If Monday’s holiday has you cramming five days of work into a four-day week and the headlines are only aggravating you further, you need to put the laptop away and get yourself to a comedy show this weekend. The Blerds, a cabal of mostly Chicago-based comics and a film producer, are celebrating their Paper Anniversary Saturday night at The Spot. Drink specials have been promised. The good people at The Bastion are totally crushing on... more ›

Let’s get one thing straight: Don’t expect this review of Cotes du Rhone to include any verbose visual descriptions of the food. Not that we can’t wax poetically with the best of them, mind you, it’s just that this bistro is really really dark. So much for eating with our eyes. But don’t let that stop you from checking out this recently opened Edgewater restaurant. While there are still some kinks to work out — the ventilation system needs work — this French boite shows promise, especially if they continue to be BYOB (hey, nothing wrong with saving some green now and then; save even more when you come on your birthday and receive an entrée for $5 with a valid photo ID). We were told they were giving it some serious thought. We’ll keep our fingers crossed. more ›