Results tagged “ghetto”

Since splitting from the Ghetto Gourmet, Efrain Cuevas has fashioned a cottage industry for himself. Between "Cook the Vote", a "singles only" underground supper club, private catering and cooking classes, and his own "Ghetto Gourmet"-style undergorund dining club 24 Below, Cuevas has become increasingly busy on the local dining scene. A dinner Cuevas planned two weeks ago brought about some backlash. Cuevas planned a birria dinner involving a goat he would personally slaughter and butcher....

Winner of a special prize at the Berlin Film Festival, #12 on Metacritic's All-Time High Scores and one of the first 50 films chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry, Killer of Sheep has always been a film more talked about than seen. Until now. This week you'll probably be hearing a lot more about it, because twenty years after it was finished it's finally getting a release; it opens Friday at the Music Box.

Back in the early ‘60s, a two-mile strip of low-income housing was completed on State between Pershing and 54th. That strip of 28 high-rises, dubbed the Robert Taylor Homes, would develop over the years into one of the most infamous housing projects of the city, if not the nation. Amid all the sensational stories of the violence, drug-dealing and poverty that surrounded the area, residents insisted the Taylor Homes were not the cesspool many believed...

The big event happening this weekend is the National Restaurant Association's Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show at McCormick Place. The event features over 2,000 exhibitors in nearly 900 product categories showcasing the latest kitchen innovations and technology, sustainability concepts, and fine cuisine. Highlights of the show this year include a celebrity bookstore (a new feature where celebrity chefs and restaurateurs will be in attendance signing books) a food fair featuring regional specialty foods from across the country,...

Today is the last day of the work week, which means it's time for your weekly Friday Food Buffet. Not hungry? Too bad, because a healthy diet can help you avoid getting that nasty cold that we (and everyone we know) has. An Interesting Local Amateur Chef: We met Jason VonGerichten at a Ghetto Gourmet event this week. He cooked the main course for the evening, a delicious Asian-South American inspired platter that included both...

Chicagoist always checks e-mail first thing in the morning. To us, email is the new teeth-brushing — something you have to do before you can move on to other parts of the day. Part of this morning ritual is seeing the Daily Candy e-mail in our inbox, trying to glean what it is about (please not another overpriced Bucktown boutique) and then promptly skipping over it. But today, we were intrigued, as the subject like...

We would rarely recommend a band full of ghetto mechanics, but the Ukrainian polka band Holyy Lazarski Nahane isn’t your average bunch of world musicians. They have jettisoned across the Atlantic just to play with The Bomb at a pre-Riot Fest show at Subterranean November 4.

Why buy the latte when you can get the milk for free? That’s the question many Starbucks customers are asking. Although it's news to us, apparently for quite some time, Starbucks customers have been ordering a double shot of espresso, asking for it in a larger cup, and then adding milk from the condiments stand. After a few seconds in the microwave, they’ve got a ghetto latte. The self-made version doesn’t have the foam, but it does save a buck or two over ordering the real thing.

We remember the Sunday we were strolling down Broadway when something seemed strangely afoot at the ghetto Dominick's* right at Broadway and Wellington. A crowd was gathering and soon it was amassing mob proportions. Next thing we know, the building is burning down before our very eyes! Oh my!

In our saturated local media landscape, it’s easy to forget the slender but succinct New City Chicago. This week’s edition turned us on to a new podcast covering the Chicago art scene: Bad At Sports. Michael Workman’s review dubs BAS the diamond in the rough of lunatic hackery too often abusing the mics. Chicagoist has listened to quite a few podcasts this summer and we share his skepticism. But the podcast doesn’t disappoint. With only...

Chicagoist has always had a love/hate relationship with the news. For all its faults, we love it anyway. Sort of like a dog that pees the rug and chews our furniture but nuzzles against us at night to tell us about our how the economic stability of Chile might affect our country’s foreign policy. And we know the big cliché in the news biz is that nothing really happens in August, but it doesn’t seem like the local and national MSM are even trying anymore (and apparently neither are we...).

“If you’re sad and like beer, I’m your lady.” It’s easy to fall madly in love with a woman who speaks such poetry. And when those words fall from the lips of Isabella Rossellini, Chicagoist just melts. Of course, no woman is that simple and neither is The Saddest Music in the World, which is part of a series of free screenings over the next week at the University of Chicago by Nuveen Visiting Filmmaker...

One of Chicagoist's favorite bands, Magnus, was recently selected as one of 2004's best unsigned bands by the Illinois Entertainer. This Friday at Metro IE is having it's Best of Around Hear showcase, featuring Magnus and two other great local bands, The Bon Mots and Canasta.

Arthur "Bo" Agee Sr., father of "Hoop Dreams" figure Arthur Agee, was shot and killed in a apparent robbery Wednesday night. A minister and clothing salesman, Agee was shot in an alley behind his home on 1400 block of S. Clarence Avenue in Berwyn while attending to merchandise in his garage.

We heard something about an election coming up, but what we're really excited to vote against is candy corn—thanks to a Trib poll, our voice can be heard on this important issue. Candy Corn Is Disgusting, holy crap. So disgusting. Go forth and vote!

Country-music fans (yes, both of you) rejoice: Chicago transplant Kelly Hogan will play a pair of shows tonight at Hideout. But the real music story is tomorrow night, when there are so many quality bands playing in the area that we decided to give you a day�s warning to make the torturous decision. At the Empty Bottle will be the Mountain Goats, a.k.a. John Darnielle. (Chicagoist just loves singer-songwriters that pretend to be full-fledged bands, e.g. Cat Power, (smog), Destroyer, Iron & Wine, and Bonnie �Prince� Billy.) Darnielle will perform his unique, literate brand of lo-fi folk pop, and here�s hoping his awesome acoustic cover of Ace of Base�s �The Sign� makes the setlist. Archer Prewitt from local heroes The Sea & Cake will open. At Metro, weirdo Neutral Milk Hotel wannabes the Decemberists will play � probably in costume � their songs about pirates, soldiers, movie characters, and real-life novelists after the equally strange Chicago-area popsters Head of Femur open. And at House of Blues, check out Danger Mouse � the brilliant mind behind the justly lauded Beatles-Jay Z mash-up �The Grey Album� � performing with Brooklyn cohort Jemini. The duo�s recent collaboration �Ghetto Pop Life� evidences further wizardry with hip-hop tricks both underground and mainstream. No matter which show you choose, each will be a great way to kick off the weekend.

Yeah, the EPA has a way ghetto website. For fancier info on the Great Lizzakes, check out the Great Lakes Information Network.