Which mayoral candidate will woo the youth vote? Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle each made a bid Friday night by putting in an appearance at a free schmoozefest hosted by the hip gallery–slash–community center Chicago Urban Art Society, in Pilsen... Read more
Tag: Seen on the Scene
You think hipsters don’t care about football? Wrong. It’s the Black Eyed Peas they can take or leave. An easy-going crowd gathered Sunday for Rory Lake’s Super Pot Luck Bowl Full of Dreams at the Empty Bottle, and our photographer was there to document the alternative game day action in all its indie glory... Read more
It’s been a long time since Mark Farina shared DJ duties with fellow hometown spinner Derrick Carter on Northwestern’s WNUR, but the now San Franciscan still maintains a loyal local following... Read more
The longtime Chicago-house DJ and producer—and hometown son—Felix da Housecat (that’s him in the tortoiseshell specs and plaid shirt) stepped up Saturday for his inaugural spin on the decks at The Mid, a new West Loop dance club that opened December 30th in the old Mannequin space... Read more
The rock lounge Angels & Kings, formerly of River North, reopened last night to an invite-only crowd in the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. Pete Wentz and his new band, Black Cards, played a short set before posing on the red carpet (that’s him, with what we can only assume are pro-Bears swipes of solidarity greasepaint) then hitting the bar... Read more
At 11:30 p.m. on Friday you could almost hear the crystals in Privét’s newly hung chandeliers clinking: Although management successfully completed a rush overhaul of the Gold Coast space that housed Le Passage for nearly a decade, not even they could hasten a fashionably late crowd... Read more
“I don’t call myself the brewmaster,” says Pete Crowley, a Rock Bottom vet and co-owner of the new Haymarket Pub & Brewery in the West Loop (also, the new home of Drinking & Writing). “I call myself the director of fermentation... Read more
Public House doesn’t officially open for business until January 13th, but a flock of early birds got a sneak peek during the River North bar’s preview party on New Year’s Eve. Spotted: 25 brews on draft; in-table taps for both beer and liquor, plus a “wall tender” beer-dispensing system; and some 520 festive revelers toasting 2011. Browse our photos... Read more
Sand, cerveza, and more air brushing than the cover of Cosmo: Welcome to Paradise Cantina (1212 N. State Pkwy.; 312-202-0994), a new Mexico-inspired bar in the vicinity of Rush and Division that, beach party overload aside, looks pretty darn good right now in comparison to the snowdrifts outside... 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