- Arts & Culture, Summer Guide, May 16, 2013
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Summer Guide: Mount Carroll's small-town insecurity
Maybe it's the peace and quiet, maybe it's the year-round haunted house, but Mount Carroll, Illinois, has a subtle and spooky kind of charm.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 15, 2013
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Small Town Security: Claustrophobic, visually repellent, and really good
I don't want to live with them, but I want to hang out every now and then.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2013
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And the Key Ingredient Cook-Off winners are . . .
Six chefs from last week's event will have donations made to Healthy Schools in their names. And bragging rights.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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OK turns out to be pretty good at Tixteco Mexican Restaurant
Al pastor mom's way and some lengua, too
- Arts & Culture, Small Screen, May 1, 2013
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HBO unleashes its Vice squad
Vice on HBO is news for a generation with a steel belly and a short attention span.
- Performing Arts, Comedy Critic's Choice, Apr 29, 2013
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Comedienne Jen Kirkman, funny minus the buzz
The "Drunk History" alum and Chelsea Lately writer headlines the Hideout.
- You Are Here, What the hell is this place?, Apr 26, 2013
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Disco City #8 (or maybe #7): What the hell is this place?
Logan Square's Disco City appears to have an identity crisis—but it knows exactly what it's doing.
- Arts & Culture, Small Screen, Apr 25, 2013
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Children for fun and profit on ABC's new Bet on Your Baby
On the next million-dollar baby
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 18, 2013
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We asked, you showed us #wherechieats
We're going public with the food porn you leaked on Instagram.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Apr 18, 2013
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Eating like a cab driver
I asked three cabbies to take me to their favorite lunch spots. And they actually did.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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One Bite: The cemita Milanesa at Cemitas Puebla
A feat in pork between two sesame seed buns in Humboldt Park.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Apr 8, 2013
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Pluses and minuses at e+o
The Food Buddha of Sunda fame opens Earth + Ocean in the 'burbs.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Apr 1, 2013
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Comedian Mikey O looks for big laughs in Little Village
Six comics headline the Little Village Laugh Festival.
- You Are Here, Show us your [____], Mar 29, 2013
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Show us your . . . handmade knives
This week professional luthier Dan Koentopp shows us his handmade knives, with which he creates custom guitars.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2013
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Five-dollar* lunch: Dion Antic gives wieners another shot at the Haute & the Dog
In advance: no, it's not Hot Doug's.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2013
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I tried Ommegang's Game of Thrones tie-in beer Iron Throne
Any excuse to drink-slash-talk about a really great show
- You Are Here, Show us your [____], Mar 20, 2013
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Show us your . . . BDSM dungeon
This week the Leather Rose Association shows us its BDSM dungeon, filled with bondage furniture.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Mar 14, 2013
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A hangover cure—at a cost
Two Reader staffers intentionally drink too much, purposefully get hungover, and determine whether Chicago's first hangover clinic is really all that.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2013
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Scratch-made stuff worth a wait at Scratch Kitchen
Burgers, fries, and homemade (we think) condiments
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2013
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Inhaling sea meat at Da Lobsta
Lobster rolls done simply or with a lot of stuff in the Gold Coast.
