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- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Feb 22, 2021
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Don’t Stop the Presses with this bittersweet lager
Support the Reader and local journalism with this tasty new lager from Haymarket Beer Co.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 12, 2020
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Marz Community Kitchen is the future
Restaurants should embrace community food stability during patio season, and beyond
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jan 23, 2020
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Augment beereality with Tech Noir at Marz Community Brewing
These beer cans make music.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 8, 2019
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Cooking for Good Times is Paul Kahan's last cookbook
It's a party at Paul's.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 26, 2019
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RIP Wanda Kurek, the queen of Whiskey Row
The 95-year-old bar matron has passed, but Stanley's will go on.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 13, 2019
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Thattu, the city's only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit
There's a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 5, 2019
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Understanding Mezcal by Jay Schroeder is a witty distillation of the world of agave spirits
Get a grip on agave with this slim volume from Quiote's beverage director.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2018
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Craft beer, corporate beer, and Master Cicerones: drink it all in with Brewmaster
A new documentary explores the world of beer-lovers and it doesn't matter at all that it was funded by Pilsner-Urquell.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 16, 2018
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Five Chicago fast-food wine pairings
At last, the classics get the respect they deserve.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 1, 2018
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Urban Renewal Brewing’s cofounder says the controversial name ‘has nothing to do with urban redevelopment’ policies
"It has nothing to with urban redevelopment, necessarily. Hopefully, people can see the bright side of what we're trying to do, and not harp on the past."
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2018
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Can a Division Street cocktail bar truly capture the spirit of Nelson Algren?
The Neon Wilderness will try, but the phrase "Algren-inspired bar" makes Algren scholar Bill Savage groan.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2018
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How a mead that hasn’t yet hit the market exploded in popularity
Northwest Indiana's Boneflower Mead hasn't yet sold a single bottle of mead—but the company already has a dedicated following.
- Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2018
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When craft beer went corporate: Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out tells how Goose Island's sale transformed an industry
The first craft brewery to sell out to Anheuser-Busch triggered a landslide of similar sales across the country.
- Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2018
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Chicago Craft Beer Week is no more; all hail Illinois Craft Beer Week
Illinois Craft Beer Week features a new festival, plus it's short and sweet this year at only one week long.
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Speed Rack’s season-seven finals bring some of the country’s best bartenders to Chicago
Founder Ivy Mix describes the speed-bartending competition as "like being in the weeds on crack."
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2018
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The new Chicago Style cocktail conference emphasizes thinking as much as drinking
Chicago Style, a cocktail conference taking place from May 7th to 10th at the Ace Hotel, hopes to start a conversation about long-overlooked issues in the beverage industry.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2018
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How a warehouse foul-up led to Fortuitous Union, a high-end rum-whiskey blend
Turner Wathen and Jordan Morris created Rolling Fork Spirits to import the purest rums to the U.S., but their plans went awry when rye whiskey unexpectedly entered the picture.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
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Watch a bartender turn a perfect pairing—queso dip with a michelada—into a cocktail
Challenged to create a cocktail with Lonesome Rose queso dip, bartender Elizabeth Mickiewicz of EZ Inn dehydrates it to rim a savory drink.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2018
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Todos Santos is a mezcaleria, hold the tequila
Quiote's basement bar has a new name, beverage director, and cocktail list, but it remains focused on mezcal.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2018
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Fret not about Don’t Fret’s pop-up bar. It doesn’t exploit Chicago dive bar culture.
The Light Times Club is a warmly nostalgic tribute to a disappearing part of Chicago nightlife: the working-class watering hole.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2018
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Metropolitan Brewing’s long-awaited Avondale taproom pairs beer with river views
The taproom is a little tricky to get to at the moment, but coffee-infused lager awaits those who make the journey.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 18, 2018
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Kalak is a vodka that drinks like whiskey
Why bartender Julia Momose loves Kalak Vodka—and what she makes with it.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2017
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Two new guides to Chicago breweries try to get a handle on the thriving local craft beer scene
The Beermiscuous Field Guide and Beer Lover's Chicago approach the task of providing a guidebook to Chicagoland breweries in different ways.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2017
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Chicago’s only brewery-distillery gets into the bar business with Maplewood Lounge
Maplewood Brewery & Distillery is finally releasing its spirits to the public with the opening of its new Logan Square tasting room.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2017
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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.
