Council, Robert Fioretti, Robert Shaw, Richard M. Daley, parking meters, taxes, infrastructure, potholes, development, black voters, Barack Obama, Miguel del Valle, Gery Chico, south side, west side, mental health clinics, city workers, water bills, school closings, Barack Obama College Prep, Gold Coast, TIFs, tax incremement financing, Leslie Hairston, Roderick Sawyer, Toni Foulkes, Hispanic voters, Jim Oberweis, UNO, United Neighborhood Organization, Luis Gutierrez

News & Politics, Feature Feb 26, 2014
Are Chicago's elite private schools as diverse as they claim to be?

The socioeconomic makeup of the city's private schools is a public policy issue—or should be one.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, Poverty and segregation in Chicago schools, private schools, diversity, Hyde Park, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Latin School of Chicago, Francis Parker School, diversity staments, website, tuition, socioeconomic diversity, poverty, education, public schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, U.S. News & World Report, American Journal of Education, racial diversity, ethnic diversity, tax deductions, nonprofits, Rob Reich, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, New York Times, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, tax returns, education expense credits, taxes, income taxes, Illinois Department of Revenue, Sue Hofer, tax credits, John Dewey, University of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, cultural diversity, Jeremy Manier, National Association of Independent Schools, NAIS, independent schools, parochial schools, Chicago Waldorf School, Morgan Park Academy, Chicago Academy for the Arts, Myra McGovern, financial aid, Evelyne Girardet, Randall Dunn, Dominic Saracino

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 1, 2014
Recommended
At Paul Kahan's Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang

Can rusticity thrive inside a refined Gold Coast hotel? You betcha.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Nico Osteria, One Off Hospitality Group, Gold Coast, hotels, Big Star, Blackbird, Avec, The Publican, burgers, Erling Wu-Bower, Italian restaurants, rusticity, Thompson Hotel, bars, bourbons, Pappy Van Winkle, kitchen counter seating, mussels, ciabatta, salt, Rick Bayless, bucatini, squid ink, sardines, fish, triangolini, menus, fettunta, bruschetta, starters, pastas, entrees, crudo, octopus, crab, sformato, sunchokes, lobster, branzino, service, turnips, greens, wine lists, Italian wines, Greek wines, Karydas Xinomavro, meat, pork belly, swordfish, sartu di riso, arancini, risotto balls, Amanda Rockman, desserts, affogato, gelato, sorbet, cocktails, Recommended

News & Politics, Zoom in Oct 26, 2013
Zoom in: Near North

As the Near North Side blossoms with swanky hotels and tourist-focused restaurants, a few of the neighborhood's sex stores are intent on hanging around.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Zoom in, sex stores, near-north side, Frenchy's Adult Bookstore, Gold Coast, Lance Watson, porn, sex toys

Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2013
Street View 133: Glossy grunge at the Gold Coast

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 133
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, Arts, womenswear, fall, leather, spiky, grungy, dark, Gold Coast, fashion, Chicago street style, Image

Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Jun 20, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Architectural Open House

Open House Chicago
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Arts & Culture, Best of Chicago 2013, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Open House Chicago, Great Chicago Spaces and Places, the Loop, Murphy/Jahn, Gold Coast, Charnley-Persky home, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Uptown, Agudas Achim, Critics' Picks

Arts & Culture, Book Review May 14, 2013
The unfinished business of Richard M. Daley

Keith Koeneman's new biography, First Son, details Daley's accomplishments—but it barely sets foot in the city he reigned over.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Book Review, Richard M. Daley, Chicago, Auburn-Gresham, Walmart, Latasha Thomas, African-American, Hispanic, Keith Koeneman, First Son, Huffington Post, Cook County, Jane Byrne, Harold Washington, Ed Burke, David Axelrod, Hispanic Democratic Organization, Bobby Rush, Gold Coast, Lakeview, Chatham

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2013
Inhaling sea meat at Da Lobsta

Lobster rolls done simply or with a lot of stuff in the Gold Coast.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, da lobsta, lobster roll, gold coast, mag mile, streeterville, shaw's crab house, clam chowder, mac and cheese, lobster

Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 10/13

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, October 13, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago Architecture Foundation, International Museum of Surgical Science, Gold Coast, the Logan Center for the Arts, Hyde Park, Thalia Hall, Pilsen, Logan Square, Squared!, The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, O'Malley's Pub, Sideshow Theatre Company, Rock for Kids

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2012
How I won the marathon*

My record in the Chicago marathon didn't last
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Mudville, Marathon Week, Sports, Variations on a Theme, marathons, Chicago marathon, Pan-American marathon, Mayor Daley Marathon, Chicago Motor Club, Richard J. Daley, Daley Center, Paul Ryan, Gold Coast, Lincoln Park Zoo, Lake Shore Drive, Grant Park, Field Museum, Soldier Field, Promontory Point, Buckingham Fountain, Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill, New York City marathon, Tribune, Dan Cloeter.

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