Chicago Magazine continues to roll out their top 40 lists celebrating their 40th anniversary all year and their latest is a pretty intriguing list: the top 40 artistic breakthroughs in the city's history. The list runs the gamut overing poetry, film, architecture, and, yes, the Second City troupe's migration to . The video above gives you a hint at Number One but the whole list is worth checking out, from the Cloud Gate to Roger & Ebert to Gwendolyn Brooks to Wilco, there's plenty to check out and plenty to argue over. Let us know what you think they got wrong and right in the comments below. more ›

• In his testimony today, former police officer Michael McDermott downplayed his earlier claims of witnessing Jon Burge torture a suspect in 1985.
• The Tribune delves into the reverse commute.
• A man who jumped off an Eisenhower Expressway overpass as he tried to flee police earned himself a slew of charges and a broken ankle.

• Catching up on Gregory Banks' dramatic testimony yesterday in the Burge trial.
• The search is on for a suspect in a West Lakeview sexual assault earlier this week.
• Bucktown bat attack victim Natasha McShane continues a slow but steady recovery.

Send good thoughts Roger Ebert's way tomorrow. He's having surgery again. [S-T] more ›

Some chef news for you: Monday both Chicago Mag's Dish and TOC broke the news that Avenues' Graham Elliot Bowles will be leaving the AAA five-diamond award winning restaurant in April to open a new restaurant in the former Harvest on Huron space (217 W. Huron). more ›

With a Starbucks on every corner –- and 40,000 stores planned for the upcoming years -- it can seem like the coffee giant is the only place to get coffee. Those in the know, however, know that Chicago is home to a bevy of coffee houses, in the Loop and all around the city. more ›

Our friends at Chicago Magazine brought us news this morning of two restaurant closings when its Dish column revealed that Eli's The Place For Steak is closing in July. A Chicago institution -- if not for their steaks, then most certainly for their cheesecakes -- the Streeterville spot at 215 E. Chicago Ave. where it has called home for the past 39 years is being torn down by Northwestern Memorial Hospital. According to Chicago Mag,... more ›