We’ve been anxiously awaiting Drumbar, the speakeasy-inspired lounge perched atop Raffaello Hotel’s 18th story. Naturally, then, we wasted no time sending our photographer on Saturday... Read more
The Drinkingbird flew onto Lincoln Park's burgeoning cocktail scene last month, and we figured Friday was high time for us to pay the 1960s-inspired lounge a visit... Read more
Chicago Craft Beer Week kicked off in fine fashion Thursday at Beer Under Glass, a celebration of craft brewers held at Garfield Park Conservatory... Read more
We submersed ourselves in the Friday night festivities at newcomer Mercer One Thirteen, where the opened streetside windows afforded a glimpse into the sleek space, a mélange of exposed brick, polished hardwood, and woodsy wall coverings... Read more
Between the Kentucky Derby, a much-hyped boxing match, and Cinco de Mayo, it seemed the entire city found reason to be out and about on Saturday... Read more
After a string of delays, the Matilda and Clutch crew debuted their latest project, a three-room gastropub housed by an historic River West building, earlier this month... Read more
The School of the Art Institute Chicago's annual fashion to-do, The Walk, went off in a big way on the evening of April 19 in a massive white tent pitched for the occasion in Millennium Park... Read more
After the screens for the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival went dark last Thursday, Rodan kept the flicks-plus-tunes theme going steady. The Wicker Park bar and lounge played host to the festival’s opening-night after-party, where reggae DJs dug into record crates beside projections of moving pictures... Read more
It’s been close to a month since the doors opened to Scofflaw, a Logan Square bar and lounge that, like certain cocktail-driven predecessors, resembles an alluring, dimly lit sitting room... Read more
