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02/13/2025

Restaurant review: Cellar Door Provisions is a team project once again — and it's better than ever.

The restaurant is a team project once again, and it's better than ever.

02/11/2025

A home designed by a church architect is up for sale in Logan Square for $1.65 million.

This substantial home in Logan Square was recently listed for $1.65 million.

02/10/2025

Our roundup of five townhouses for sale includes a unique riverfront property has returned to the real estate market after a pending sale fell through last month.

Listings include a unique riverfront property has returned to the real estate market after a pending sale fell through last month.

02/10/2025

Speculation has already begun on who might replace a beleaguered Brandon Johnson as Chicago's mayor. Let’s handicap the field.

Speculation has already begun on who might replace a beleaguered Brandon Johnson. Let’s handicap the field.

02/07/2025

Stephanie Gilliam, production designer for 'Chicago Med,' recommends these four spots in Andersonville:

Stephanie Gilliam's bookstore, sushi, museum, and wine recs.

02/06/2025

These two Chicago-area style-savvy discount shopping centers compete for your dollars — and your undying love of hot pretzels. Here’s how they stack up.

These style-savvy discount shopping centers compete for your dollars — and your undying love of hot pretzels.

02/06/2025

With her company, Caviar Dream, Kendra Anderson aims to make the delicacy more accessible.

With Caviar Dream, launched in September, Anderson looks to transform the industry.

02/05/2025

We're barreling toward the weekend, which means it's time to get a few plans lined up. Here are five things to do:

What to do in Chicago this weekend.

02/05/2025

In 'Uncanny Attic', Edward Gorey is adapted with verve on the Steppenwolf stage.

A is for Attic, adapted with verve by big Gorey fans with theatrical nerve.

02/04/2025

“Wandawega is where I leave screens behind and pick up a shovel or ax. It’s gratifying to do work that makes me sweat and gets me dirty — and I can see the tangible fruit of my labor.”

Rustic hosts, chainsaw wielders, dog chasers

02/04/2025

After a 19-month hiatus, Lookingglass Theatre () returns with a world-premiere adaptation of Cervantes’s classic novel about “being someone better.”

The company bounces back from a 19-month hiatus with a world-premiere adaptation of Cervantes’s classic novel about “being someone better.”

01/30/2025

These are the four debuts at the Chicago Auto Show — running February 8 to 17 — that excite us most.

They're compact, they're electric, and they're turbocharged.

01/29/2025

At Graveface Records & Curiosities in Bucktown, the unsavory gets its due.

In the back of a Bucktown curiosity shop, the unsavory gets its due.

01/28/2025

Our Best New Bars list is here, and the latest top spots for a tipple include a standard-setting hotel bar and an all-day coffee-to-cocktails hangout. Our 10 favorites, ranked:
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2025/best-new-bars/

01/27/2025

It's the last week of January — time to start thinking about what to do next month!

Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month.

01/27/2025

In her new book, the sociologist, poet, and University of Chicago professor Eve L. Ewing argues that schools have been used to harm Black and Native people.

In her new book, the sociologist, poet, and professor argues that schools have been used to harm Black and Native people.

01/24/2025

At Briny Swine Smokehouse & Oyster Bar, chef-owner Brandon Rushing gets Southern Oysters Rockefeller just right.

It takes a familiarity with a certain kind of Southern coastal seafood joint to make great broiled oysters.