Finish this Sentence: Daniel Malone of Roost

By GINA BAZER

Daniel Malone, the owner of the Andersonville antique shop Roost, finishes our curious-minds-want-to-know sentences today... Read more

Penny's Restaurant Picks for Valentine's Day

By Penny Pollack

On Valentine’s Day, Penny’s heart is in all the right places: Listen to Chicago’s dining editor Penny Pollack her Valentine’s Day restaurants on Dean Richards’ Sunday Morning show this Sunday, 2/12, at 12:10pm on WGN Radio 720. Read more

Chilapan to Open Second Location in Ravenswood

By Penny Pollack, Graham Meyer, and Carly Boers

Holy Mole, Batman
The two-year-old Logan Square Mexican spot Chilapan, known for its high-quality food and chill ambiance, will get a sibling in Ravenswood... Read more

Gentner Open House, A Touch of Vintage, Virtu Sale

By Bradley Lincoln

Designer Christopher Gentner has opened a retail River North showroom after more than 20 years crafting custom metal furniture and architectural elements for high-profile designers and showrooms (Holly Hunt, Donghia, Soucie Horner, Doug Levine, et al) out of his 10,000-square-foot shop on the southwest side... Read more

The Paths of Chicago Twitterers

By Whet Moser

A map of Chicago using geotagged tweets shows the corridors of travel from one point to another, based on who's tweeting from where. It mostly looks like you'd expect, with one mystery. Read more

Top 5 Things to Do This Week

On your agenda: You and Rosie talk Trump at the Siskel … Invisible Man makes its stage debut at the Court … dudes in tutus take over the Harris … plus, what the two-time National Poetry Slam champ Roger Bonair-Agard is doing this weekend Read more

This Week in Building Demolition and Other Urban Development

By Whet Moser

The Brand Brewing building, the "To Be Demolished" photo project, a Charles M. Palmer building on South Michigan, and more news from the streets. Read more

Seven Places To Drink Cheap But (Mostly) Good Canned Beer

By Amalie Drury

Holidays wipe out your bank account? Tired of dropping $20 (not including tax and tip) for only two drinks? Option one: Cut your losses and move to a dry county. Option two: cheap beer, or “old man cans,” as some bars like to call them... Read more

The Making of a Font: Jackson Cavanaugh on Harriet

By Jennifer Wehunt

G WHIZ!: A local typographer talks us through the making of a font Read more

Playing Host on New Year’s Eve? Three Mixologists Share Festive Drink Recipes; Plus: Three Hot NYE Bashes

By Amalie Drury

Some people treat New Year’s Eve as the party of parties, a no-brainer occasion for a blowout night on the town. (If that’s you, skip to the end of this post.) Other people, like me, prefer to bypass the cab wars and ring in the year with friends at a house party... Read more

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