Kate Bernot

The first days of summer are like an alarm clock for rosé drinkers. "The first nice day of the season, you'll see rosé sales skyrocket. Everyone thinks, 'It's sunny and...

What Chicago lacks in happy hours—yep, they're technically illegal here—it makes up for in BYOB abundance. The past few months have added even more restaurants to our BYOB radar, from...

Mini-review: Moxee 724 W. Maxwell St. 312-243-3660 Rating: 3 (out of 4) Off to a good start Has Chicago's near-obsession with every step of Lagunitas' Bedford Park brewery construction proved...

Whether or not to pay the suggested donation at a street festival probably isn't the most vexing decision you'll make this summer. (It's got nothing on the "skirt or romper?"...

The recent opening of Slippery Slope in Logan Square continues a springtime burst of new dance parties. Here's the lowdown on four of them: Neo 51 at Sub 51 51...

New breweries need to stand out if they are going to make an impact in Chicago's busy craft beer scene. Forbidden Root, a new Chicago brewery set to hit taps...

Review: Slippery Slope 2357 N. Milwaukee Ave. 773-799-8504 Rating: 3 1/2 (out of 4) Already hot Slippery Slope will be judged by whether people describe it as "a fun bar."...

Worth a trip: Dry chili fish filet ($14.50) at Lao Hunan 2230 S. Wentworth Ave. 312-842-7888 People love to talk about cravings. "I'm soooo craving a mocha Frappuccino right now,"...

So, winter of 2014, right? That's all we have to say about Chiberia, snowpocalypse, polar vortex—whatever it was we all just lived through. Patio season is always highly anticipated in...