Outdoor Dining + Drinking Guide
Check out these places to dine and drink in Chicago during the summertime. #sponsored
Pleased to Meat You: Chicago Meat Collective is Fresh from the Farm
Meet McCullough Kelly-Willis, founder of Chicago Meat Collective (CMC), our city’s local chapter of a nascent national movement of butchers, foodies, and flesh-focused individuals championing local, sustainable meat through education and hands-on experience.
Dining and Drinking Top 5: May 2019
Okay, winter’s over. You can come out now. Here’s stuff to do while you’re there
Dining & Drinking Top 5: April 2019
It’s April. It’s starting to warm up. It’s probably okay to come out of the house and do something that doesn’t involve snow.
Remembrance of Restaurants Past, or You Can’t Go Eat There Again: “Lost Restaurants of Chicago,” a new book by Greg Borzo
For those of us who live to eat, memories of our happiest meals are inextricably tied to the places where we ate them. The food was, obviously, important, but what was on the plate seems merely one more element in the recollected collage of sensations of tables and chairs, interior design, colors and light, the people we sat down with, the servers, the vibe. “Lost Restaurants of Chicago,” a new book by Greg Borzo, will trigger many recollections of Chicago restaurants that have now passed into history, as well as, no doubt, many yearnings for those places that are no more.
Dining and Drinking Top 5: March 2019
Do you like to do stuff? Here are some March events that will blow you away.
Fun With Vegetables: Brass Heart and the Challenges of the Vegan Tasting Menu
We asked Chef Matt Kerney, formerly of Michelin-starred Longman & Eagle, about the challenges of preparing an all-vegan menu.
Dining and Drinking Top 5: February 2019
Some of February’s most interesting events.
Forty Days on the Kombucha Train: Taking a Ride with the Chicago Vanguard of a Worldwide Craze
Kombucha is a bubbly, fermented drink, usually served chilled and made from tea, sugar, and a starter called a SCOBY, a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast. And it is, lately, everywhere. Over fifty-one percent of twenty-five- to thirty-four-year-olds are regular Kombucha drinkers, and the rest of us are catching up. Recently PepsiCo and Coors acquired established Kombucha brands, betting that demand will continue to grow. Several Chicagoans are leading the charge to make this beverage, which might enable you to continue your cheeseburger and beer diet…and actually get healthier (as long as you drink Kombucha).
Got Your New Year’s Resolution Right Here: Drink More Scotch
Let’s approach this whole New Year’s resolution thing from a different angle. Let’s make resolutions we can keep, like this one:
I vow, in the coming year, to drink more—and learn more about—Scotch whisky.
