What sets this bar apart isn’t what you can drink, though its massive list of whiskeys is indeed worth celebrating; it’s what you can hear. From Sunday through Thursday, the North Side staple Delilah’s welcomes a different DJ each day with an encyclopedic knowledge of one genre of music — funky soul, hard country, R&B, you name … Read more
You don’t have to go to Oak Park to see Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. Sure, that might be the mecca for Wright enthusiasts, but is it worth sitting in Eisenhower Expressway traffic when you can admire the grand exterior and interior of one of Wright’s most famous works at the Frederick C. Robie House on … Read more
There’s nothing I like doing more than lying down — at home, in parks, but specifically at King Spa & Sauna. For $50 you can spend up to 24 hours lying on all sorts of things: warmed tiles in a hot tub, a wooden bench of a steam room, a hot marble slab in a dry room, … Read more
No local bar’s drink list can match the sheer diversity of tipples that are slung daily along Malt Row in Ravenswood. Just choose a path — along Damen, Ravenswood, or Bowmanville Avenue — and start sipping. It’s all there. Beer gardens. Wine makers. Distilleries. Tap rooms. The choices are buzz inducing. Sample whiskey flights inside Koval Distillery’s chic … Read more
At Brown Elephant Resale Shops, you’ll find furniture, vintage fashion, additions to your vinyl collection … pretty much anything and everything you need (or didn’t know you needed). Long considered secondhand meccas by local thrifters for their well-organized and well-edited selections, the three locations in Lake View, Andersonville, and Oak Park stock donated treasures that … Read more
The tricky part of running a museum dedicated to outer space is that regular daytime hours hide the object of our wonder: the night sky. That script gets flipped with Adler at Night, a weekly opportunity to visit the Adler Planetarium after dark (or what counts for dark in downtown Chicago), with free general admission … Read more
A longtime destination for immigrants, Chicago is home to numerous ethnic museums worth a visit, including the Ukrainian National Museum (2249 W. Superior St.), the National Museum of Mexican Art (1852 W. 19th St.), and the Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark St.). But given the city’s massive Polish population, you may want to start … Read more
There are plenty of great places to see public art in Chicago, from the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza downtown to the colorful murals of neighborhoods like West Town and Pilsen. The Wabash Arts Corridor, founded in 2013, is a newer addition to the city’s street art scene, but the Columbia College Chicago initiative has … Read more
While there are many great places to grab an Italian beef in town, there’s something particularly special about eating one at Chicago’s oldest beef stand. Al’s Beef may now be a local chain, but the original location has been serving the messy sandwiches since 1938, and it’s worth a pilgrimage. What makes Al’s so good … Read more
The Neo-Futurists ensemble’s signature show, Infinite Wrench, is never the same twice, but it’s imbued with its own rituals that have kept fans coming back for 34 years. The performers attempt to make it through 30 very short “plays” in 60 minutes, but these microvignettes aren’t fiction; the Neos draw from their own lives and … Read more
