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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2012
Invasive species, while supplies last!

At Taste of Chicago, Dirk's Fish Shop teams up with the Department of Natural Resources to give out free Asian carp sliders. Yum?
- by Sharon Lurye
- Tags: Foreign, Food Chain, Food & Drink, asian carp, Taste of Chicago, sustainability, asian carp fillet

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jul 10, 2012
Taste of Chicago

Chaka Khan, Calexico, Mucca Pazza, and plenty of unsold Petrillo seats
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Taste of Chicago, Jennifer Hudson, Death Cab for Cutie, Michael Franti, Chaka Khan, Rafael Saadiq, Lindi Ortega

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Best of Chicago, Food & Drink, Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Food Festival

Ribfest
- Tags: Food & Drink, Taste of Chicago, Baconfest, Ribfest, Readers' Poll

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 7, 2011
Our expanding waistline: Illinois is the fattest it's ever been
- by Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Taste of Chicago, iPhone, Casey Anthony, City Council

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 6, 2011
Video
Illinois cuts writing test requirement; civilization doomed?
- by Alex Parker
- Tags: Morning Newsfeed, Illinois, Chicago River, Taste of Chicago, Mayor Emanuel, Christian Choate, Boys Town, Ald. Tom Tunney, Casey Anthony, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 30, 2011
This week on the B Side

A new organist for the Sox, new local releases, new local news, and tons more
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Jake Austen, Lori Moreland, White Sox, Sharp Darts, the Laureates, Quadratic, Chicago Stone Lightning Band, No I.D., Cocaine 80s, Gossip Wolf, Yo La Tengo, Soul Asylum, Freddie Gibbs, Little White Earbuds, Permanent Records, Moniker Records, Del Shannon, Scott Cramer, the Secret History of Chicago Music, Roscoe Mitchell, Soundboard, Fucked Up, Jeff the Brotherhood, Bill Callahan, Diogo Nogueira, White Fence, Taste of Chicago, FitzGerald's American Music Festival, African Caribbean International Festival of Life

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jun 30, 2011
Taste of Chicago wraps with Country Music Day, an Alligator party, and more
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Taste of Chicago, Loretta Lynn, Court Yard Hounds, Natalie Cole, Jayhawks, Greyson Chance, Gold Motel, White Mystery, Corey Wilke's Black Slang, JT & the Clouds, Alligator Records, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois ing, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Grant Park

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Best of Chicago, Food & Drink, Jun 23, 2011
Best food festival

Taste of Chicago voted best food festival
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best food festival, Readers' poll, Taste of Chicago, Ribfest, Baconfest

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News & Features, Summer Guide, May 19, 2011
Follow the music: Our guide to the summer's notable music festivals
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Summer Guide, HoZac Blackout Fest, Do-Divison Street Fest & Sidewalk Sale, Chicago Blues Fest, Neon Marshmallow Fest, Ribfest Chicago, Taste of Randolph Street, Taste of Chicago, Green Music Fest, FitzGerald's American Music Festival, African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, Dave Matthews Band Caravan, Irish American Heritage Festival, Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Chosen Few House Music Picnic, Warped Tour, West Fest, Pitchfork Music Festival, Wicker Park Fest, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Lollapalooza, North Coast Music Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, World Music Festival

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2010
Taste of Hysteria

A restaurant at Midway Airport thinks it's too good for Gulf shrimp.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Colleen Rush, Rick Tramonto, Everett Rand, Taste of Chicago, Oak Street Beach Cafe, Oak Street Beachstro, Gulf seafood, Midway Concessions, Midway Wholesalers

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jul 1, 2010
Taste of Chicago

The city's annual smorgasbord wraps up with performances by Passion Pit, the Steve Miller Band, Trey Songz, and Rob Thomas.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Taste of Chicago, Grant Park, Old Town School of Folk Music, Trey Songz, Rob Thomas, Steve Miller Band, Passion Pit, Rabbit Factory Soul Revue, Food Network, Renaldo Domino

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 24, 2010
This Week in the Reader's Music Section

Sludge rock, an eco-friendly fest, a punk-rock record fair, and more
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago Reader, Chicago, Sharp Darts, Gossip Wolf, Photo Pit, Taste of Chicago, Green Music Fest, Radar Eyes, Strangelight, Liam Hayes, Plush, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Bert Jansch, Melvins, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, David Bazan, Twista

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jun 24, 2010
Taste of Chicago

Salt-n-Pepa, Gavin Rossdale, Los Lobos, Passion Pit, and the Steve Miller Band headline the city's annual food and drink blowout in Grant Park.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Taste of Chicago, Grant Park, Food Network, Los Lobos, Salt-n-Pepa, Gavin Rossdale, Passion Pit, Steve Miller Band, Rabbit Factory Soul Revue, Bell Biv Devoe, Renaldo Domino

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Music, Music Sidebar, May 27, 2010
Summer Guide: Follow the Music

The biggest and best of the music fests
- by Reader staff
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, Millennium Park, Do-Division Street Fest, Chicago Blues Fest, Ribfest Chicago, Metronome Celebration, Taste of Randolph Street, Takin' It to the Streets, Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Marquette Park, Taste of Chicago, Green Music Fest, African/Caribbean International Festival of Life, Washington Park, Irish American Heritage Festival, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Welles Park, West Fest, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Wicker Park Fest, Grant Park, Neon Marshmallow Fest, Viaduct Theater, Caribbean Festival, Union Park, African Festival of the Arts, Washington Park, Chicago Jazz Festival, Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include the Do-Division Street Fest, Heartless Bastards, Taste of Chicago, Futureheads, Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers, the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, and more.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Taste of Chicago, Do-Division, Queensryche, Heartless Bastards, Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, Deadmau5, Futureheads, Samba Mapangala

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 6, 2010
That Stockyards Aroma

They loved the smell of pig shit in the morning. It smelled like prosperity.
- by Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, stockyards, money, smell, prosperity, Prohibition, Back o' the Yards, deep dish pizza, Taste of Chicago, air pollution, shit, animal waste, gas masks

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Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.

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More food truck nonsense, coffee vinegar, Carol's Pub and more.

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Let's get festive

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At Taste of Chicago, Dirk's Fish Shop teams up with the Department of Natural Resources to give out free Asian carp sliders. Yum?

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Chaka Khan, Calexico, Mucca Pazza, and plenty of unsold Petrillo seats

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A new organist for the Sox, new local releases, new local news, and tons more

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Taste of Chicago voted best food festival

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A restaurant at Midway Airport thinks it's too good for Gulf shrimp.

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The city's annual smorgasbord wraps up with performances by Passion Pit, the Steve Miller Band, Trey Songz, and Rob Thomas.

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Sludge rock, an eco-friendly fest, a punk-rock record fair, and more

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Salt-n-Pepa, Gavin Rossdale, Los Lobos, Passion Pit, and the Steve Miller Band headline the city's annual food and drink blowout in Grant Park.

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The biggest and best of the music fests

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This week's Early Warnings include the Do-Division Street Fest, Heartless Bastards, Taste of Chicago, Futureheads, Jack-O & the Tennessee Tearjerkers, the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, and more.

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They loved the smell of pig shit in the morning. It smelled like prosperity.