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You start to learn things about Chicago after living here a while. RedEye staff members feel we'd be ignoring our civic duty by not clueing you in on some of the best tips and tricks we've acquired...
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EATEaster BrunchTrenchermen2039 W. North Ave. 773-661-1540A three-course prix-fixe brunch awaits in Wicker Park featuring five main course selections including cinnamon-roasted leg of lamb with...
View ArticleTeens gone wild
A 27-year-old woman said she was returning home with her mother Saturday night on the Red Line after a dim sum dinner when a group of girls got on the train at the Monroe station and appeared to want...
View ArticleSox and the CTA
Starting next month, White Sox fans can look forward to a new lineup: Green Line, Metra, buses or driving. The southern section of the Red Line no longer will be part of a Sox fan's rotation.The CTA is...
View ArticleHow to defeat a sidewalk activist
It looks as if spring has finally decided to grace us with her finicky presence. But with the glorious return of soul-warming days comes one of my least-favorite Chicago phenomenon: the sidewalk...
View ArticleMonday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATBuy One, Get One Baseball CupcakesSprinkles Cupcakes50 E. Walton St. 312-573-1600In honor of opening day, proclaim your allegiance to either the North or South Side by wearing a hat, jersey or other...
View ArticleUpton's Naturals opening vegan cafe
Chicago-based seitan manufacturer Upton's Naturals is planning to open a vegan cafe and event space when it moves to larger digs in West Town this summer."We'd been looking to expand our production...
View ArticleInjured player likely will be fine
Kevin Ware's tibia fracture during Sunday's Louisville-Duke game was a gruesome injury and a sad one. Though his teammates rallied around him and defeated the Blue Devils to earn a trip to the Final...
View ArticleCTA's fare-card woes all in the details
Here's the gist of Monday's state hearing about CTA's Ventra system: The public transit agency is not doing a good job of educating the public about the details of its new fare collection method, which...
View ArticleThe art of drinking solo
On a recent Friday night, I found myself perched at the bar inside a pretty swank restaurant, twirling my straw and waiting for friends to arrive.I had mistaken the time of our reservation and arrived...
View ArticleAlways funny in Chicago
One of Rob Belushi's first jobs on Chicago's live theater scene was a hosting gig at Second City where he seated people, stocked the bar with ice and cleaned up puke. And yes, he is from THAT Belushi...
View Article2 Chicago baseball fans, 1 'cave'
As a stringer for The Associated Press covering the Cubs and White Sox, Ravenswood's Travis Miller is used to watching a lot of baseball games."125 games I covered last year," he said.Multiply that...
View ArticleYour April TV guide
The last weekend of March offered up a bunch of TV events, but you ain't seen nothing yet. April 2013 brings showers of season and series premieres, finales and films to add to the already launched new...
View ArticleYour kid can be a CTA worker
Do you want to move faster through your living room?Have a stairwell that could use painting?Need to repair a broken heater?Time to put your kids to work.The CTA is offering on its website ctagifts.com...
View ArticleYouth sanctuary
There's a space on the first floor of the Harold Washington Library carved out specifically for teens that is a stark contrast from the reality a lot of them face outside on the streets. A place where...
View ArticleWhen gore is real, we just can't look
No matter who wins this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament, the victory will be a footnote to the spectacular, gut-wrenching injury Louisville's Kevin Ware incurred in the first half of the...
View ArticleWednesday: Eat. Drink. Do.
EATAll-Day Grilled CheeseLittle Market Brasserie10 E. Delaware Place 312-640-8141Celebrate-drum roll, please-National Grilled Cheese Month with an All-Day Grilled Cheese sandwich made with fried egg,...
View ArticleUncovering Chicago's 'Sex Slaves'
MSNBC Docs will shine its spotlight on human trafficking in Chicago in a new special, "Sex Slaves: Windy City."The special airs at 9 p.m. April 7 as part of the investigative series, hosted by the...
View ArticleJackson shacks up with the Cubs
Los Angeles. Tampa Bay. Detroit. Arizona. Chicago. St. Louis. Washington, D.C.It might sound like a Johnny Cash song or the world's worst layover, but for Edwin Jackson, they are the places he's called...
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