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One never needs an excuse to drink a selection from Unibroue. We're on record with our claim that the Quebec brewery is the best in North America, and it's because the quality of their brews is unsurpassed and of the highest standard of all we've sampled. Even their entry brews, like La Fin du Monde, would be considered a reserve line for another brewery. Maudite is one of our favorites. We're sticklers for balance: we...

While the fish-taco revolution is swimming across the area, there are plenty of other events happening this week. Before we list them, however, we should let you know that the cockroaches are taking over our downtown restaurants. This week's victim of the ultimate survivor, Bice. Cockroaches were the least of their problems, however. A Health Department inspection also found no hot running water in a kitchen sink and fruit flies in the bar. If you...

A good drink can improve the quality level of a meal. It can make a mediocre dinner tolerable, or raise the bar on a perfectly cooked entree. The best chefs, along with their sommeliers, wine stewards, and spirits experts, plan a meal and its pairings with meticulous detail. Although beer and food have complemented each other for centuries, restaurants in the States are placing an increased emphasis on offering beer pairings for those who don't...

Now that we're over last week's self-inflicted tryptophan coma, we can return to the normal business at hand. With tomorrow's happy hour fast approaching, we would be remiss to not post a "BotW," since you readers do have a history of drinking an establishment out of certain beers when we throw a party. Thankfully, Quencher's has a glut of both domestic and imported beers for you to choose from.

As the cliche goes, "change is inevitable." It is a truth that is absolute, even if it does happen at a slower pace here on the south side. When that change involves a favorite watering hole, however, you try to sift through the reams of emotionally charged opinion, hearsay, and rumor, and take your cues from the actions of that establishment's softball team. Now that that team is newly ensconced at Bernice & John's Place up the street, Chicagoist can safely say that after fifteen years our favorite watering hole and one of the south side's - if not the city's - best taverns, Puffer's (3356 S. Halsted, 773-927-6073), will close its doors at the end of the month.

It seems that between the Bridgeport Art Walk and some silly little baseball going on this weekend Bridgeport will be teeming with folks making their first visit to the center of the universe, neighborhood of mayors, home of the American League Champion White Sox. Hell, let's stop beating around the bush and say "not Lincoln Park." Well, some of you will eventually get hungry or want to stop in to one of our numerous...