What You Need to Know About the Chicago Dining Scene This Week By Carly Boers and Carrie Schedler Free ice cream and waffle alert! Read more
Five Things to Do in Chicago This Week Andrew Bird’s Gezelligheid Shows, Aretha Franklin, Made in Chicago Holiday Market, No Match for a Good Blaster, and Shemekia Copeland Read more
Michael Sheerin Takes the Reins at Rockit By Penny Pollack and Carly Boers Starting in January, there'll be changes to the menu, but the vet's mum on specifics. Read more
10 Stories You Should Read About Chicago This Week By Whet Moser What Trump will cost Chicago, Illinois squeezes through an energy bill, and a physicist explains French fries. Read more
Cyclists Often Roll Through Intersections, and That Might Be the Safer Choice By Whet Moser A DePaul study finds that Chicago cyclists regularly do the "Idaho stop," a slow-rolling stop, at stop signs and even lights. And they also suggest there might be a benefit to it. Read more
Meet the Native, Now Open in Logan Square By Peter Ranvestel and Carrie Schedler The space that once housed Bonny's is reborn as a super-relaxed spot. Read more
Which Came First: Trump, or Uptick in Immigration Fears? By Whet Moser Anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise among Republicans, who also view "Islamic fundamentalism" as more of a threat than after 9/11. Read more
Get Dinner and a Movie at Carbon Arc Bar & Board By Penny Pollack and John Hardberger Gilbert Langlois will be making food you can eat in the Davis Theater. Read more
How Bitcoin Could Prevent Real Estate Fraud in Cook County By Jay Schulman A blockchain enthusiast in the recorder’s office has launched a test of the concept. Read more