Colin Joliat

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Lifestyle
Jul 9, 2015

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

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.

Eat
Apr 20, 2015

50 Heart-Pounding Dishes From Chicago's Baconfest

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.

Being a Bartender Is Harder Than You Think
Drink
Mar 9, 2015

How I Learned Bartending Is a Seriously Hard Job

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.

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Drink
Jun 26, 2014

4 places to score jumbo margaritas this weekend

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.

Eat
Jun 19, 2014

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

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.

Eat
Jun 16, 2014

The 10 sexiest slider options in Chicago

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.

Drink
Jun 12, 2014

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

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.

Eat
Jun 4, 2014

The 12 best tater tots in Chicago

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".

Eat
May 29, 2014

The 5 best new Chicago steaks to down this weekend

Chicago Memorial Day marked the official start of grilling season.

Drink
May 15, 2014

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

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

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Eat
May 9, 2014

Chicago's 10 most ridiculous burgers

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

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Eat
Apr 28, 2014

The 30 best pork-packed dishes from Baconfest

160 restaurants.