Spring is undoubtedly here, and we're getting ready for baseball season to really kick into full gear. But before you rush to Wrigley Field to stuff four hot dogs in your mouth and wash it down with a stadium cup full of beer next month, we hope you've got bleacher seats. more ›

Today in "Pencil This In:" new beers from Revolution Brewing, classical music, cocktails at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. more ›

Ira Koplowitz and Nick Kosevich, the duo behind Bittercube, will be dashing through town this weekend, making stops at two Lush Wine & Spirits locations. The Milwaukee-based outfit will be demonstrating its line of cocktail bitters at the Chicago Avenue Lush tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., and again from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday at the Lush in Roscoe Village. more ›

Other media have been charting their favorite restaurant openings of the past ten years. Here at Chicagoist, we’ll let them have it and instead stick to the standard year-to-year review of what we thought were the top stories surrounding local food and drink. There’s been a lot to write about the past twelve months. In our four years covering food and drink for the site, this has arguably been the most rewarding year on the beat. more ›

Now this is how a food and wine festival should operate! more ›

A couple weeks back a friend purchased Chicago Gourmet tickets via the half-price special Groupon offered. She asked for advice to prepare for the festival. We told her to pack a lunch. more ›

Chicagoist would like to add a few more food and drink writers to our staff to flesh out our coverage of the beat and make it, and the site, even better. If you meet the qualifications, can make the time commitment, and would like to join the Chicagoist team, here's what we're specifically looking for: more ›

The latest object of food blog Serious Eats' affection is none other than Chicagoist Food and Drink Editor Chuck Sudo. Way to go, Chuck! more ›

It's that time of year again! Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about food, music, books & literature or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add 2-3 more interviewers (for real this time!) so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Specific positions... more ›

It's that time of year again! Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about food, music, books & literature or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add 2-3 more interviewers (for real this time!) so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Specific positions... more ›

It's that time of year again! Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about food, music, books & literature or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add 2-3 more interviewers (for real this time!) so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Specific positions... more ›

Final Call! It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good... more ›

It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Finally, if you've got some time on the weekends that you'd like to kill, we'd like to get a person or two to write some weekend posts. more ›

It seems like we do this twice a year, so here we go with the second time. Chicagoist would like to add several more people to our staff to fill in some gaps in coverage and make the site even better. If you're interested in writing about film/TV, politics, North Side restaurants, or general Chicago topics, let us know. Also, we're looking to add one or two more interviewers so if you're good at grilling people and writing about it, please apply. Finally, if you've got some time on the weekends that you'd like to kill, we'd like to get a person or two to write some weekend posts. more ›

It's the new year and Chicagoist has been busy making some resolutions. Along with promising to lose ten pounds from our ass and drink a little less (at least around our parents), Chicagoist wants to expand its content. In addition to talking about what's going on in the news, we want to spend 2006 telling you more about the best things in Chicago. And we want your help! more ›

It's been a while since since our last call for contributors and Chicagoist is getting antsy to ramp up staff and improve the site even more. Areas that we really want to concentrate on are Interviews, Food and Drink, and Arts and Entertainment. Specific positions are listed below. If you're interested in any of them, meet the qualifications, and would like to join the Chicagoist team, email chicagoistapply(at)gmail(dot)com with the position in the subject line. In the email let us know a bit about yourself and why you'd like to join us. more ›