Co-founder of A Safe Haven, a network of shelters that address the causes of chronic homelessness and teach residents how to live without drugs and alcohol and reenter society Read more
There’s family vacation, and then there’s vacation from family. Welcome to your new I-just-need-30-minutes-to-myself holiday drinking destination: The Double, which opened December 10th in Logan Square... Read more
Fountainhead lures all ages and creeds with a tried-and-true local bar formula: It flaunts trends (cask beer, anyone) while retaining the feeling of casual familiarity that Chicago's night owls love best. Read more
Dear The Whistler,
We love your finely crafted cocktails at ridiculously recession-proof prices, but shuffling our feet on the sidewalk as we wait to get into what’s essentially a neighborhood bar can feel just plain silly... Read more
I ran into the bubbly Lynne McDaniel at the Chairs for Charity event a couple of weeks ago, and she gave me a heads-up about the Black Friday sale she’s having at her Chicago Lawn vintage furniture store, An Orange Moon.Read more
ON A ROLL: The sandwich that can't be stopped—five favorites from Joey's Shrimp House, The Crossroads Bar & Grill, The Rocking Horse, Mac & Min's, and The Big Easy Read more
By Penny Pollack, Kaitlin Petersen, and Lena Singer
Goodbye, Charlie
After giving a ridiculously courteous three-and-a-half-months notice, Matthias Merges left his post as director of everything Trotter-related on October 5th (officially speaking, he was director of operations and executive chef at Charlie Trotter’s)... Read more
