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Arts & Culture, Art Review Jan 14, 2020
‘You Will Die’ reminds us of our mortality

Metal art breaks into the white-wall gallery.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Art Review, You Will Die, Public Works Gallery, Scott Shellhamer, American Heritage, Josh Zoerner, Noelia Towers, Justin Bartlett, Marz Community Brewing, Kuma's Corner, Hatebreed, Gwar, Aghora, Hangman, Artizan, Eliran Kantor, The Pain That Keeps On Giving, Straight Line Stitch, Myrkur, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, metal

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 20, 2019
Blast off with Dark Matter Coffee's Supernova Bar

A delicious collaboration with downstate cannabis grower Nature's Grace and Wellness could be landing at a recreational dispensary near you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Weed Week, Dark Matter Coffee, Unicorn Blood, Supernova Bar, chocolate, THC, weed, cannabis, Nature's Grace and Wellness, La Rifa Choclateria, Caravanserai, Mindy Segal, Kuma's Corner

Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2017
Alexi Front’s Scorched Tundra metal festival covers even more ground in its second Chicago year

This year's Chicago installment of the Swedish-born Scorched Tundra fest features the likes of Oxbow, Fistula, Acid King, and Wolvhammer—plus a beer from Pipeworks and a burger from Kuma's.
- By Noah Berlatsky
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Do This, Music, Scorched Tundra, metal, festival, Alexi Front, Empty Bottle, Pivotal Rockordings, Acid King, Oxbow, Atomic Bitchwax, Fistula, Wolvhammer, Electric Hawk, Sweden, Gothenburg, Pipeworks Brewing, Pipeworks, Kuma's Corner, Kuma's, RLYR, Minsk, Bottomed, Behold! the Monolith

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2017
City introduces pro-immigrant ‘One Chicago’ campaign in response to Trump administration policies, and other news

Also, DePaul bans conservative pundit Gavin McInnes from speaking on campus.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, immigration, immigration issues, Luis Gutierrez, sanctuary cities, Chicago Public Schools, Eddie Johnson, Chicago Police Department, DePaul University, Gavin McInnes, Dennis Holtschneider, Mike Huckabee, Shake Shack, Kuma's Corner, restaurant openings

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2017
Video
Report: The demand for legal guns is on the rise, and other Chicago news

Also, a study has linked high blood pressure to segregated neighborhoods.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, concealed carry, gun laws, Illinois State Rifle Association, Union League Club of Chicago, Northwestern University, public health, segregation, Obama Foundation, George Lucas, Barack Obama, Jordan Howard, Anna Valencia, Oriole, Noah Sandoval, Lisa Madigan, Mike Madigan, Kuma's Corner, restaurant openings, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 29, 2017
Why Chicago’s once-promising food truck scene stalled out

As food trucks have flourished in other U.S. cities, the mobile food industry in Chicago has been systematically immobilized by legislative opposition, onerous red tape, costly fines, and the pro-restaurant lobby.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, food trucks, parking ticket, mobile food, Kyle Kelly, Cajun Connoisseur, Tamale Spaceship, Beavers Donuts, Proco Joe Moreno, Rahm Emanuel, City Council, Tom Tunney, Brendan Reilly, llinois Food Truck Association, Gabriel Wiesen, Cupcakes for Courage, Taquero Fusion, Sun-Times, ABC-7, Slide Ride, Department of Transportation, Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, Matt Geller, Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association, National Food Truck Association, Kogi BBQ, Gaztro-Wagon, Mike Sula, Meatyballs Mobile, Matt Maroni, Phillip Foss, Ann Sather Restaurants, Illinois Restaurateurs political action committee, Illinois Restaurant Association, GPS, food truck ordinance, Duck N Roll, Amy Le, Glenn Keefer, Patrick Sheerin, Kuma's Corner, Crain's Chicago Business, Saucy Porka, Sam Toia, Dan Salls, Salsa Truck, Quiote, Manny Hernandez, Denita Tittle, Ms. Tittle's Cupcakes, Institute for Justice, Anna Helen Demacopoulos, Cook County Circuit Court, John Levy, National Food Truck Association, Minnesota Food Truck Association, Spotted Monkey

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2016
Video
Watch Kuma’s Corner chefs make a spotted-dick burger

Challenged to create a dish with a classic British dessert, Tony Lomanto and Anthony Alfonsi from Kuma’s stay true to their burgercentric restaurant.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient, spotted dick, Kuma's Corner, Tony Lomanto, Anthony Alfonsi, Pat Niebling, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2015
Absolutely the ten best south-side tacos (or confessions of a food-list maker)

When a best tacos list came under fire, it got our writer thinking about why we love best-of lists—and tacos.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Tacos, Chicagoist, Kuma's Corner, Billy Goat Tavern, Steve Dolinsky, Zacatacos, Taqueria El Pastor, Carniceria Aguascalientes, Carnitas Uruapan, Tio Luis Tacos, Mezquite Pollo Express, Taqueria El Milagro, El Conde S.A., Supermercado Internacional, Paco's Tacos, Maxwell Street, Nick Hornby, Melissa McEwen

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll Jun 24, 2015
Best burger
- Tags: Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll, Best of Chicago 2015, Best burger, Kuma's Corner

Blogs, Bleader Mar 6, 2015
No tickets to Bongripper? Try the band's bonkers burger instead

This week's B Side cover subject, Chicago doom band Bongripper, inspired the burger of the month at Kuma's Corner.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Food & Drink, Bongripper, Kuma's Corner, Beat Kitchen, Miserable, Endless, food coma

Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2014
Video
A Parson's bartender creates a cocktail with an oil not approved for human consumption

Challenged to make a drink with mustard oil, Eric Houser concocts an Indian-inspired Bloody Mary.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Food & Drink, cocktail challenge, mustard oil, Parson's Chicken & Fish, Eric Houser, Hanna Mutsch, Kuma's Corner, Graham Courter, The Matchbox, Totally Rasam, Video

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Oct 24, 2014
Video
Kuma's Corner crafts a caramel-apple cocktail—with a miso kick

Hanna Mutsch's challenge: create a drink with fermented soybean paste.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, cocktail challenge, miso, Hannah Mutsch, Kuma's Corner, Marta Jean Evans, Longman & Eagle, Miso Honey, Eric Houser, Parson's Chicken & Fish, Video

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Oct 9, 2014
Video
Cocktail Challenge: Za'atar

Marta Jean Evans of Longman & Eagle makes a historically inspired cocktail with a centuries-old spice blend.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, za'atar, Marta Jean Evans, Longman & Eagle, Stephen Andrews, Billy Sunday, While My Za'atar Gently Weeps, Hanna Mutsch, Kuma's Corner, miso, cocktail challenge, Video

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best place worth a wait

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best place worth a wait, Kuma's Corner, Hot Doug's, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best burger

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best burger, Kuma's Corner, Au Cheval, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Place Worth a Wait

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, place worth a wait, Kuma's Corner, Hot Doug's, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Burger

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, Kuma's Corner, Au Cheval, Readers' Poll

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2013
Where to fulfill your most intense food obsessions

Pie. Handmade noodles. Tacos. Italian subs. Bagels. Mac 'n' cheese. Tamales. Hot dogs. Pizza. Espresso. Oysters. And vegan everything.
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Hoosier Mama Pie Shop, Zocalo, Frontera, El Taco Veloz, pie, El Charro de San, L'patron, El Faro, Atotonilco, noodles, Los Gallos, Taqueria Moran, Harvest Time Foods, coffee, Quesedilla Reyna del Sur, Manolo's Tamales, El Milagro, Rosas Tamales, espresso, Superdawg, Big Guys, Gene and Jude's, Red Hot Ranch, vegan food, Chubby Wieners, oysters, subs, Italian subs, mac 'n' cheese, bagels, pizza, tacos, tamales, hot dogs, Twitter, Facebook, food obsessions, First Slice Pie Cafe, Bang Bang Pie Shop, Katy's Dumpling House, Jibek Jolu, Lazzat Euro Asian Cuisine, Intelligentsia, Wormhole Coffee, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, The Handlebar, Soul Vegetarian East, Arya Bhavan, Chicago Diner, Native Foods Cafe, Blind Faith Cafe, Shaw's Crab House, GT Fish & Oyster, The Publican, Bari Foods, D'Amato's #1 Italian and French Bakery, Gratto Pizzeria & Deli, Half Italian, Schubas, Kuma's Corner, New York Bagel & Bialy, Kaufman's Bagel & Delicatessen, The Bagel, Santullo's Eatery, Dante's Pizzeria, Pizza Metro, Art of Pizza, Bacci Pizzeria, Village Pizza, Once Upon a Bagel

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 13, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Population joins the HoZac nation

Plus: Arbogast does a metal cooking show, and Geronimo celebrate their fifth birthday.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pilsen, Population, HoZac, White Crosses, Implodes, Empty Bottle, Vegan Black Metal Chef, Brutally Delicious, Bruce Moore, Headbangers Ball, Rachael Ray, Arbogast, seitan, Mike Scheid, Aaron Roemig, Kuma's Corner, Ultra Lounge, Behold the Arctopus, The Metal David Byrne, Geronimo, Buzz Yr Girlfriend, Brooklyn, Exploding in Sound, Exanimate

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2013
Out of the blue, Plague Bringer debut a new cyber-grind rager

Plague Bringer drop their first piece of music in years.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, Plague Bringer, grind, metal, drum machine, new song, music, Greg Ratajczak, Josh Rosenthal, cyber-grind, Kuma's Corner, burger

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Place Worth a Wait

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Hot Doug's, Kuma's Corner, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best-Looking Waitstaff

Lula Cafe
- Tags: Food & Drink, Kuma's Corner, Ciao Amore, Lula Cafe, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Burger

Kuma's Corner
- Tags: Food & Drink, Kuma's Corner, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2012
News Bites: Your latest local food news roundup

A new Filipino chicken spot in Uptown, the Wheel House opens, a new Rick Bayless location opens
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kristine Subido, Wave, W Lakeshore Hotel, Wheel House, Kuma's Corner, Jack Stankovic, Mark Bazer, Hot Doug's, Doug Sohn, the Local Beet, CSA Guide, Leela, Bangkok, Bang Rak Market, Wild Game Dinner, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Rick Bayless, Tortas Frontera, Chase Tower's Urban Market.

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Readers' Poll
Best burger

Kuma's Corner voted best burger
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best burger, Readers' poll, Kuma's Corner, Lockdown Bar & Grill, DMK Burger Bar, Readers' Poll

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