Well, I was going to tell you all about Pierogifest in Whiting, Ind., this weekend, but instead I’ve got some hot, if insubstantial news:
The VaporTini.
You you don’t drink this new potion, you inhale its fumes.
Offered every Thursday beginning Aug. 6 at Red Kiva in the West Loop:
The VaporTini consists of flavor-enhanced alcohol vapors served in [...]
Restaurateur Jerry Kleiner (Marche, Red Light, Gioco, Opera, et al.), who pioneered dining in the West and South Loop, now takes on an established restaurant neighborhood: Old Town.
As he says in this interview with Dining Chicago’s David Lissner, Kleiner’s 33 Club, opening today, also takes on an established meme: American food. Named for 1933, [...]
The Happy Meal is 30.
Youngsters who munched the meals back in 1979 likely buy them for their own kids today.
The iconic McDonald’s children’s meal with a toy began in June 1979, the brainchild of a Missouri regional ad manager. The original meals included a hamburger or cheeseburger, fries, cookies, a soft drink, puzzles and games. [...]
Theo Ubique Theatre Company swept the spring 2009 Joseph Jefferson Awards, winning seven of the 26 prizes given for non-Equity theater performances. The annual awards ceremony honoring Chicago’s storefront and black-box theaters took place last night at Park West.
Theo Ubique’s cabaret production of “Evita” received six awards — the most for any single [...]
They’re on their way! 25 aspiring young chefs are that much closer to their goals with more than $400,000 in cooking-school scholarships, awarded as prizes to high-school students in this year’s Careers through Culinary Arts Program Chicago Cooking Competition.
Top winner Denzel Thornton of Chicago’s Corliss High School won a full-tuition scholarship to Johnson & Wales [...]
Get ready to pay more for suckers, Suckers. Illinois lawmakers recently voted to finance a $26 billion public-works program in part by raising taxes on spirits, soft drinks and sweets.
If Gov. Pat Quinn signs on, the increase would amount to about 80 cents per fifth of hard liquor, 13 cents per bottle of wine and [...]
