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What's on tap for Chicago Craft Beer Week? A lot
Tribune NewspapersIt has been an ambitious year for craft beer in Chicago — possibly the most ambitious ever. Virtually every one of our breweries expanded in some form. Revolution added an entire new production facility. So did 5 Rabbit. Solemn Oath established...Tags: Wicker Park, Garfield Park Conservatory, Bars and Clubs, Sandwiches, Festive Events
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A newbie's guide to Chicago Craft Beer Week
RedEyeHow much does Chicago love its beer? Our craft beer week is 11 days long, if that's any indication. The fourth annual Chicago Craft Beer Week (May 16-26) is busier than past years, with 21 new breweries joining the lineup of tastings, tap takeovers and $4...Tags: Wicker Park, Garfield Park Conservatory, Pies and Tarts, Bleep (euphemism), West Loop
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Chicago overnight report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • Two men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said. One of the...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Shootings, Transportation Accidents
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Bicyclist, 83, struck and killed by car on Northwest Side
Tribune reporterAn 83-year-old man was struck and killed by a car as he rode a bicycle on the Northwest Side. Leonard Ratajczyk was riding west in the 7800 block of West Irving Park Road around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday when a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu hit his bicycle, according...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Night Out in the Parks: Chicago announces summer activities
Tribune reporterCircus performers and Shakespearean actors helped Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce Tuesday that the city is doubling the number of performances and cultural events at its parks this summer. Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at Garfield Park...Tags: Garfield Park Conservatory, Travel, Edgewater, Rogers Park, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Phil Vettel: Two stars for Bread & Wine
To appreciate Bread & Wine, the 16-month-old restaurant in the Irving Park neighborhood, it helps to be less literal and more observant. For instance, you might be surprised, as I was initially, to discover that the kitchen doesn't set out much bread....
Tags: Cabbage, Restaurants, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Breads, Wines
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A bit of Britain at Jolly Posh
Before I could ride a bicycle or recite The Lord's Prayer, I remember sausages. Bulbous and gray, with brown patches from the fry pan, these links — ask my folks — were the quickest, cheapest way to quiet a hyper child. But my introduction...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Human Interest, England, Hong Kong, Sausages
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Descent into chaos
Chicago Tribune reporterA day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 45 years ago, a 4-year-old girl, abandoned and crying, stood in front of a burning building a few blocks from the West Side apartment where the civil rights leader had lived during his open-...Tags: Fort Hood (military base), Armed Forces, Civil Rights, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Bread & Wine
Bread & Wine. This Old Irving Park gem is a good one to keep in mind for all sorts of reasons (particularly pre- and post-Cubs dining, now that baseball has returned), including the fine Sunday brunch available here. Though the look is sort of industrial,...
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2 areas see 2nd homicides of month
RedEyeGrand Boulevard and Irving Park in the last week recorded their second homicides of the month, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found. In Grand Boulevard, a 15-year-old boy was shot to death Monday in the 700 block of East 50th Street,...Tags: Shootings, Murder
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Thursday: Eat. Drink. Do.
For RedEyeEAT Dining Out for Life Various locations Grab a meal at one of 78 participating restaurants—including Acre (5308 N. Clark St.), Baker & Nosh (1303 W. Wilson Ave.) and Tapas Gitana (3445 N. Halsted St.)—at this 21st annual fundraiser for...Tags: Restaurants, Roscoe Village, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs
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