With the first overall pick in the NFL draft, the weekend selects...
Your Perks: 1) Flowers grown from a volcano in South America. Good story, great Mother’s Day gift. 2) An engraved bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue. Say it with scotch. 3) Some boxing gloves... signed by Pacquiao and Mayweather. We know you know those two.
The first-ever Goddess and the Baker has opened in the Loop with naan grilled cheeses, salted caramel gelato bars and a rotating cast of nice coffees. Bonus: next month, the Goddess and the Grocer opens with similar options on the Gold Coast. Big year for female deities.
Past: South Wells Street was home to the beloved watering hole known as Cal’s Liquor. You remember it fondly. Present: It’s home to GRK Greek Kitchen and its new roof deck bar, here to sate your after-work cravings for ouzo-based cocktails and Greek fries. Future: What are we, oracles...
On a scale of 1 to 10, how partial are you to people watching at a quaint new Parisian-style sidewalk café called Expat in the West Loop while consuming rosé-soaked snow cones, fresh ceviche and pistachio ice cream sandwiches? Just asking for a totally imaginary friend.
Welcome to NFL Draft Town, where all your football-related dreams come true. Come, rub elbows with a few former Chicago Bears. Watch the Colts cheerleaders do their thing. Stay for the Phillip Phillips concert. Don’t stay for the Phillip Phillips concert.
The duration of the Kentucky Derby: roughly two minutes. The duration of Chicago q’s Kentucky Derby party: roughly three hours. If that doesn’t compute, read this sentence where we tell you the Savannah-style BBQ joint will have an endless buffet, sweet bourbon punch and gin-spiked champagne. Good sentence.
