Now, it’s about to be home to Arla (15 E. Oak St., Gold Coast), a Japanese and Mediterranean restaurant from one of the ...

We’ve updated our list of the 50 best restaurants in the city. John breaks down the top 10 and describes what makes a spot ...

1. Make the marinade: Combine the first eight ingredients in a large sealable bowl. Taste the mixture, seasoning with salt if desired. Transfer ¼ cup of the marinade to a small container. Add chicken ...

Operating at the intersection of growing food, improving health, and creating job opportunities, Windy City Harvest, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s urban agriculture program, challenges the idea that ...

Over the years, this magazine has produced many rankings of the best places to live in the Chicago area. We’d consult with experts and cite stats, sure, but those lists were largely subjective. This ...

For three horribly sweltering days in the summer of 1995, Chicago endured the deadliest stretch of heat ever recorded in the United States. The death toll ultimately numbered an estimated 739. Most ...

For five years, Ándale Market’s Andersonville shop has been the kind of place where you come for a chocolate bar and somehow leave with olive oil, pet treats, and a candle shaped like a cannoli. Owner ...

This year marks a quarter century since the closing of Medusa’s, Chicago’s most famous all-ages nightclub. Named after its gloriously coiffed owner, airline-employee-turned-impresario Dave “Medusa” ...

in our last ranking (2019).

Is there any better place to hide out for an afternoon than a used bookstore? Any better place to take shelter from a rainstorm? Because they’re so small, dark, and tightly packed, they’re better for ...

A while back I wrote about a mapping project based out of the University of Richmond that documented how sweeping the practice of redlining was in Chicago in the early 20th century. Now they're back ...

Natasha Trethewey’s home is not a bad place to spend quarantine. With its Corinthian columns and neoclassical portico, it looks, on its Evanston corner, like a stately Southern manor — a house ...