The best thing about The Big Day is that it is easy to cherry pick and create a mixtape of the best tracks. That is also the worst thing about it: there is too much filler and not enough consistency.
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The execution is fun, the beer is good, and the atmosphere is unique. In a beer flooded city like Chicago, District Brew Yards stands out, and in time it may prove to be a pioneer of a new kind of beer hall.
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Entente is one of a rare breed of restaurants in Chicago. It knows exactly what it is, what it wants to be, and how it wants to get there. The restaurant already has one Michelin star for its efforts. Do not be surprised if it earns another sooner rather than later.
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Could Cleveland fall apart, could the Twins stagnate, and could the White Sox click? With a little talent and a lot of luck, they absolutely can. Making the postseason might not be as far off as it seems.
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This team has the starting pitching staff to lock down wins during the second half as well as deep into the playoffs, and the offense to string runs together in a hurry when playing loose and with confidence. The only question is whether both will happen at the same time.
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Who — or what — will take home the title of Greatest Chicago Icon?
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The candidates on the ballot tomorrow present a number of ideas and directions for the city. Everything from police reform to taxes to parking boots are on the table, as is Chicago’s status as a globally influential city. This is not just the most important election in the last eight years, but perhaps the most important since Richard J. Daley won his first term in 1955. In this wide open race, what will Chicago voters decide to do?
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When the White Sox announced their interest in pursuing superstar free agents Manny Machado and Bryce Harper, Major League Baseball was certainly surprised. A team coming off a 100-loss season, deep in the middle of a rebuild beset by injuries and setbacks, with dwindling attendance in a city dominated by the Cubs, was suddenly trying to make a splash by signing one of the two biggest free agents in recent memory.
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Chicago’s residential zone permit system is broken. Reform needs to be on the table.
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Now that Chicago is out of the running for HQ2, continuing to build the city’s tech industry is an opportunity — and a challenge — for the next mayor to take advantage of.
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Chicago is fortunate to have a parish like St. John Cantius and the Masses it celebrates. It is a local treasure waiting to be taken advantage of.
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In Chicago, autumn is the cruelest month.
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If by “New American Classic” Bellemore means “Staple Fine Dining,” they have found their sweet spot. But if they are trying to be as intriguing, inventive, and inviting as they claim to be they have a long way to go.
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The new podcast “The City” is trying to make urban corruption scintillating. But this is not just any corruption: it is Chicago corruption, which is distinct from its cousins in New York, New Jersey, and every other major city. Will the podcast capture listeners?
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Welcome to The New Chicagoan.
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One Off and Underscore Hospitality’s newest restaurant brings the West Coast east. Does it live up to the hype?
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The Tribune Tower’s soaring Gothic spires and shrine-like lobby are iconic identifiers of the city and make it a thoroughly Chicago building. But the fragments embedded into the tower’s facade make it a thoroughly cool building. Where did those fragments come from? And is it possible to track down how each one was acquired?
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Chicago has 71 breweries inside its city limits and 127 or more in Chicagoland. For the most part, Chicago as a beer destination is a recent trend that was kick started when Goose Island Brewery opened in 1988. But what came before Goose Island? It turns out, a lot of things.
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The Chicagoan can be to the Midwest what The New Yorker is to essentially everything else: a showcase of Midwest and American culture through a distinctly Chicago lens.
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Loyola was never supposed to make it so far in the NCAA tournament. But in doing so it has arrived into its own as a university that commands respect and demands to be taken seriously on a national level.
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