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... more ›

While on vacation in Tennessee this summer, Chicagoist went to multiple get-togethers that started with wine and cheese. One particular cheese caught our eyes (and more importantly our mouths) and didn't let go. This cheese was a semi-soft goat cheese. It resembled gouda in texture only creamier. It was a bit manchego-like in taste but with a clear goat's milk flavor, enhanced by a rosemary crust. It was cut either extraordinarily thin and eaten... more ›

Well, it's been a little while since our last cheese of the month, and for that we apologize. When we went to The Cheese Stands Alone to get ourselves a cheese for the month we had a few ideas. Since the last two cheeses had been semi-soft, we thought we'd go with some ooey, gooey mess of a cheese. We also started thinking about a cheese we'd had years and years ago, somewhere else... more ›

So far the club has delivered two delicious, but unthreatening, selections to our doorstep. This month we decided to take on something more challenging and to sample a cheese with a bit of a funk to it. While, relatively speaking, Camembert certainly doesn’t score too high on the funk level — eating some bad cheese could friggin’ kill you — Matt Parker, owner of The Cheese Stands Alone, thought this historical French creation might... more ›

Did we mention that we have a thing for cheese? Well we do, so we stopped by our favorite cheese shop, The Cheese Stands Alone, and asked the proprietor for another good recommendation. We played it pretty safe last time — owner Matt Parker suggested a cave-aged Gruyere for snacking. This time we were looking for something nice to offer up over the holidays, and Parker was happy to oblige. One of the shop’s recent... more ›

If you are anything like Chicagoist, you have a frightening dependency issue with cheese. We love the damn thing. Don’t even make us choose between groceries for a week and four really great wedges of cheese. The tricky part, however, is finding the good stuff that’s out there. Upscale grocers like Whole Foods, Fox & Obel and the like tend to carry a pretty decent selection, overpriced as it may be. But if you... more ›