Some of the best food in Chinatown, courtesy of Serious Eats Chicago. more ›

The wind is howling and the witches are running for Senate: Halloween 2010 is upon us. If your cinematic chills can't be satisfied with just renting a horror movie, such as the ones we love, then you have more than a few opportunities to get out and get scared by something on the silver screen this weekend. Here is our guide to all the scary movies in theatrical exhibition during this weekend of Haloween 2010. more ›

Screw that silly custom of dressing up and going door to door for candy--we're grown up enough to go to Walgreens and buy our own candy, thank you very much. For us, Halloween is all about scary movie marathons at home. And unbidden, we'd like to share some of our very own scary movie memories with you. more ›

It's that time of year again where Grant Park is blocked off, transforming it into the world's largest unwieldy potluck. For the next ten days, hundreds of thousands of people will flock to Taste of Chicago for everything from Abbey Pub's fish and chips to Vermillion's mango-cumin fries. more ›

If we had a nickel for every time someone asked us for recommendations for restaurants, cocktails or bars, we'd have a lot of nickels. Since we have a very opinionated food and drink staff here at Chicagoist, we thought that maybe we'd share some of our favorite dishes and libations for you, if you find yourself at any of these places over the weekend. more ›

Taste of Chicago starts tomorrow just a little bit smaller. Only 54 vendors will be serving the teeming masses descending on Grant Park for the next 10 days. That might actually turn into a postivie. more ›

There have been a lot of things said on this site about Taste of Chicago over the years. There are over 750,000 people who head downtown every year to sun, frolic and get their fill of giant turkey legs and corn on sticks. 'Course, that isn't all Taste of Chicago has to offer; even with Chicago Gourmet set to launch in September, Taste is still the food event for the everyman. more ›

Last year we dedicated our "Beer of the Week" columns for the month of June to highlight selections by you, the readers. The responses from you, both in recommendations and response after we made our selections, actually surprised us. more ›

We often fall back on really out-of-date stereotypes, like that the majority of all journalists are men, or that Tom Cruise is a good actor. One of them — that, unless it's spring break, airline passengers are primarily businessmen — is being directly challenged by American Airlines. more ›

A few weekends ago, we were sitting in our apartment, thinking of all the people we would need to purchase gifts for this holiday season. Parents? Check. Significant Other? Check. Younger Cousins? Check. Check. Check. The list seemed manageable, and we felt like maybe Christmas wouldn’t take a ridiculous bite out of our wallet. But as we thought about it more, we began to think of all of the people to whom a “holiday tip” might be in order. After tallying up the potential cost, we began to feel a little dizzy and visions of sugarplums were suddenly replaced with visions of eating Cup o' Soup for a month. more ›

Chicagoist has been remiss in missing the missives on missing recycling. And so we pick up the story with Mayor Richard M. Daley's press conference yesterday: It's all your fault. Ours, the citizenry, we mean. But not the city's. And certainly not the Mayor's. Nope. more ›