It might actually be the only time you’ll get a slice from heavyweights Gino’s East, Home Run Inn and Lou Malnati’s all on one plate… a plate shaped like a slice of pizza. The crowd skewed really young for this event, but when it’s a Sunday afternoon celebration of all things pizza in a national…
Fogo De Chão: The Greatest Lunch of All Time
2017 is Fogo’s 20th year! The Chicago location is on the short list of best steakhouse experiences in the city, period. To commemorate this milestone their largest bar renovation ever, a bar built for a proper Happy Hour was installed just outside the dining hall. Bar Fogo creates a casual alternative to their legendary Gaucho…
New Belgium’s Wood Cellar Reserve
We had to lay down a beer story on this site. The only time I’ve ever seen this beer is at Delilah’s Chicago for their annual Lambic and Sour Beer Festival Oscar F1 was sitting right on the bar. Lips of Faith Series and Wood Cellar Reserve are the two most passionate projects at the…
The Second Annual Barolo Week at Eataly Chicago
We don’t know wine to the extent that we know beer, so there’s that. However plenty of new and old world beer styles have wine like characteristics. One of our all time favorites, Goose Island’s Sofie is Belgian Ale made in Chicago and aged chardonnay barrels. The Barolo Masterclass was a whimsical ride through Fontanafredda’s…
River Roast Chicago
The Levy Restaurants group (Jake Melnicks, Spiaggia) have a hit on their hands with the tag team of Chefs John Hogan and Tony Matuano at their riverfront ode to British comfort food – River Roast. It’s been 3 years since it’s rebranding from Fulton’s on the River and 2017 is their most successful year…
The Third Annual Time Out Chicago Grilled Cheese Meltdown
It was an 8 restaurant Sunday morning invasion at SPiN Chicago on State Street . We thought, by the name that this was like some bullshit bicycle exercise establishment but we were a little off. It’s the River North Ping-Pong emporium with paintings from Chicago artists on the walls over all three levels. No one…
Jim Beam Fall Classics at Civic Opera House
Chicago’s Skyline is a sprawling, majestic masterpiece, but the hidden gem when experiencing our quaint, Midwestern town is viewing it from the Chicago River. If you’ve ever cruised a water taxi you know that this is where buildings come to life. The Civic Opera House sits just a few blocks south of Wolf’s Point along…