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There's a new kid in the class of great restaurants available on Randolph Street. Nia recently opened its doors and its menu full of fresh ingredients is a fantastic way to try foods from a variety of Mediterranean countries. Nia offers a variety of small plates, salads, dinner entrées and a wide range of wines. We tried both the red and white sangria. The Fruit in both is left to sit in the mix for two full weeks and were excellent. The red sangria had blueberries, raspberries and peaches, while the white had the aforementioned plus pineapple.

The Randolph Street Market District, home to Marché, Sushi Wabi and more, is one of the most popular and big-ticket dining areas in the city. But how do they fare under the withering gaze of the City Department of Public Health? Sushi Wabi had troubles with violations 33 and 34. Violation #33 requires "all utensils shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each usage, as well as all food and non-food contact surfaces of equipment...

The “Chicago theater season” is as anachronistic as our Columbia House Record Club membership. August was simply a lull before the crush of Fall openings coming to major institutions and their well-funded houses, who'll receive sufficient ink and column inches in the daily and weekly papers. We’re turning an eye to those less heralded venues doubling as rental space, educational resource, and meeting locale. None of these theaters are named after deep-pocketed donors, but that...

We know that everyone who doesn't have stage fright will be at Quencher's tonight with us, but not everyone likes to be in the spotlight. We just read in the Reader's Crickets that Rhymefest will be playing a party at Dragonfly sponsored by Couvoisier. Miles Raymer believes that Rhymefest won't disappoint and we loved him at Intonation. Get some free booze and some freestylin' with Chicago's own MC.

Remember that new kid in school who seemed hell-bent on not fitting in? You know, the one who didn’t seem to care about making friends and wanted everyone to know what a badass s/he was, right off the bat. Yeah, looks like Macy’s is that kind of new kid.

Chicagoist has seen its share of the stupid this week, but there’s always enough stupid to go around with a little bit left over. There’s not much left over, but we do what we can. There’s always next week.

If you like the Aon Tower but wish it weren’t so boxy looking, get ready for Randolph Street’s next fabulous new building: Aqua Tower. Haven’t you heard? Buildings that look like buildings are so last century! Chicago’s latest architectural craze is to build drill bits, hotels that disappear into themselves, and now, shimmering optical illusions. Aqua, as designed by Loewenberg and Studio/Gang Architects, adds to the typical glass box a series of wavy, rippling balconies that evoke Lake Michigan’s restless tides.

With all the White Sox excitement distracting us, Halloween is sneaking up fast (that would seem in line with the whole "scare the crap out of you" theme anyway). We had a brief bit last week about the Haunted El, but now that baseball is over, it's time to get serious about Orange and Black Candy Day.

If you thought there was a lot to do last weekend, you ain't seen nothin' yet, baby. This weekend if you can't find something to do you just aren't livin in the city the way you should. Deep breath, ok here goes:

One of the most inexplicable inequities in Chicago public transit are the differences between Metra heavy rail service and the Metra Electric Line. The Electric Line, which terminates at the Randolph Street station and runs mostly through Chicago's South Side African American neighborhoods and suburbs, has continually been plagued by some subtle, and not so subtle differences that grate the patience of riders, and regularly attract charges of racism. Enter recently-appointed State Senator Kwame Raoul.

Chicagoist is just wild about capers ‘n such, so we’re not about to miss The Chicago Cultural Center’s third annual Spy Ball (“an evening of drinking, dancing, and espionage”) on Saturday, Feb. 5. Hosted by the Culture Club, one of the Cultural Center’s volunteer branches, the party’s proceeds support admission-free programs for folks like us who like free things.

We wish we could recommend going to the Thanksgiving Parade tomorrow, but it starts at freaking 8:30AM and we're expecting a hangover until at least 10. Seriously, who is going to start lining up for the parade at like 7?!

It�s summertime in Chicago and that means (at least) one thing: street fairs! That�s right, rub elbows (often literally) with your Windy City brethren and �enjoy� over-priced, reheated food and watered down beer, all for the measly price of a �suggested donation.� To you and Chicagoist, that means free. (There was a great article in the Reader last year about how, no, you don�t have to pay for street fairs because they�re on public property. So don�t let those intimidating security guards strong-arm or guilt-trip you.) The real reason to check out the festival circuit every summer, though, is the chance to see some incredible bands for very little money. Last summer, for example, Chicagoist saw strong performances from acts like Spoon, Hot Hot Heat, and Interpol at street fairs.