C-3P0. Tom Servo. Robby. Robocop. Optimus Prime. And we can argue about Deckard, too. All these famous robots have appeared throughout films and stories throughout the years, and despite the centuries-old popularity of robots, there has never before been a brick-and-mortar robotics shop. All that changed when Greg Gilla opened Robot City Workshop on Sheffield in Lakeview. more ›

We needed to balance our sales tax karma after opening the floor to all of you scofflaws escaping to Indy and Gurnee and all points non-Cook in our post about the tax veto from the other day. So we thought we'd open up the floor to a short discussion of exactly what places in our city will be receiving our hard-earned heavily taxed dollars as we start this shopping season. more ›