There are big plans for Virtue Cider. | Virtue Cider Planned renovations to the tasting room will help give the farmhouse a more European vibe Back in 2015, Greg Hall sold Virtue Cider to Anheuser Busch-InBev. It was the second time that Hall, the former brewmaster at Goose Island Beer, had been involved in a sale with the parent of Budweiser. At the time, he joked that because of those two transactions with the multinational company that no one in the beer world would ever surpass him with the amount of hatemail. Three years later, Josh Noel would publish Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out, chronicling the steps that led Hall and his father, John (the company’s founder), to sell Goose...
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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