By Brooke Nagler
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Chicago Ale Fest takes over Pilsen on Saturday, Feb. 2
Located in the Pilsen neighborhood, this semi-annual festival offers a daytime (11 a.m.) and nighttime (5 p.m.) ale s...
By Trent Modglin
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It’s that special time of year again, where you get to treat your taste buds like royalty, as the 12th annual culinary celebration that is Chicago Restaurant Week return...
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By Trent Modglin
For a fun, new Halloween pop-up experience complete with carnival games, bounce houses, live performances, nighttime light displays, food trucks and a beer and cider-stocked bar in...
Photo by 2017 Galdones Photography
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By Dante Vaisbort
Where it’s at: 820 W. Lake Street in the West Loop. MomotaroChicago.com
The scene: Momotaro’s massive state-of-the-art c...
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By Jeremy Lindenfeld
The Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer is back
For the 16th year in a row, The Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer, North America’s largest barrel-aged...
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By Trent Modglin
Chicago Gourmet, by their definition, is a “concert of culinary delights.” By our definition, it’s one fine collection of food and fun.
Originally founded by the Il...
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By Jonathan Mandel
If you think the blues is dead, think again. And if you think jazz is dead, definitely think again. The Windy City has been at the forefront of each genre for ...
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By Trent Modglin
Chances are, if you ask any young chef in the city of Chicago to pick a kitchen to work in, and a group of people to learn from, the answer would be one of the e...
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Meghan is a pediatric social worker and mother of two (soon to be three) children. Despite being avid travelers, she and her family are most content being tourists in their hometown of Chicago; ...
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By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Brooke Nagler and Jonathan Mandel
Valois
When you walk into Valois, you might be tempted to believe that you’ve stepped into a time capsule. One expects to see ...
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Michelle Fasano
How long you’ve lived here: I grew up in the Chicagoland area, but I’ve lived in Chicago for the past four years, in both in Lincoln Park and Lakeview.
What you lik...
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By Michelle Fasano
In January of 2017, I got the idea to visit 52 coffee shops in 52 weeks. As any Chicagoan knows, January-March is a time for hibernation. To escape my apartment, I sta...