Vanishing Act
Newcomers blend in with old Victorians
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Boxcar—Non!
Many windows and long lots open up Paris-themed condos
The Survivor
House withstands the Great Depression and current crisis
5 Bars …
that open early Saturday for long summer afternoons of alfresco drinking
Victor/Victorian
A new restaurant-bar hybrid in Boystown embraces its graystone roots; plies nightlifers with stiff drinks and comfort food
Weekend Photos: Cattle Call
Cowboy hats, line dancing, tight jeans? Must be Cattle Call, Andersonville’s new country-themed LGBT dance bar, where our photographer headed Friday to snap the boot-stomping revelry.
Dish Flash
Playing the Piano
Pollack and one of her favorite Dish spies couldn’t resist checking out lunch at Terzo Piano a few short weeks after the long awaited spot—touting a Tony Mantuano (Spiaggia) menu—opened its doors. A full review will appear in…
Shanghai Surprise
While I pretty much love any place that serves a good drink, restaurant-bars (hello, Lula!) are a personal favorite: better chance of grabbing a seat, good food at the ready, ample wine list. So I was primed to try the year-or-so-old Wang’s (3317 N. Broadway; 773-296-6800), a sort-of restaurant bar attached to the Lake View sushi spot Wakamono that’s been on my to-do list for too long…
Three Big Piggies Go to Market
Purple Hearts
Get ready to pig out. Scott Harris (Mia Francesca) and Jimmy Bannos (Heaven on Seven) (plus a third well-known chef who wishes to remain anonymous for now) are at work on The Purple Pig (500 N. Michigan Ave.), a Mediterranean “cheese, wine, and swine” spot. Bannos’s son, Jimmy Bannos, Jr.—a veteran of various Mario Batali places in New York (Esca, Lupa, Del Posto) for the past five years—will be the chef at the 65-seat Mag Mile spot on the ground floor of what some people know as…
Weekend Photos: Dead Celebrity Bike Bar Crawl
Of all the dead celebrities in all the bars in the world, Chicagoans seem to have a penchant for blondes. Our photographer—who pedaled along on Saturday’s costumed pub crawl, which stopped at at The Long Room, Ravenswood Pub, and the Leadway (5233 N. Damen Ave.), among other local watering holes—points out the preponderance of platinum, from Anna Nicole to Di to Marilyn…