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EATPASSOVER MENUTortoise Club350 N. State St. 312-755-1700A traditional prix fixe features matzo ball soup, a choice of gefilte fish or salad, flourless chocolate cake and four entree options: braised...
View ArticleMore snow
Winter is returning for an encore this week, with up to an inch of snow this evening and lows in the 20s over the next two nights.The slushy storm may pull out of the Chicago area in time for people to...
View ArticleHawks aren't playing nice
It's not just you. The Blackhawks are playing with an edge lately.Despite a two-game skid to end the regular season, the team's tenacious physical play helped them win four straight without Patrick...
View ArticleBerghoff offering 10-cent beer Mondays in April
Time to drink like it's 1933. To mark the anniversary of the end of prohibition, The Berghoff is offering 10-cent beers every Monday in April. The historic resturant has Chicago liquor license No. 1...
View ArticleIs $700 studio apartment dead?
In 2012, Grace Sweeney did the impossible. She found a studio in Lincoln Park for $745 a month -- just within the budget she kept as an unpaid intern out of college.It was steps from Fullerton Avenue...
View ArticleNational tour: 'Motown the Musical'
Chicago native Allison Semmes is a classical singer by training-she has a bachelor's degree in opera from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign-but she grew up with Motown in the house. "That...
View Article1,500 guns seized this year
One hundred per week.That's the average number of illegally possessed guns the Chicago Police Department has seized from alleged criminals each week this year, according to a department announcement...
View ArticleStrings, Kameya and Ajida
Strings Ramen Shop2141 S. Archer Ave. 312-374-3450Opened: January 2014I've probably had more than two dozen bowls of ramen in Chicago over the last few years, but never a broth like the one on the...
View ArticleDuck Sauce 'Quack': A dance house triumph
**1/2 (out of four)Fans of "Paul's Boutique"-era Beastie Boys, Fatboy Slim and, yes, disco, step right up: A-Trak, Kanye's former DJ who co-founded Fool's Gold Records (Danny Brown, Chromeo, Kid...
View ArticleExclusive: Summer Set Fest lineup
RedEye exclusive: This morning the Summer Set Music and Camping Festival announced its lineup, which includes Wu-Tang Clan, Bassnectar and Chicago rap artist Chance the Rapper. In its third year, the...
View ArticleBringing laughs back
There would be no big-time comedy festival in Chicago in 2014, it seemed, until four Chicago comics and a journalist decided to create their own. The Just For Laughs Chicago (JFC) comedy festival,...
View ArticleSexual assault in Lakeview alley
A woman walking home from a Lakeview gas station was sexually assaulted by a man who ran up from behind, pulled out a knife and said, "Don't do anything, I'll slit your throat," according to police.The...
View ArticleBosses of the barcade
A few days after his wedding in July, Scott Hoyer was back behind the bar. Between flicks of the wrist at the tap, he was collecting tips from patrons who ranged from rowdy cowboys to jocks to raging...
View ArticleLakeview Mariano's?
A Mariano's could be coming to Lakeview, and it could bring a fitness club, a new park, and 279 parking spots to North Broadway Avenue, too.The developers of 3030 N. Broadway Ave. project unveiled the...
View ArticleChicago shows on sale this week
***= Recommended showsOn sale 10 a.m. FridayThe Fray, Thursday, June 26 ($20-$65, all ages) at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island.***Kelis, Monday, June 9 ($20, 18+) at Park West.***Talib...
View ArticleBoston Marathon finish line area evacuated
Two unattended backpacks were left today at the finish line of the Boston Marathon where the city was commemorating last year's bombings, according to a report from CBS in Boston."WBZ-TV photographers...
View ArticleMillenial living
When it comes to ranking the best cities for Millennials, Chicago is just off the winners podium. Chicago is the fourth best place to live for Millennials, according to a recently published survey by...
View ArticleChicago soccer star cousins favorite foes? Each other.
The time: Early 21st century. The place: An extra bedroom in an Elmhurst family home. The stakes: It never even mattered.Mike Magee and Jackie Santacaterina have always tried to beat each other. From...
View ArticlePatrick Kane's rejected hairstyles
Yawn. The mullet was so 2013. Yesterday, Patrick Kane was spotted at the barber shop, getting his golden locks chopped into a mullet for the playoffs. Again. It's not very original, and it occurs to us...
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