$5 cocktails, a secret password and Templeton Rye. Why aren't we drinking right now? more ›

Join SpeakEasy, the underground cocktail party, for their first anniversary - tickets are $25. more ›

Lockwood chef Phillip Foss is on a roll this year in attracting media attention, and almost always for noble or worthy causes. His advocacy for viewing Asian carp as a food source and not an invasive species has been a road filled with potholes, but he's taken his cause celebre to the Today show and left no local media outlet stone unturned. along with Gaztro-Wagon's Matt Maroni, Foss has also led the charge for food trucks in Chicago, and his blog is still as entertaining as ever. It could be argued that Foss's visibility in the media is second to Graham Elliot Bowles; Foss also weighed in on the GEB/Chicago magazine dustup. more ›

Drinks Over Dearborn was transformed into a modern speakeasy last night, in honor of World Cocktail Week. All guests at the event had different passwords to gain entry to the boutique liquor shop. Owner Kyle McHugh set up a blackjack table, an absinthe room, a blues band in the main room and had bartenders mixing some very potent cocktails. Guests were given a gambling chip to use at the blackjack table. The top three winners won his or her choice of the liquors used to make the cocktails. Meanwhile, the backing band for Shirley King (B.B.'s daughter) played in McHugh's main room. more ›