Market strays from the sports-bar norm: It's less about the champagne of beers and more about champagne, from a Chandon Brut-infused Tom Collins martini to an entire roster of sparkling cocktails. The addition of yeasty, boozy champagne to my Market Mojito ($12), for example, turned a classic into something..." /> Market strays from the sports-bar norm: It's less about the champagne of beers and more about champagne, from a Chandon Brut-infused Tom Collins martini to an entire roster of sparkling cocktails. The addition of yeasty, boozy champagne to my Market Mojito ($12), for example, turned a classic into something..." /> Market strays from the sports-bar norm: It's less about the champagne of beers and more about champagne, from a Chandon Brut-infused Tom Collins martini to an entire roster of sparkling cocktails. The addition of yeasty, boozy champagne to my Market Mojito ($12), for example, turned a classic into something..." />
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May 2009
Market Report
The sleek new West Loop spot Market strays from the sports-bar norm: It's less about the champagne of beers and more about champagne, from a Chandon Brut-infused Tom Collins martini to an entire roster of sparkling cocktails. The addition of yeasty, boozy champagne to my Market Mojito ($12), for example, turned a classic into something... Read more
On the Market: Kid Stuff—Lincoln Park
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $2.595 million
The Property: This elegant 12-year-old home in Lincoln Park can also handle a crew of rambunctious kids. Just ask the sellers, Dick and Annie Rothkopf, who raised three kids there and are now downsizing. In fact, it was a teenager who found them the... Read more
Getting Juicy
 

Interior designer Jessie Davidson of Juicy & Co. is hosting a Country Antique Market featuring items she’s brought back from the Brimfield Antique Market in Massachusetts and the Scott Market in Atlanta, as well as some furniture of her own design. All of her finds will be staged under a striped tent in a garden setting. Friday, May 29, noon to 3 p.m. and Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 210 East Center Ave. in Lake Bluff.

—Gina Bazer

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Whole in One
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby
Ten Reasons We’re Excited About the New Whole Foods, Opening on May 20th
  1. The new 75,000-square-foot space at 1550 North Kingsbury Street (312-587-0648) is the third-largest WF in the world. (London and Austin, that’s where.)
  2. More than 400 free parking spaces for customers.
  3. Fresh food venues—which Lettuce Entertain You consulted on—line the store, including The Pilsen Taquería, Wicker Park Subs, Chicago Smokehouse, and Taylor Street Italian...
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May Flowers, Simon Pearce, Walkin’ the Walks!
By Bradley Lincoln
Gosh it rained a lot this spring, didn’t it? If April showers bring May flowers, I’m expecting my backyard to turn into the Botanical Garden any day now. By the way, know what May flowers bring? Pilgrims. (Thank you, I’ll be here all week!) If you didn’t get around to planting anything yet, no worries—there are a lot of garden sales going on this weekend to help you stock up on annual and perennial flowers as well as a variety Read more
Totally Free Edition
The Five
Don’t-miss free events for 05.13.09 through 05.19.09

1. Manifest @ Columbia
2. Eighth Blackbird, Pacifica Quartet @ the U. of C., Roosevelt
3. Michael Pollan @ Harold Washington … Read more
The Suite Life
 

Ever checked into Fort Pitt? Known for its warehouse full of used hotel furnishings from across the country, they’ve recently hit the penthouse! The Ritz-Carlton Chicago is redecorating 23 top-floor suites and Fort Pitt is selling the furniture and accessories the hotel is unloading—Louis XVI styles complete with ball and claw foots details, solid and stately pieces from big-name makers Traditional Hickory, Thomasville, Baker, as well as Frederick Cooper lamps in marble and solid brass (owner Scott Zawitz scored a few for his hip homestead—see his place in the July/August issue of Chicago Home + Garden). I’d love the half-moon tables in an entry hall, decorative side tables mixed into a more modern interior, elegant armoires, sleeper sofas as instant guest quarters. It’s all in great shape but a tad traditional for our eye. At these prices ($99–$299) we say the occasional upholstered chairs are ripe for your reupholstery, and fine wood pieces ready for a repainting, refinishing, or lush coat of lacquer. DIY or ring Agnes Barron, at Meble Custom Design Studio, 773-772-8200; she’s done the trick on many a find. See the Ritz haul at 1400 W. 37th St., Saturdays 9:30AM to 5:30PM and Sundays noon-5PM.

—BARRI LEINER

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Thread Lounge Opens in Lincoln Park
By Bridget Maiellaro
Not the First, Not the Last
After years of gaining popularity across the United States through her designer sample sales, Colleen Schmidt opened the Midwest’s first permanent Thread Lounge (918 W. Armitage Ave.; 773-281-0011, threadlounge.com) last month. The new Lincoln Park shop offers up to 75 percent off wholesale clothing and accessories from more than 350 designers, including 2bfree, Gossip, and T-Bags. With two other permanent shops in... Read more