Ready for more fusion foods? The latest entry into the Lakeview neighborhood is La Taccorea, offering another variation on the popular Korean taco. more ›

Having heard good things about the Other Brother Coffeehouse, we had to try the place out for ourselves. Though we were surpised by its petite size, we were bowled over by a "big" experience. more ›

Evanston's Zoba Noodle Bar needs a little more polish before it shines. more ›

Korean-influenced burgers dominate the menu at the new location of bopNgrill in Rogers Park. On a day like today, some kimchi fries sound awfully good. more ›

If you have the taste for one of these delectable treats, look no further than Rogers Park's Tamales Lo Mejor de Guerrero. more ›

For any sandwich freak, Sacco Bruno is most definitely a place you can get your freak on. If you seek a classic Italian sub, but don't have the good fortune to live anywhere near Little Italy, it's ideal. more ›

With winter chills expected just around the corner, now is the perfect time to visit Humboldt Park for one of the best kept secrets in this city: Chicago’s only pozoleria. more ›

Discover your pizza persona! Or just grab some tasty pies. more ›

This veggie wrap, which includes a veggie burger patty and many other goodies, has made us into regular customers at Grill Inn. more ›

Vinnie's classic Italian sub, loaded with capocollo, genoa salami, mortadella and provolone, satisfies our sandwich cravings. more ›

Nestled in the busy North & Clybourn shopping corridor, Sono Wood Fired serves up some seriously tasty and artistic wood fired pizzas. more ›

One of the biggest myths about The Smashing Pumpkins is that all the cool kids hated them in their early days when they were up and coming. Not true. more ›

By: Maggie Hellwig more ›

Rittergut Wine Bar and Social Club may have a mouthful of a name, but it's a great place to stop in for a quiet lunch. more ›

This week we check out recent offerings from Chris Holmes' Ashtar Command and Rachael Yamagata, ex-Chicagoans both, and artists whose paths have frequently crossed. more ›

Now you can get the award-winning BBQ from Lillie's Q without going to Bucktown. more ›

Our first reaction? Juicy and delicious. more ›

In which we take a quick look at a few recent or upcoming musical releases. more ›

Get a first glimpse of the new menu. more ›

Jane's Addiction has been around quite a while, and gone through the breakup / regroup thing quite a few times, but for a band that's been around over two decades their recorded output is pretty minimal. Unlike most bands with similar lifespans Jane's Addiction seems to only record when they feel like it, and as a result their material stands up. Granted, more recent albums from the band will never pack the punch of Nothing's Shocking or Ritual De Lo Habitual that owes much to the fact that so many bands have run through the door Jane's Addiction opened, taking bits and pieces of the band's sound as they went through. more ›

Got lunch plans for Monday? If not, try to keep those plans open. It's La Madia's fourth anniversary, and the River North thin-crust pizza palace announced that to celebrate the occasion, four of its favorite pies will be available for just $4 apiece during lunch service (11:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). more ›

Van Hunt's new album What Were You Hoping For? is just fabulous. It's a challenging weird mixture of twisted R&B and psychedelic guitars. It's easily the best Prince album in almost two decades. It's not a particularly easy listen but once you break through it's barriers -- at times Van Hunt seems to be almost daring you to keep holding out for a hook and some payoff -- you get irretrievably lost in its tangled grooves. So we entered his sold-out show at Schubas last Friday with high expectations and were just waiting to be blown away. more ›

Teppanyaki, the Japanese art of cooking on an iron griddle, is as much about the show as it is the food. If you are going to pay a premium to watch your food cooked in front of you, then it had better be a decent spectacle. More importantly, if you are going to pay a little more for the meal, that little culinary display needs to result in a dish that is nothing short of delicious. Teppanyaki, done right, is both entertaining and tasty. If you are looking for a great dinner and a great show in one, pull up a chair at Sakura Teppanyaki and Sushi in Lakeview. more ›

Core duo -- Brad Elvis and Chloe F. Orwell -- have been bouncing around town making music as The Handcuffs for close to a decade now. They traffic in a canny mixture of glam and pop that owes equal debt to the '70s and '80s while striving to be something of the present day; relevance with a back-story. more ›

Rogers Park's latest cafe offering isn't quite perfect yet, but we hope that after some opening jitters it'll come into its own. more ›

Are you crazy about corned beef? Hankerin' for some challah? Why go all the way to New York for a bite of the Big Apple when Bergstein's NY Deli Truck can bring it to you? Sure, there are several excellent New York style delis here in the Windy City. This one, however, rolls on four wheels and makes its rounds of the downtown. With a traditional menu and taste to match, you'll feel like you are on the streets of old Manhattan in no time. more ›

Under dozens of kitchen sinks and tucked behind countless closet doors, something is brewing in Chicago. It's beer. More precisely, it's home-brewed beer. And with more and more beer enthusiasts adopting the hobby of fermenting their own suds, Chicago home brewers Jared Saunders and Whit Nelson realized the community begged for a place to gather, learn, talk shop and gear up. From that idea, Brew Camp was born. more ›

In Midwestern Chicago, quality seafood places at relatively reasonable prices are hard to come by, but those willing to trek to the North Center neighborhood can find some seafood steals at Snappy’s Shrimp House. more ›

It’s the type of people who have an answer ready for the question “What would you do for a Klondike bar?” that will understand why the question was posed to all Chicagoans: “What would you do for a free dinner?” more ›

It is no mere play on words to say that something must be cooking up in Rogers Park. Every time we think we have wrapped our lips around the last tasty morsel this neighborhood could possibly offer up, something new catches our eye and our fancy. Recently, we have written about everything from Thai cuisine to comfort food to coffee. Who knew Rogers Park had so much to offer diners? With our recent discovery of Act One at the Mayne Stage, we can even say that they have a gastropub. Make that a good gastropub! more ›