This event sold out so fast even we could barely make it in. If you didn't get a chance to attend (and get a first look at the finished Nellcote) take a look now. more ›

16 courses of gastronomic wizardry - all in black. more ›

If you want to go with a friend or a date, grab a second ticket for more than half off. more ›

Buy gently-used treasures from Frontera, Alinea, Charlie Trotter's and more, and the money goes to a good cause. more ›

We have a special code for you for tickets to this weekend's Chicago Food Film Fest. more ›

Head to the fabulous (and covered!) rooftop space at 6 p.m. tonight for a great party. more ›

Learn about Virtue Cider while eating Nicole Pederson's awesome food. more ›

Put on your best 80s outfit and order a Harvey Wallbanger - The Whistler is dressing up for Halloween. more ›

$5 cocktails, a secret password and Templeton Rye. Why aren't we drinking right now? more ›

Tickets are still available for one of the best dinners of the year. With food insecurity at record levels, GCFD needs all the help you can give. more ›

12 different Two Brothers beers on draft, including some only available at the brewery. And all for $5. more ›

Finch's Slackjawed Dunkel and Carburetor Rye Bock #58 launch next week. more ›

Bluebird continues to throw some of the best beer events in town. Next Tuesday, September 13, they are hosting a tasting of "Belgian" beers. Why the quotation marks? These beers are Belgian-style, but they come from everywhere but Belgium. 12 different beers will be available to taste. The price? Just $30. more ›

Tonight at 6:30, the best deal we've seen in ages is going down. Tres Generaciones tequlia has joined up with Schubas to offer a four-course meal with tequlia pairings for each course. The dinner takes place in Schubas' Harmony Grill, and the price has been reduced at the last minute. If you buy tickets now, it'll cost you just $25.50 per person, half off the original price. Wow! more ›

May is the month for wine-tasting events! The latest in the line-up, Around The World in 80 Sips, hosted by Bottlenotes, will be held this Friday at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visitors will be able to sample more than 80 different wines from all over the globe, plus cheese and charcuterie. Best of all, Chicagoist readers get a discount! more ›

Chicago’s eco-activists, socially responsible folks, and an assorted group of friends gathered this weekend at the Green Festival. Over the course of ten years, the event, hosted by the Global Exchange and Green America, has attracted over one million people. The 2011 tenth annual celebration kicked off in Chicago and will be moving to five cities across the United States. Some of the event highlights include: more ›

If you're a Top Chef fan (or, more specifically, a fan of Mike Isabella or Antonia Lofaso) hold onto your hats - Top Chef: The Tour is coming to Chicago next week. Two events next week will showcase competitions between two of our favorite all-stars. Isabella, from Season 6 and Lofaso, from Season 4, will face off on Tuesday and Wednesday - and it's free. more ›

We can't quite believe we're posting this, but based on the sheer volume of news coverage over the past few days, some people must care about this huge wedding that's happening on Friday across the pond. Frankly, we're almost tired of hearing about it - the number of press releases pushing special wedding cocktails that we've gotten have just about pushed us over the edge. On the other hand, we're as interested in pretty dresses and flower tossing as the next man, though, and if there are good drinks involved, you might be able to get us on board. Might. Anyway, a lot of decent bars and restaurants are offering neat events specials, if you want to watch the blessed event - they might even make it worth it. more ›

Every third Sunday of the month, El Cid #2 in Logan Square is hosting a "pig & swig." The special of the day is pork, roasted in-house, which you can get in a taco or torta. We are suckers for pigmeats of all varieties and events with rhyming names, so you can bet we showed up to the first roast. These Sunday afternoon pig roasts will run at the Kedzie location from April to September. more ›

The beer wizards at Bluebird have put together a tasting designed to take you through 7000 years of beer history, serving beers that replicate a variety of ancient and modern techniques to showcase the development of brewing. If that sounds pretty dry and nerdy, ignore that first part: Bluebird is going to serve lots of different, interesting beers, at a very reasonable price. According to Bluebird, this will be "One of the only chances this year to taste smoked, blended, sour, & funky 'brews' that transcend history all on the same night." All of that education and drinking, and it'll only cost $30/person. more ›

Next week the mighty Pinot grape will be celebrated in the form of Pinot Days. Pinot Days festival planners have tapped oenophile chefs like Brian Millman of Uncommon Ground and Randy Zweiban of Province and notable sommeliers to host dining events all weeklong. One don't-miss event - a Pinot Days “Dinner Party” with Brian Duncan and Chef John Caputo at Bin 36 on Thursday, November 11 at 5pm. more ›

Everyone loves the beach, right? O.K., well, not everyone, but most of us, right? If you love the beach but hate tan-lines, sun burns and sand in your unmentionables, then we have the ultimate destination for you. An all-out, drag-down beach party at Ukrainian Village's Bar DeVille with two gals DJing in bathing suits; and yes, you did hear that right, bathing suits. more ›

You can screen your dates through sites like Match.com, but how about screening the bar patrons at your next night out? more ›

Northern Trust, after receiving $1.5 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, has apologized for sponsoring the PGA Northern Trust Open golf tournament in Los Angeles last weekend, and has pledged to repay the bailout funds it has received. Northern Trust CEO Frederick Waddell wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep Barney Frank, D-Mass.: more ›

The Green Festival, the nation’s largest green living event, continues again tomorrow at Navy Pier. Healthy and green, you won’t find any elephant ears to snack on, or have to rub elbows with fat folks in this crowd. Instead, you’ll find organic snacks made with fair trade practices and vegan lasagna. There are all sorts of fashion accessories hand-crafted from hemp, or elephant dung paper, and stuff for your home like thermal shades or rooftop garden containers. It’s like a county fair, only there is no barn yard smell. more ›

This week's listings kick off this evening at Merchandise Mart with "Chill: an International Wine & Culinary Event" sponsored by Luxehome and Wine Spectator. Proceeds from the event benefit the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago. The event runs from 5 - 8 p.m. Chicago Professionals for Youth is committed to improving the lives of local underprivileged youth through literacy and mentoring programs, college preparation, job training and career skills assistance. Saturday they're hosting... more ›

The Reeling Film Festival is in its last days, but there's still time to catch what's sure to be one of the most fascinating movies in the program. Quearborn & Perversion, a new documentary by Columbia College alum Ron Pajak, tells stories of lesbian/gay Chicago life spanning the years 1924-1974. It's surely a beautiful irony of history: what is today the epicenter of the Viagra Triangle was, in the 50's, the epicenter of gay life;... more ›

Chicago blogs were all abuzz last week with news about recently-opened East Village coffee shop bLENd. The simplest version of the story (as we read on The Food Chain) is that bLENd is owned by a founder of the abstinence-only education group Project Reality. We thought this was pretty interesting on a number of levels (not insignificantly the amount of media it has received) so we decided to get in touch with bLENd part-owner and... more ›

Oscar fever has got us doing cartwheels all over the Chicagoist offices, as well as placing more than a few friendly wagers over who will be taking home those expensive doorstops come February 25th. But that’s not the only thing going down in the film world at the moment. A little gathering in Park City, Utah called the Sundance Film Festival has been underway since last week. And lest you shrug your shoulders indifferently just... more ›