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Fans walk outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs play the Pittsburgh Pirates during opening day festivities on April 1, 2021. Last month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced more than 8,000 fans, 20% of capacity, will be allowed into the stands to watch the Cubs home opener.

With fans back inside Wrigley Field, Chicago felt normal again for a few brief hours

April 1, 2021 at 8:21 p.m.

The temperatures hovered just above freezing on opening day. Fans booed the mayor. And the Wrigleyville bars provided comfort to the faithful after a Cubs loss. For a few brief...

Eat. Watch. Do. — Chicago’s best new tacos | Easter specials | Ribfest returns for 2021

March 31, 2021 at 2:25 p.m.

Time to play ball, Chicago! Thursday marks Opening Day for both the Cubs and White Sox, although only the North Siders are in town this week. If you have tickets...

Eat. Watch. Do. — Chilling new John Wayne Gacy doc | COVID rules loosen | Passover specials

March 26, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

We made it through another week, Chicago. This weekend, we're planning on watching Loyola's return to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament; and, of course, our streaming "to-do" list,...

Eat. Watch. Do. — Final week to vote! | 18 restaurant reopenings | Restaurant Week recs

March 24, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

We know you have opinions about food, Chicago. Share them with us! This week — and through April 1 — we want to hear from you for our Readers' Choice...

Jeremy Joyce sits inside Luella's Southern Kitchen in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood on Friday, March 12, 2021. Joyce's website, Black People Eats, links the public with Black-owned restaurants in the area.

Critics’ Choice Takeout Awards: Chicago’s best chefs, industry innovators and community champions of 2020

March 18, 2021 at 9:45 a.m.

After a year that has meant nothing but change, let's talk about what hasn't. People still find comfort and joy in food and dining, and the best and brightest still...

Eat. Watch. Do. — 2020 Takeout Awards | Celebrate St. Paddy’s | Summer concert comeback?

March 17, 2021 at 5:15 p.m.

Same Chicago Bears, different quarterback. The more things change, the more they stay the same — and so, the Bears' eternal turnstile of mediocrity at quarterback continues for another season...

Virtue chef de cuisine Damarr Brown at the Hyde Park restaurant on Saturday, March 13, 2021.

Critics’ Choice Takeout Awards: Chicagoland’s essential hospitality workers — all of them — are our Person of the Year

March 16, 2021 at 9:45 a.m.

This year, the baiduhai adapted its annual Dining Awards to encompass all the pandemic-wrought changes that affected the hospitality industry. For the 2020 Takeout Awards, we present what's traditionally...

You be the critic: Vote for your favorite restaurants in the 2020 Readers’ Choice Takeout Awards

March 24, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.

Even in a pandemic, it's hard to slow Chicago down. New restaurants still opened up and delighted us — and in increasingly innovative, coronavirus-safe ways. We dove into takeout containers...

Still want to quench that green beer thirst while avoiding St. Patrick’s crowds? Here are 3 spots with takeout options.

March 12, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

St. Patrick's Day will likely be a little different this year — what with the global pandemic persisting and all that — but one thing that doesn't have to be...

Eat. Watch. Do. — Guy Fieri ?s Chicago | Hopleaf sets return date | We want your nominations!

March 10, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.

Prepare for peanuts and Cracker Jack in person, Chicago. The mayor announced this week that fans will be allowed to attend White Sox and Cubs games in limited quantities this...

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