From Austria, with love
Jennifer Solberg had a good reason to reschedule our morning photo shoot at Rhine Hall, the West Town distillery she owns with her father, Charlie. She had to make an...
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Bears bars: Find your Sunday soulmate
Oh, you have Bears season tickets? Then stop reading now, you lucky jerk. For the rest of us, Sundays (and Monday, Nov. 4 against Green Bay ... oh yes!) will...
4 (non-football) reasons to watch Bears-Giants
Oh, how far away 2011 feels. As RedEye's sole Giants fan, it's been a long, lonely season for me already. The Giants have gone a miserable 0-5, and I'm beginning...
Review: Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Review: Honey Butter Fried Chicken 3361 N. Elston Ave. 773-478-4000 Rating: 3 1/2 (out of four) "You should know that I'm currently eating a bowl of chicken cracklings." That's how...
Chicago sports bars for Packers fans, Steelers fans and more
Due to interstate moves, familial allegiances or just plain preference, not every Chicagoan is a Bears fan. Full disclosure: While I like to see the Bears do well, I'm a...
Aviary team scouting location for new ‘drinking establishment’
A mysterious blog tipped us off this morning to the possibility that Nick Kokonas, Grant Achatz and the team behind cocktail spot The Aviary and restaurants Next and Alinea had...
Chicago’s most over-the-top bloody mary garnishes
Pickles? Cocktail onions? Celery? Eh. While a great bloody mary certainly starts with a balanced, housemade mix, it's the over-the-top skewers that make the bloodys at certain bars and restaurants...
Old Style launches petition to keep its beer at Wrigley Field
Like the outfield ivy, rooftop boxes and the Harry Caray statue, Old Style is for many people a quintessential sight at a Cubs game. The iconic blue, red and white...
The essentials: The Matchbox
The Matchbox770 N. Milwaukee Ave. 312-666-9292Looks like: The scene in the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" in which Gene Wilder walks through a room that impossibly becomes more...
The essentials: Hopleaf
Hopleaf 5148 N. Clark St. 773-334-9851 Looks like: A European tavern, complete with vintage beer posters and a pot-bellied stove Smells like: An herbal mix of celery, thyme, bay leaf...