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October 2011
Vera Wine Bar: Sherry-Obsessed Mom and Pop to Open in the West Loop Next Week
By Amalie Drury
There’s a flurry of action under the El tracks on Lake Street as husband-and-wife team Mark and Elizabeth Mendez—both formerly of Carnivale, where he was the executive chef and she was the wine director—prepare to open their new Spanish-inspired wine bar, Vera, at the address that last housed the short-lived Addiction Sports Bar... Read more
A Roomy Beauty in the Villa
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $1.19 million
The Property: In the early 20th century, the Villa neighborhood was advertised as “The Beauty Spot of the Northwest Side.” Its Arts and Crafts houses are still there, as are the landscaped parkways and the stone light posts (although those are now used as planters), and only a few out-of-character buildings have been added... Read more
Rig Bar Stool
By Jan Parr
I dig this sweet new bar stool from CB2. Handmade of sustainable mango wood, it twists up or down four inches... Read more
A Guide to Ghent, Belgium
By Katherine Sacks
BEYOND BRUSSELS: Forget the capital or overtouristy Bruges—Ghent is the place Belgians really want to live, according to our guides, Chicagoans Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield Read more
Bill Savage, Writer and Editor
By Dmitry Samarov
Dmitry Samarov met his future editor when the Northwestern prof bought one of the artist's paintings in 2001. Here, more on Savage, an avid cyclist and scholar of Chicago history Read more