new spot previously anticipated as Nice Slice Pizza Bar—a venture from the folks behind Simone’s, with a similarly eye-popping interior kit out by the same design team—opened Thursday in Logan Square, and our photographer was on site to document the vast sea of pies, the endless pints of craft brews, and the—daylight!—line down the block..." /> new spot previously anticipated as Nice Slice Pizza Bar—a venture from the folks behind Simone’s, with a similarly eye-popping interior kit out by the same design team—opened Thursday in Logan Square, and our photographer was on site to document the vast sea of pies, the endless pints of craft brews, and the—daylight!—line down the block..." /> new spot previously anticipated as Nice Slice Pizza Bar—a venture from the folks behind Simone’s, with a similarly eye-popping interior kit out by the same design team—opened Thursday in Logan Square, and our photographer was on site to document the vast sea of pies, the endless pints of craft brews, and the—daylight!—line down the block..." />
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July 2010
Boiler Room Opens
The new spot previously anticipated as Nice Slice Pizza Bar—a venture from the folks behind Simone’s, with a similarly eye-popping interior kit out by the same design team—opened Thursday in Logan Square, and our photographer was on site to document the vast sea of pies, the endless pints of craft brews, and the—daylight!—line down the block... Read more
Fiandre’s Active Clean Air Tile
By Jan Parr
Fiandre threw a party last week to announce a new technology: porcelain tiles that actually help improve air quality. How do Active Clean Air tiles do that, you ask?... Read more
Dick Phelan Pulls Up Stakes in Chicago
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.4 million
Sale Price: $2.275 million
The Property: The lawyer and politician Richard J. Phelan and his wife, Barbara, sold their 21st-floor condo at 840 North Lake Shore Drive on June 28th. Read more
Mellow Yellow, Hermés for Home, Vintage Pine Alfresco
By Bradley Lincoln
Three enterprising, like-minded young Chicago interior design grads have formed The Yellow Door Project, a collective studio space to showcase their individual collections of restored and repurposed furniture, artwork, and home design objects, in a former factory loft space at 3065 North Rockwell (corner of Belmont and Rockwell)... Read more
Blago's Lawyers Feel Judge's Heat
By Carol Felsenthal
By several accounts, Blago’s defense lawyers have come off looking like rookies—often tutored by U.S. District Judge James Zagel in a manner reminiscent of a an impatient and bored professor. Read more
Trainor Design Center
By Jan Parr
My husband sometimes accompanies me to showroom openings, various design events, and parties. So when he told me that the spouse of his haircutter was throwing a bash to celebrate the opening of his showroom, of course I was in. Trainor Design Center, (www.Trainordesigncenters.com) located on Lake Street, focuses on all things glass Read more
Strange Barfellows (Plus a Booze Cruise for Beer Fans)
By Amalie Drury
When most people think of Duke of Perth, a Scottish bar in Lake View with more than 75 types of single-malt whiskey on its menu, they think of the following: 1. whiskey (duh), 2. endless fish and chips, 3. green peas, and 4. the back patio, with a pretty cherry tree (or at least what looks like a cherry tree, but I'm no dendrologist) in the middle... Read more
David Leonardis’s Private Sale
By Jan Parr
This Friday and Saturday from 6–10 p.m. at the David Leonardis Gallery, all art—about 1,000 pieces—is being offered at 70 percent off; some for as little as $30... Read more