A Nordic Ice Bar High Above the Chicago Streets Also, Brunch Pizza. Just… Brunch Pizza. By Sarah Freeman
Wednesday
FROM PERKS
All the Cozy Cashmere and French Terry You Could Ever Dream Of
The way things are looking, you might as well just hunker down for at least another week of hibernation and wrap yourself up in the coziest cashmere and French terry sweats you can find… like this stuff from Quinn we’ve got for you at up to 35% off.
Thursday
ONE TO JOE ON
A Danish Juice Expert Arrives in Chicago
Meet Joe. He makes juice. Strawberry-kiwi and turmeric-pineapple juice, all over the world. And now, he’s making them in the Gold Coast. Joe & the Juice’s first Chicago location is now open with coffee and juice and spicy tuna sandwiches. Go on, Joe.
Friday
BURGER TIME
Meet the Newest Member of the Small Cheval Family
First, there was Au Cheval. Then, there was Small Cheval. Now, there are many Small Chevals, thanks to the newest location in Old Town. They’ll keep doing what they do best there, which is serve griddled burgers, golden fries and then open a 100-seat patio come summer. You can just keep allowing it.
ICE, ICE, BABY
There's a Nordic Ice Bar at LondonHouse Now. You Should Go.
With this slightly less frigid weather comes the return of rooftop season. Apparently. Because LondonHouse has transformed its terrace into a Nordic escape complete with vodka cocktails served in frozen vessels, plus hot-rock duck breast drizzled with cranberry sauce. Silly rooftop season.
Saturday
WHEN IN ROME
Incoming: Brunch Pizza
Making a case for eating pizza every meal of the day is Bar Cargo and its new brunch menu with things like a Roman-style pizza covered in Nutella and fresh berries. Oh, and a crab and avocado benedict on charred ciabatta if you’re into that sort of thing. “If” can be a funny word sometimes.
Sunday
ON THE FENCE
It's a Cider Cocktail Competition. Spoiler: You Win.
Maybe you’re unfamiliar with cider cocktails. Maybe you’d like to get familiar with cider cocktails by drinking a couple of them made by some of Chicago’s finest bartenders. Maybe you should head to Virtue Cider’s Stone Fence Cider Cocktail Competition to figure it all out.
What Else Is New
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD
Jeff Bezos Is Now the Richest Person in History
Or is he? In other news: this new countertop device lets you distill your very own liquor from the comfort of your home. And one writer waxes poetic on the agony and ecstasy of winter’s cruelest interruption: wiping out on ice.
Sarah Freeman is often accused of hiding secrets in her hair. She can make any cocktail, as long as that cocktail is a rye Old Fashioned, and has never met a saison she didn’t like.
