Goose Island’s 2024 Bourbon County Brand Stou lineup features a wildcard. | Goose Island Beer Co. Black Friday’s release includes Bardstown Cask Finish Stout, a beer aged in hybrid oak and cherrywood barrels Black Friday means different things to different people. For some, it’s simply an extra day off work to eat Thanksgiving leftovers and relax; for others, it’s the shopping equivalent of the Super Bowl. But for Chicago beer heads, Black Friday has come to be synonymous with something else entirely: It’s the day that beloved local brewery Goose Island Beer Co. annually drops a new class of Bourbon County Brand Stouts. The offerings vary year to year and this year, in addition...
Lawrence Fish Market is known for its fish platters. | Jack X. Li/Eater Chicago Lawrence Fish Market evolves at a second location that takes credit cards and serves ramen, gyoza, and more For 44 years, Lawrence Fish Market has pro…..
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Chicago rarely enforces environmental regulations for city contractors, according to a new report released last month. On October 1, Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) released their second report in two years, “Paid to Pollute,” w…..
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Barbara Crane (1928–2019), the legendary Chicago artist behind this week’s cover, said, “Once I developed my first roll of film in 1948, nothing else mattered.” What followed was decades of daring formal experimentation, defined by a conne…..
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Maxwells Trading was one of many worthy newcomers in Chicago. | Sandy Noto/Eater Chicago The Best New Restaurant, Best New Bar, and Best Taco The Eater Awards provide Eater Cities an annual mechanism to toast the restaurants th…..
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