Recent features

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• Restaurants & Bars

• Alfresco dining

• The best outdoor eating and drinking spots in the city.

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• Film

• Summer film preview

• Clowning comedians battle superheroes for your big-screen love!

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• Theater

• Applause don’t pay the rent

• Think it’s hard out here for a pimp? Try being a Chicago actor.

Featured foods

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• 2008 Eat Out Awards

• Read the critics' and readers' picks for the best eats in the city.

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• 100 best things we ate and drank last year

• Check out our list of 2007's best eats and drinks.

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• It's patty time

• Nothing satisfies like a good burger. We've tracked down the city's best.

Featured drinks

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• You’ve got the whole world in your glass

• Forget love—drinking is the international language. Here's where to sample some international flavors.

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• Dive in

• Read our award-nominated story on the best dive bars in the city.

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• Beers to you

• What doesn’t pair well with a cold brew? Other than driving and babies, not a damn thing.

TOC favorites

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• Sex and the Second City

• Yes, Chicagoans love the pleasures of the flesh, and thankfully, you’re not afraid to dish out all the juicy details.

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• Everyone's a critic

• How Chicago blogs are reshaping the way we critique culture.

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• Second City? Hah!

• Prove we're second to none by acing our quiz on the city's famous firsts.

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• Loop Survival Guide

• The secrets of downtown from bars to shops to secret parking spots.

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• Signs of trouble

• Can Chicago's storefront theaters survive the Broadway blitz?

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• Match game

• Explore the ins and outs of dating in the big city.