“Working freelance, it can be feast or famine,” Amir Badri tells me. Badri, a native Chicagoan, makes his living as a leather artisan. “You got to go out and hustle, shuck and jive, make cold calls, but I’ve been working the craft for long enough that word of mouth can pretty well sustain me. Someone ... The post Leather artisan Amir Badri makes flawless, handcrafted goods appeared first on Chicago Reader. ...
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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