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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

About a year into dating, my now-wife and I decided to opt out of Valentine's Day.

The 7 Sexiest Dishes You Can Make Someone on Valentine's Day

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Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

In most of America, a shitty winter is an annual tradition.

Every State, Ranked by How Miserable Its Winters Are

Chicago

Drink

If there’s one thing we can all agree on in the year 2020, it’s that we could all use a drink.

The Best Beer Bars in Chicago  

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Every beer has the potential to have a huge impact.

30 Beers That Changed America

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IPAs tend to hog a lot of the beer-loving spotlight, but for true believers, the holiest of grails are those containing stouts.

The Best Stouts You'll Taste This Winter

On Tap

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Germans probably didn't invent the concept of drinking outside, but the German-style beer garden arguably perfected it.

The 26 Best Beer Gardens in America

When you experience something delicious, it's only natural to want a second helping.

5 Things You Need to Know About 'InstaChef' Season 2

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Settling on the best Mexican restaurants in America is a daunting task to say the least.

The 31 Best Mexican Restaurants in America

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The old trope about pizza and sex is such well-worn territory at this point that I won't even bother repeating it, but I will say this: just because something is generally good, doesn't mean it can't be better.

The Simple Secret to a Lifetime of Better Pizza

The Costco food court is not the most glamorous of eateries, but it has, like many things Costco, attained a certain following.

Everything in the Costco Food Court, Ranked

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The Irish pub is one of many of the Emerald Isle's great gifts to drinking culture, and it's no surprise that its stylings are emulated all over the world, though few, if any, countries have embraced them with the fervor that America has.

The 21 Best Irish Pubs in America

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Look, anyone can have a few friends over, crack open a couple of bottles of wine and assemble a half-hearted cheese platter and call it an "Oscar Party".