The Mayor's Office and the Office of Inspector General have differing opinions on who should monitor city hiring practices. A newly signed deal ensures Illinois is Pepsi country for the next ten years. Albertson's, the parent company that owns Jewel Food stores, is one of the supermarket companies involved in the recall of botulism-tainted French-cut green beans. When the statewide indoor smoking ban goes into effect in January, the "cigar-at-a-steakhouse" dudes might have to... more ›

Chicagoist has never been shy about our love for the Mexican food in Chicago. From the cheapest tacos, to new takes on traditional dishes, to the city's upscale offerings, we've been all over the city tasting tacos, tamales, and tortas. Though we love our Mexican food in the Chicagoist office, we sometimes get the sense that the Mexican offerings in the city are overlooked by many in favor of some of the more "traditional" Chicago... more ›

Chicagoist was super excited when we found out a couple of years ago that you can text message Google (GOOGL on the ol' cell) and it will give you the info you need. Aha, we thought to ourselves, never again will we aimlessly wander around looking for a restaurant. Now we can just Google it! more ›

When people are visiting from out-of-town, and they ask us for restaurant recommendations, we tend to steer them in the direction of Chicago's most fabulous food forum, LTHForum.com. Specifically, we tell them to get on over to the thread for the group's Great Neighborhood Restaurant Awards because, whether you agree with the selections or not, there is a wealth of fantastic places from which to choose. more ›

Chicagoist is sick of having all of these post it notes all over our desk with URLS of Chicago food related sites written on them, so we decided to compile them into a list.. and are asking you to add on any that you know of. So far we have: more ›