In Independence Park, This Chicago Classic Needs A Dog

By Dennis Rodkin

List Price: $449,900
The Property: There’s a short street in Independence Park lined with bungalows, Victorians, and other classic Chicago homes. New on the market is a farmhouse-style house... Read more

This Summer: Fischman Liquors & Tavern Expands, Adding a Restaurant

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

The Jefferson Park craft-beer slashie takes over the space next door for farm-to-table bar food. Read more

Six Questions for Amanda Rockman

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Bristol and Balena’s outgoing pastry chef talks about moving to Lettuce Entertain You. Read more

Coming This March: Sauce and Bread Kitchen, a Locally and Socially Directed Café in Edgewater

By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer

Co-Op Hot Sauce and the bread and pastry business Crumb join forces. Read more

Chicago Cubs Trade Tony Campana and His Historic, Semi-Useful Skill Set

By Whet Moser

The fan favorite is one of the worst pure hitters in baseball, and its best baserunner—a historic skill, and historic absence of skills, that cancel out to make him an okay bench tool. The return: two 17-year-old pitchers. Read more

How Gun Control (and Isolation) Makes Illegal Guns More Expensive

By Whet Moser

Buying a gun illegally in Chicago is expensive. Now that the city's handgun ban has been struck down, will prices drop? Or will isolation maintain a black market? Read more

When Autistic Children Are Children No More

By Cassie Walker Burke

Three local families confront the looming social crisis. Read more

Things To Do This Week

By Kristina Vragovic

Roll into Hub 51 after work; try Homaro Cantu’s “miracle berry”; sample Spiaggia’s haute pasta. Read more

When Autistic Children Are Children No More

By Cassie Walker Burke

Three local families confront the looming social crisis. Read more

Happy Valentine's Day: Gay Marriage Bill Passes Illinois Senate

By Whet Moser

With one Republican crossing the aisle and three Democrats voting no, the bill moves to the Senate. Will good manners suffer and florists shut their doors if it passes? Read more

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