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City Life, Shop Local Feb 15, 2021
Kit brings the bar to you

The newly opened small business offers professional quality bar tools and local expertise.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Shop Local, Kit: A Bar Supply Store, cocktails, bartender, bar, Rachel Miller, Lindsey Miller, Community Tavern, Irving Park

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 7, 2020
Build your own Chicago bar cart

The at-home bar cart starter kit that supports local businesses
- By Jenna Rimensnyder
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, bar cart, cocktails, starter kit, old fashioned, martini, negroni, North Shore Distillery, FEW Spirits, Koval Distillery, Maplewood Brewery & Distillery, Bitter Ex, Ryan Rezvani, Stephanie Andrews, bitters, CBD, Cocktails for Ding Dongs, Dustin Drankiewicz, Alexandra Ensign, The Smith, Barshop Chicago, Kit: A Bar Supply Store

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2020
Quarantinis delivered

Here’s where you can get to-go cocktails around Chicago.
- By Jenna Rimensnyder
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, cocktails, bottled cocktails, to-go, takeout, Au Cheval, Pickleback Kit, Beatrix, Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba, Club Lucky, Daisies, Furious Spoon, Lena Brava, Kanela Breakfast Club, Kumiko, La Luna, Lost Lake, Maplewood Brewery & Distillery, Mi Tocaya Antojeria, Three Dots and a Dash, Virtue

City Life, Stay at Home Apr 28, 2020
The Reader's stay-at-home chronicles: day 39

What we're reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Stay at Home, COVID-19, coronavirus, soccer, Caitlin Murray, Netflix, The Magicians, The English Game, Queen, WOXY, macaroni and cheese, cocktails, bourbon, Jo Snow, Quincy Street Distillery, cats

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 19, 2018
Recommended
Flight Club Darts Chicago is a flight of fancy

Raw oysters, rosé cotton candy, hookah-smoking sloths, and darts—what more could you and your Anglophile friends ask for?
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Flight Club Darts Chicago, social darts, cardoon thistle amaro, mortal, seafood tower, darts, Peter Vestinos, Flight Club Darts, Steve Moore, Flight Club, cocktails, oysters, instant replays, cotton candy, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 3, 2018
Recommended
Radio Anago is Brendan Sodikoff’s sushi cave under the deep dark sea …

Hogsalt Hospitality takes a pure, respectful approach to fish amid River North’s culinary cliches.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Radio Anago, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, Sawada Matcha, Sawada Coffee, River North, sushi, Hari Chan, Macku Chan, Kaze Chan, Macku Sushi, Momotaro, Heat, Mirai Sushi, Heat, uni shooters, pork belly buns, California Tamaki Gold, sushi rice, uni, Military Latte, fried chicken, gold leaf, 80s cuisine, Jiro, soft serve, cocktails, boozy steamer, mai tai, old-fashioned, yukhoe, Wagyu tartare, houji, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 20, 2018
Recommended
Old Habits is bar food reborn

The kitchen at Avondale’s Ludlow Liquors is so good it gets its own name.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Ludlow Liquors, Old Habits, Avondale, the Orbit Room, cocktail bars, Nick Jirasek, Eric Valdivia, Wade McElroy, Jeff Donahue, Leisure Activities, Sportsman's Club, Estereo, Larry's, Mark Steuer, the Beefy Boy, Depot Diner, Tony Fitzpatrick, Theaster Gates, Currency Exchange Café, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, the Moonlighter, Fort Willow, bar food, lumpia, crab dragoon, cocktails, Kevin Heisner, rib tips, Ludlow Liquors/Old Habits, MicroMagic frozen meals, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 29, 2018
The Warbler sings its song for every kind of eater

Stop the presses: there's an interesting new spot in Lincoln Square
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Square restaurants, bars, Gather, The Warbler, Ken Carter, David Breo, Gene's Sausage Shop, PNA, Thai restaurants, Davis Theater, Carbon Arc Bar, Jibek Jolu, Monty Gaels, Taco in a Bag, Monti's, Barba Yianni, New Asia, Nhu Lan, Gideon Welles, Nick's Pizza & Pub, Spacca Napoli, Cibo Matto, the Wit, Charlie Trotter's, cocktails

Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2017
Beatnik’s cocktails provide an international vacation in a glass in West Town

Boho-swank decor and cocktails with ingredients from around the world give Beatnik a Mediterranean flair.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Beatnik, cocktails, West Town, Liz Pearce, Melange of Modern Culture, Scottish Spice Trail, Second Fiddle, Multitasking at its Finest

Food & Drink, Bar Review Jun 28, 2017
Park & Field’s patio takes outdoor drinking to another level

The new 6,000-square-foot patio boasts bocce courts, a camper bar, a fire pit—and some underwhelming food and drink offerings.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Bar Review, Park & Field, patio, Logan Square, bar, bocce, cocktails, al fresco

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2017
The newly renovated Davis Theater is a vaudeville house for the 21st century

More than a movie theater, the newly renovated "entertainment complex" will host a series of community events, including a live Oscar viewing party in support of Common Threads.
- By Leah Pickett
- Tags: Film, Moviegoing, Food & Drink, Davis Theater, Lincoln Square, Tom Fencl, Easy, Joe Swanberg, Malin Ackerman, Oscars, Common Threads, Super Bowl, video games, DOC10, Carbon Arc, Half Acre, Amy's Candy Bar, cocktails, movie trivia

Food & Drink, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
A dozen new Chicago restaurants for outdoor dining

Sate yourself alfresco at these patios and rooftops.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Summer Guide, Americano 2211, alfresco dining, Bernie's Lunch & Supper, Boeufhaus, Cotton Duck, Dos Urban Cantina, the Duck Inn, Kevin Hickey, Expat, Element Collective, Kimski, Maria's Bar & Packaged Goods, Saint Lou's Assembly, Jared Wentworth, Spoke & Bird, To Hayati at Taxim, Whisk, Ron Swanson, Parks and Recreation, brunch, breakfast, cocktails

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2015
Crown Tap and Best Intentions are dive bars no more

Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Crown Tap Room, Crown Liquors, Marble, Best Intentions, chicago, bars, cocktails, logan square, avondale

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2015
Drumbar's new summer cocktail menu seeks balance on the top floor

Mixologists at the old-school cocktail spot try to balance flavors while using what's new and unusual.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Drumbar, Whitney Morrow, Gary Matthews, Chereau liqueur, Malort, Raffaello Hotel, cocktails

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2015
Spirits for spirits—local bars create cocktails inspired by Vodou's Lwa

Local bars create boozy tributes to the Field Museum's "Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti" exhibit.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Field Museum, Vodou: Sacred Powers of Haiti, Spirits for Spirits, cocktails, Danbala, Erzulie Frieda, Ogou Feraille, the Marassa Twins, Bar Pastoral, Barrelhouse Flat, Geek Bar, Henry's Swing Club, Italian Village, Rogers Park Social, the Boundary, the Grafton, Signature Room

Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2014
One Sip: Watermelon cocktails and the Red Lady

The Red Lady cocktail, with watermelon, basil, and pisco, smells like summer.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, watermelon, cocktails, pisco, tequila, bourbon, chile, cayenne, Red Lady, In-Sandiary, Kentucky Devil

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Aug 29, 2014
Video
Cocktail Challenge: Black sesame

Patrick Smith of the Violet Hour makes a cocktail that's "like a painkiller."
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Violet Hour, Patrick Smith, Maria Carlin, Big Star, Black sesame, Riga Black Balsam, rum, cocktails, mixology, Black Magic Woman, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Rubel, Henry's Swing Club, three-penis wine, cocktail challenge, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 16, 2014
Recommended
MFK offers an underground refuge

The Spanish-focused seafood spot is a testament to virtuous simplicity.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, mfk., Nick Lacasse, M.F.K. Fisher, seafood, Spanish food, Lincoln Park, The Drawing Room, anchovies, toast, boquerones, white anchovies, fennel, peppers, fish, shrimp, chile oil, Indiana shrimp farms, octopus, grits, scallops, lemon, avocado, gazpacho, salads, papaya, cucumbers, snap peas, bouillabaisse, clams, cobia, salbitxada, sauces, ham, cheese, manchego, carrots, corn, elotes, fregola, pasta, peaches, mint, basil, seasonal cuisine, small plates, tapas, tapas bars, cocktails, wines, wine lists, biodynamic wines, steak, Mfk, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 1, 2014
Recommended
Evanston's Boltwood is unpredictable—and that's not a complaint

Ex-Publican chef de cuisine Brian Huston goes home.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boltwood, Brian Huston, Evanston, The Publican, John Kim, Brothers K Coffeehouse, oysters, olives, peppers, nuts, toast, sable, ricotta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bar snacks, snacks, wines, cocktails, Few Spirits, squid, menus, vegetables, kohlrabi, fish, seafood, palm sugar, butter, squid, cauliflower, potatoes, pumpkin seeds, steak, chiles, cantaloupe, blue cheese, cheese, anchovies, eggplant, cashews, beets, pistachio, culantro, grapefruit, salads, avocado, pea shoots, garlic, schmaltz, loup de mer, zucchini, meatballs, lamb, shrimp, desserts, pies, sorbet, gelato, Recommended

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Jul 31, 2014
Video
Cocktail Challenge: Cheez-Its

Matty Colston of Parachute pairs cheesy snack crackers with kimchi.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Matty Colston, Cheez-Its, cocktails, snacks, kimchi, Kimcheez-It, caraway, gin, lovage, infused gin, broth, kimchi juice, chile paste, gochujang, lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice, celery salt, pilsners, Krombacher Pils, beer, micheladas, Parachute, cocktail challenge, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2014
Jonathan Zaragoza on leaving Masa Azul: 'Just gonna chill.'

The young chef who revamped the Logan Square spot is taking some time for himself.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Booze, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jonathan Zaragoza, Masa Azul, Birrieria Zaragoza, Jason Lerner, Mexican food, tequila, mezcal, cocktails, Brian Adee, Jenny Kessler

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 22, 2014
Más makes Mexican with more and more and more . . .

. . . but more isn't better at this new West Loop spot.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, West Loop, Mexican restaurants, Yanitzin Sanchez, Sabor Saveur, botanas, salsas, tacos, guacamole, crudos, esquites, seafood, steak, lamb, cocktails, tequila, desserts, French toast, cheese, gazpacho, pastor, grouper, chorizo, bacon, Más

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 28, 2014
Recommended
Right and wrong: Sodikoff's High Five Ramen and the Melmans' Ramen-San

Hogsalt Hospitality and Lettuce Entertain You face off over noodle soup.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Ramen-San, High Five Ramen, ramen, David Chang, Momofuku Noodle Bar, Brendon Sodikoff, Santouka, Ramen Misoya, Lettuce Entertain You, Hogsalt Hospitality, cocktails, Paul McGee, whiskey, Japanase whiskeys, Doug Psaltis, cucumber, sesame, togarashi, uni, chicken, shrimp, pork, wontons, Studio Paris, tonkotsu, soy, broth, shiitake, mushrooms, vegetarian options, seaweed, bamboo, scallions, ginger, chashu, hanjuku tamago, eggs, kimchi, garlic, black garlic, Bub City, brisket, River North, shoyu ramen, tonkotsu, corn, miso, chile oil, Sun Noodle, temomi, noodles, ichimi, sansho, spiciness, marrow, Jeff Pikus, mirin, leeks, bean sprouts, pork belly, bushi, bonito, mackerel, tare, squid, Green Street Smoked Meats, sake, Asahi, beer, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 30, 2014
Recommended
Brendan Sodikoff's new Italian spot enters a crowded field

But the pastas alone will set Cocello apart from its peers.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cocello, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, River North, Italian restaurants, Eataly, Joe Fish, Nico Osteria, Cicchetti, Azzura EnoTavola, Dillman's, menus, pastas, handmade pastas, salads, antipasti, meat, fish, seafood, crudo, red snapper, lemon, olive oil, sea salt, beef carpaccio, peas, fava beans, ricotta cheese, artichoke heats, Parmesan cheese, chile, frico, octopus, caper, neonata, steak, osso bucco, chicken, chicken cacciatore, sauces, fennel, potatoes, porchetta, rosemary, cacio de pepe, Reggiano cheese, linguine, clams, broth, pork, orecchiette, sausage, kale, garlic, penne, guanciale, Amaticiana sauce, eggs, Bavette's, bread, bakeries, desserts, affogato, tiramisu, zeppole, olive-oil cake, cocktails, negronis, manhattans, vermouth, service, restaurant names, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 23, 2014
Recommended
Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants' new seafood house, is for ballers

Few people seem to have mourned the passing of Rosebud Trattoria—but something more current has taken its place.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Joe Fish, Rosebud, Centro Ristorante, Alex Dana, Grant Pick, Chicago Reader, River North, Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Sneed, Rosebud Steakhouse, Rosebud Prime, Carmine's, portions, Italian restaurants, seafood restaurants, fish, seafood, Nico Osteria, service, appetizers, salads, entrees, oysters, bacon, spinach, Pamesan cheese, crab, crab cakes, lobster, avocado, lamb, chicken, steak, burgers, sea bass, prosciutto, branzino, Dover sole, wild rice, bouillabaisse, squid, mussels, clams, shrimp, pasta, rice, linguine alle vongole, risotto, tomatoes, ramps, Bang Bang Pie, cocktails, biscuits, desserts, cheesecake, pecan pie, pies, ricotta cheese, honey, almonds, blackberries, cake, Recommended

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