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- City Life, Feature Nov 24, 2020
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Chicago keeps holiday tradition alive
From digital events to socially distanced pop-ups, things in 2020 can still be merry and bright.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2020
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Quarantinis delivered
Here’s where you can get to-go cocktails around Chicago.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 26, 2020
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Pride is alive this year at Lost Lake's Chick-Feel-Gay 2.0
Don't let Christian-corporate fast food tell you anything different: fried chicken is queer.
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Nov 6, 2019
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Staff Pick: Best Greek Restaurant
Psistaria Greek Taverna
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 6, 2018
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At Young American Nick Jirasek will paint it black
The upcoming barstaurant from Leisure Activities will serve up life, wellness, freshness, and death.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2018
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A cocktail with hoisin sauce? Watch a Lost Lake bartender mix one up with a tiki spin
Challenged to create a drink with the spicy Chinese sauce, Adrienne Stoner puts a version made in-house at Lost Lake into a savory swizzle.
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 22, 2017
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Best cocktail bar
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 22, 2017
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Best mixologist
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 22, 2017
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Best-looking waitstaff
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2017
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The end of an era: Cook County clerk David Orr reportedly won't run again, and other Chicago news
Also, a former pro wrestler, who also happens to be Kellyanne Conway's first client, is running for Illinois governor.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2017
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Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate's ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news
Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
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Lost Lake’s Paul McGee and a tiki bar dream team have created a rum that will make you say, ‘Oh, fuck, that’s delicious!’
How a supergroup of mixologists and one cocktail historian made Plantation OFTD Overproof Rum
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2016
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A pinball art exhibit, Adult Swim Drive-In, and more things to do in Chicago this week
First Tuesdays With Mick and Ben, Seinfeldia, and more happenings from September 6-8
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2016
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Smuggler's Cove tiki bar founders Martin and Rebecca Cate come to Lost Lake for a book signing Tuesday
On Tuesday evening two tiki luminaries will sign their new book, Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki, at Lost Lake.
- Food & Drink, Bar Review Apr 19, 2016
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Milk Room isn’t just for booze nerds
The ticketed eight-seat bar inside the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel offers a singular experience: a history lesson via vintage spirits.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 9, 2016
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Chicago’s essential new cocktail bars, brewpubs, and barstaurants
The 21 recently opened bars where you should be drinking.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2016
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Boogie over to the Texas Tiki Disco at Lost Lake before it's gone
The 1970s-inspired takeover of Lost Lake by Houston's Anvil Bar & Refuge runs through Friday.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 29, 2016
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Lost Lake goes disco, Spike Lee talks Chi-Raq, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Laser Comedy Show, Sunflower Bean, and more happenings from February 29-March 3.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 24, 2015
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Play poobah at Cherry Circle Room
No longer a boys' club, the restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a retreat from Michigan Avenue madness.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2015
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Two beachy recipes from Angostura's U.S. Cocktail Challenge at Lost Lake
Drumbar's Elizabeth Mickiewicz won the regional competition with her Trinidad Cobbler.
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll Jun 24, 2015
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Best bartender/mixologist
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink 2015 Readers' Poll Jun 24, 2015
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Best new bar
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2015
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Lost Lake's Paul McGee talks about what came before the mixology revival
A chat with the master mixologist about the dark years of cocktails.
- City Life, Space Mar 17, 2015
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A makeshift tiki hut in a Mayfair attic gives Lost Lake a run for its money
An old attic gets a tiki makeover thanks to Vince Cerasani and Martina Sheehan.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 12, 2015
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What six Chicago bartenders would drink if they were stranded on a desert island
Paul McGee and five other local drink slingers pick a favorite libation—and where in Chicago they like it best.