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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 6h
Four properties for sale, including an Edward Dart-designed home overlooking Honey Lake.
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What’s for Sale in Barrington?
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 8h
Looking for the top Chicago-area hospital for a specific procedure? Research firm Castle Connolly helped us determine the best in the metro area
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Chicago’s Top Hospitals
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 12h
There has been major backpedaling on support for protected lanes in Chicago. What’s behind the pushback?
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Behind the Bike Lane Backlash
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 14h
Research firm Castle Connolly helped us determine the best in the metro area for 14 common procedures.
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Chicago’s Top Hospitals
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Your Sunday morning read ☀️: When the author’s two-wheeler was stolen, she sought justice. But catching up with the culprits wasn’t what she anticipated. mrf.lu/2rSrd
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fashion finds its footing with delicate details and romantic flourishes.
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Ballet-Chic Apparel We Love
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amid managing her many responsibilities, Brugger factors her vocal health into her day-to-day wellness routine.
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How an Opera Singer Saves Her Voice
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is debate over who invented Chicago deep-dish pizza, but there’s no question about who popularized it: entrepreneur Ike Sewell, a Texas transplant who had moved to Chicago to work as a liquor salesman.
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How Did Chicago Get Famous for Deep Dish?
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tune in to @wgnradio.bsky.social's Outside the Loop tomorrow morning to hear @leighgiangreco.bsky.social discuss her latest feature on Chicago's food influencers
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POV: The Algorithm Picked Your Dinner
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Painter and mold maker Loc Hong recommends these four spots.
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A Painter’s Guide to Ukrainian Village
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The list includes Tal Rosenberg's "The Case for a Parking Revolt" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/17/t...
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The Case for a Parking Revolt
The city’s lousy meter deal seems inescapable, no matter who holds the lease. One Chicagoan found a way to beat it. Could the whole city do the same?
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“In the days after the theft, I stared down anyone who biked past, willing to tackle them if they were on my Urban Commuter. I studied each rack I saw, hungry for vengeance.” mrf.lu/206mZ
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fashion finds its footing with delicate details and romantic flourishes.
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Ballet-Chic Apparel We Love
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Charlie Trotter was a master manipulator. ... He was also not a chef that cooked. He was largely absent in the kitchen. When I went to the French Laundry, it was the opposite. Thomas Keller was first one in, last one out. Nothing was beneath him.”
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How Losing a Michelin Star Pissed Off Grant Achatz
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A little franchising helps to spread the Chicago pizza gospel.
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How Did Chicago Get Famous for Deep Dish?
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“My ego was through the roof, and I wanted control of everything. Then I got diagnosed [with tongue cancer]. I don’t know if I would have gotten too full of myself, but that certainly chopped it off at the knees.”
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How Losing a Michelin Star Pissed Off Grant Achatz
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jean Iversen is joining John Williams on @wgnradio.bsky.social at 11 a.m. to discuss her story about hunting for a bicycle thief — tune in! 🚲 mrf.lu/20T3x
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Janai Brugger is a classical soprano, hot tea drinker, and lukewarm runner.
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How an Opera Singer Saves Her Voice
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Add a pop of interest to your home with these eye-catching cabinet knobs.
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Six Stylish Cabinet Knobs
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“But how many times do we have to serve that balloon? How many times do the Rolling Stones have to play ‘Let It Bleed’?”
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How Losing a Michelin Star Pissed Off Grant Achatz
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“You come to a point where you’re looking at your life and career, trying to make them dovetail. You lay out a road map, and you feel confident. Then Michelin gives you two stars [down from three], and you’re like, OK, well, I’m pissed now.”
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How Losing a Michelin Star Pissed Off Grant Achatz
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When the author’s two-wheeler was stolen, she sought justice. But catching up with the culprits wasn’t what she anticipated.
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My Hunt for Bicycle Theft Vengeance
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The celebrity chef, 52, on Alinea’s Michelin downgrade, Charlie Trotter, and tongue cancer.
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How Losing a Michelin Star Pissed Off Grant Achatz
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your Sunday long read ☀️: A new class of tastemakers is transforming Chicago’s restaurant scene, for better and worse, one post at a time.
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POV: The Algorithm Picked Your Dinner
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Enzoni is a modern classic, yet you hardly see it on menus. It's made with gin, Campari, lemon, simple syrup, and muddled white grapes. Queen Mary's version uses Concord grapes.
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Queen Mary Tavern’s Enzoni is Our Favorite Taste of Fall
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Need a new football snack? Try olive all’ascolana, a traditional Italian street food of fried, sausage-stuffed olives
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How to Make the Radicle’s Olive All’Ascolana
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“In an age in which you can get anything you want on demand, I like to seek out seasonal items to mark moments in time. That’s why every year in early October I head to Queen Mary Tavern for a Concord grape Enzoni.”
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Queen Mary Tavern’s Enzoni is Our Favorite Taste of Fall
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shanikky Haynes worked as an accountant for a big law firm in Chicago, while creating content on the side about the Black experience in the city. After she was laid off in 2024, she pivoted to this work full-time. mrf.lu/2m8RR
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Simple grips are taking a stylish turn.
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Six Stylish Cabinet Knobs
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wrangling influencers is part of doing business at Big Onion Hospitality. Tim Toomey, the company’s vice president of marketing, will, in his words, “comparison shop” for Chicago influencers, looking at their follower counts and payment rates.
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POV: The Algorithm Picked Your Dinner
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fitting and stuffing olives by hand for olive all’ascolana is no joke. But Joe Frillman, chef-owner of the Radicle, encourages you to keep your eyes on the prize: “The sweet and fatty sausage is cut nicely by the briny olive.”
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How to Make the Radicle’s Olive All’Ascolana
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every Now and Then, Joe Robinson's new West Town boutique, café, and gallery, is designed for something retail rarely prioritizes: hanging around. “It’s more about sitting back and relaxing,” Robinson says.
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Joe Freshgoods’s Take on the Boutique-Cafe
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Six-flats have a central entrance and hallway and mirror-image units on each level. They often have the classic Chicago-flat interior layout: Living room in front, bedrooms and sometimes a dining room in the middle, and a kitchen in the back.
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Chicago Condos in Six-Flats for Sale
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The local version on the modern classic cocktail uses muddled Concord grapes to capture the season.
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Queen Mary Tavern’s Enzoni is Our Favorite Taste of Fall
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The city experienced an explosion of the "flats" building type between 1910 and 1930, with variations that popped up in almost every neighborhood. In fact, two- and three-flats make up more than a quarter of the city’s housing stock.
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Chicago Condos in Six-Flats for Sale
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You’ve undoubtedly encountered big-time influencer accounts with follower numbers in the seven figures. Kate Anderson’s content reaches a much smaller audience, but so-called microinfluencers like her still hold plenty of sway. mrf.lu/2SydM
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For someone whose sneakers routinely sell out in minutes, Joe Robinson, creator of the streetwear brand sensation Joe Freshgoods, isn’t interested in creating another place to buy things.
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Joe Freshgoods’s Take on the Boutique-Cafe
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The traditional Italian street snack takes a bit of elbow grease, but it’s a big (little) payoff.
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How to Make the Radicle’s Olive All’Ascolana
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“I didn’t have a culinary background. I never worked in a restaurant,” says influencer Alex Jewell. “There’s no reason anybody should have cared about my opinion.” mrf.lu/2Sgh_
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From Edgewater to Hyde Park, these homes are in quintessentially Chicago buildings.
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Chicago Condos in Six-Flats for Sale
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Every time a bakery has a line stretching down the block or that new Italian place is booked out for months,” writes @leighgiangreco.bsky.social, “an influencer gets their wings (and in some cases, hundreds or even thousands of dollars).”
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POV: The Algorithm Picked Your Dinner
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every Now and Then in West Town isn’t just about pushing products.
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Joe Freshgoods’s Take on the Boutique-Cafe
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
By all rights, Chicago should have seen a production of ‘A Strange Loop’ by now. When theater director Mikael Burke saw the show in D.C. in 2021, he “came back on fire.” Now, two companies are coproducing the Chicago premiere, with Burke at the helm.
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Best of Fall: The Daring Director
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A new class of tastemakers is transforming Chicago’s restaurant scene, for better and worse, one post at a time.
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bril Barrett and Martin “Tré” Dumas III are celebrating the 25th anniversary of M.A.D.D. (an acronym for Making a Difference Dancing) by each performing a personal show for a double bill at the annual Chicago Tap Summit.
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Best of Fall: The M.A.D.D. Men
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Q: When you read alarming predictions about the risk AI could pose for humanity, what’s your reaction? A: There are real dangers ... But this notion that they’re going to become conscious and eliminate humans is just not-very-well-informed fearmongering.
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How Argonne is Supercharging Scientific Discovery
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Artists, musicians, writers, and activists: Meet the people behind the season’s 10 happenings you won’t want to miss.
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The Best of Fall Culture
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Back to her country roots, singer Stella Lefty is out to prove she’s no one-hit wonder.
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Best of Fall: The Soul Searcher
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The goal was to get the eye to go throughout the space and not just look at the art,” says Kauffmann. Equally as important: “We wanted the room to be very approachable and comfortable.”
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Pro Tips for an Art-Forward Dining Room
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Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“I get busy with stuff, and when I look up, a decade has slipped by,” says bestselling author Audrey Niffenegger. More than 20 years after “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” she's conjured a sequel.
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Best of Fall: The Inadvertent Soothsayer
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