Taming of the Screw
Scott Tyree, sommelier at four-star restaurant Tru, sizes up the coolest tools for opening a bottle of wine
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Like the bar? Shop the store
Before You Rock, Shop Lakeview Manufacturing Co. (952 W. Newport Ave.; 773-857-3525) is the new retail arm of Lakeview Broadcasting Co., the squeaky clean hipster bar in Lake View. The...
Theatre takes a literary-and havoc-wreaking-turn with 500 Clown
More Fun Than Lit Theory Leave Jacques Derrida to the grad students; local troupe 500 Clown Theater presents two new shows that-gasp-make literary deconstruction fun (not to mention destructive). Both...
Surf’s Up!
Get Beachy North Center newcomer Stellar 26 (4164 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-388-2626) has a beachy aesthetic, drawn from owner Carrie Ligman-Bowers's childhood in South Haven. Comfortable cotton dresses, such as...
Price of Eternal Rest
The high costs of funerals could scare a person half to death. Here’s how some of the Chicago funeral expenses stack up.
Summer Livin’
Festival Season is Upon Us Again Shopping, like everything else when the weather turns warm, has moved outdoors: Eschew musty old bookshops for the 23rd Annual Printers Row Book Fair,...
Well Heeled
Straight from Europe to the North Side: handmade, limited-edition shoes from the likes of Missoni. At MARKY, a boutique devoted almost entirely to shoes, footwear doesn’t merely complement the outfit,...