Chicago

41 E Superior St, at Wabash; River North; 312.266.0400

For $9.99 during every Tourney game, this 17-flatscreen restobar's offering a Miller Lite pint, fries, plus the sickest burger ever: a 9oz patty topped w/ fried egg, bacon, and pepper jack, with two grilled cheese sandwiches (one cheddar, one American) serving as buns. They're also giving away insta-redeemable $5 drink vouchers to everyone rocking gear from active Tourney teams -- so as usual, that Evan Eschmeyer throwback'll net you nothing.

These just-dropped, 100% cotton washed twill lids rep the North and South Sides w/ Tattooed's signature Superman/team logo design; each comes with an adjustable back strap secured by a brass ring (so the closest the Cubs come to that bauble will be your occipital bone).

756 W Webster Ave, at Halsted; Lincoln Park; 773.296.0101

The Farmerie 58 couple's flagship, Shine (formerly Shine Morida) is moving to bigger, 80-seat digs decked out with ivory and caramel marbled walls and a nice-size outdoor patio. They're keeping 85% of their Chinese + sushi menu, but upping the beef quotient with the likes of “Yaki Niku Kabi” (steak w/ Asian green peppers) and “Hong Kong Steak” -- a ribeye served in a “rustic oyster sauce”, presumably to capture the down-home flavor of Hong Kong's 7500 skyscrapers.

1618 1/2 W Chicago Ave, between Ashland and Marshfield; West Town; 312.243.4846

The first brick-and-mortar from a former Tru pastry chef, Mama's baking up scratch-made pie (available whole, by the slice, and flights) in styles like classic apple, banana cream, peanut butter, maple pecan, and a riff on Southern-style chocolate "chess" -- fattening enough to ensure you never (check)mate again.

In a why-the-hell-not move (“After so many years of making soap with plain ole' H2O, we decided to switch it up...”), this Midwest e-tailer's augmenting its cold-processed handmade soap bars with 25 different brews including Harp, Shock Top, Red Stripe, Guinness, Sam Adams, and Shiner Bohemian -- funny, because proto-hippies didn't bathe either.