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The Second City is the greatest city in all the land, yet, for some reason, there are people in this world who have not been here.

Chicago, According to 20 People Who've Never Been Here

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Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

Most cities don't have the courage or girth to host a bacon festival with 170 restaurants showing off their food alchemy chops to cook more than 7,000lbs of bacon in a weekend.

50 Heart-Pounding Dishes From Chicago's Baconfest

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Staying calm under pressure: it’s an essential skill for firemen and astronauts, but I’ve always had my doubts about whether it was really all that crucial for bartenders.

How I Learned Bartending Is a Seriously Hard Job

Ay Chiwowa

Since today is officially the 51-day anniversary of Cinco de Mayo (!!!), we're celebrating the only way we know how: by giving you four places to score giant-ass margaritas in Chicago this weekend.

4 places to score jumbo margaritas this weekend

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Chicago With this weekend featuring at least one of the eight days of sunshine per year in Chicago, it's time to 1) actually go outside, and 2) grab something delicious while you're at one of these seven new food trucks.

Chicago's 7 best new food trucks to hit this weekend

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Not just for people with small, Dinklage-y hands who can't commit to a full burger, sliders are also for people with normal-sized hands who can't commit to a full burger.

The 10 sexiest slider options in Chicago

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Chicago Because you're always up for an excuse to skip work and day drink ("Oh no, just saw something suspicious on the doggy cam.

You better watch the World Cup in these 5 Chicago bars. Or else.

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America consumes 70 million pounds of tater tots a year, and approximately 69.3 million of them are mostly crappy -- they're either too "crunchy", too "soggy", or too "not covered in pulled pork, cheese curds, grainy mustard, and a fried egg".

The 12 best tater tots in Chicago

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Chicago Memorial Day marked the official start of grilling season.

The 5 best new Chicago steaks to down this weekend

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Chicago It's Chicago Craft Beer Week... but you already knew that, didn't you?

7 Chicago Craft Beer Week musts (one's at a mini-golf course inside Goose Island!)

Power Rank

Kailley Lindman

When it comes to making the most ridiculous burgers in Chicago, stuffing a patty with cheese no longer gets the job done.