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Time Out Chicago's 10-year anniversary

Time Out Chicago celebrates its 10th birthday with a look back at a decade of Chicago culture, from the careers of our most famous chefs to the many ways the city has changed—for better and for worse

Written by
Laura Baginski
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Happy birthday to us! Time Out Chicago launched its print edition on March 3, 2005, with Redmoon Theater on its cover and a baby-faced Jens Lekman in its pages. Since then, Time Out Chicago has gone through some big changes, including switching to an all-digital format in 2013, and Chicago has transformed right along with it. Can you even remember a time before Brendan Sodikoff ruled the Chicago restaurant scene? Or when Lollapalooza was in its first year? Or when smoking was still allowed in Chicago bars? Jump in the not-so-way-back time machine with us and reminisce about the past decade. 

A decade of Chicago culture