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- City Life, Shop Local Feb 15, 2021
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Kit brings the bar to you
The newly opened small business offers professional quality bar tools and local expertise.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Mar 12, 2019
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Prewar blues great Georgia White died forgotten in Chicago
Singer and pianist Georgia White made dozens of classic records for Decca from 1935 to 1941, then fell off the map in the 1970s.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 1, 2019
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Irving Park’s Finom is a good place for a latte, a lecsó sandwich, and a nap
It’s Hungarian food and hibiscus tea.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 16, 2018
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Carnitas La Esquinita hides in plain sight
But it’s a serious contender in the little-meats game.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 27, 2018
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Chicago’s taco game is strong: these three spots prove the taqueria, if nothing else, abides
A taco crawl for the end times—El Santo Taqueria, the Chicago Taco Authority, and Tomatillo Taco-Ville
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 26, 2018
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Astoria Café is home to some heroic buns
Irving Park's Serbian bakery has savory pastries of epic proportions, and much more.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 20, 2017
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The best new Chicago restaurants of the year
Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 15, 2017
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Raisu raises the bar for raw fish
The low-profile sushi spot in Irving Park might help you miss Katsu a little less.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Apr 24, 2017
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Ana the Irving Park crossing guard confronts dangerous and disrespectful drivers to keep kids safe
Stationed at the complicated intersection of Elston, Grace, and Bernard, Ana is a much-needed neighborhood fixture.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 4, 2016
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Chicago's 'elevated comfort food' trend just won't quit—and Irving Park's HQ Howard Quintero is proof
The abilities of HQ Howard Quintero's chef extend beyond grilling hunks of meat.
- City Life, Space Jul 28, 2015
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How a Chicago master gardener transformed her yard from bleak to bountiful
Musician and gardener Ellen Bunch turned her Irving Park backyard into an organic garden.
- City Life, Space Oct 26, 2014
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Storefront living in a former model airplane factory in Irving Park
Rosalie Schultz has lived in the same building for 62 years, since she was five years old.
- Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 25, 2014
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Best YMCA branch
Lakeview
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Tue 9/17: Fried chicken, Strfkr, and a panel discussion
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, September 17.
- Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 20, 2013
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Best Place to Learn Dancing as a Second Language
Ethnic Dance Chicago
- Best of Chicago, Sports & Recreation Jun 19, 2013
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Best YMCA Branch
Lakeview
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2013
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OK turns out to be pretty good at Tixteco Mexican Restaurant
Al pastor mom's way and some lengua, too
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2013
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A first look at North Center's Pide ve Lahmacun
Pide ve Lahmacun: coffee, tea, and Turkish "pizza" steps away from the Irving Park Brown Line stop
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2012
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One Bite: the mother of all schnitzel sandwiches at Olga's Deli
This dusty Irving Park deli builds gigantic, humbling sandwiches.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2012
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This week's Food & Drink: Bread & Wine, bamboo fungus
In this week's Food & Drink: Bread & Wine, Key Ingredient bamboo fungus
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2012
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Umi: Irving Park's new, dependable Japanese restaurant
The Irving Park neighborhood now has a dependable if unsurprising Japanese restaurant
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2011
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This Week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient duck tongues, Irving Park's Al Dente, Ethyl's Beer & Wine Dive, and more
In this week's Food & Drink: Key Ingredient duck tongues, Irving Park's Al Dente, Ethyl's Beer & Wine Dive, and more Irving Park restaurants.