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Matt Lynch
Matt is a former editor at Thrillist, and is an authority on all things Chicago, where he enjoys making cocktails, having other people make him cocktails, and using whatever Chicago sports team is currently underperforming as an excuse to drink more cocktails. Or beer.
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Love Fest
The Singleton

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

Whip up a restaurant-quality meal at home.

The Singleton

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

The Best Beer Bars in Chicago

You could use a drink.

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

The Best Stouts You'll Taste This Winter

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

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

The 26 Best Beer Gardens in America

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

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Matt Lynch

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

When you experience something delicious, it's only natural to want a second helping. So after 3.2 million YouTube views (and counting!) consumed the inaugural season of Thrillist's InstaChef, it's back for another.

By Matt Lynch

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

The 31 Best Mexican Restaurants in America

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

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

11 New England Chains the Entire Country Needs

Clam chowder, lobster rolls, baked cod, crab cakes, quahogs, wax paper-wrapped salt water taffy, marshmallow Fluff, pints of Ben & Jerry’s, even your morning Dunkin’: the good states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine have been the place of origin for more than a few important culinary creations.

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Matt Lynch

The Simple Secret to a Lifetime of Better Pizza

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.

By Matt Lynch

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

Everything in the Costco Food Court, Ranked

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

By Multiple Authors

Food & Drink
By Matt Lynch

The 21 Best Irish Pubs in America

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.

By Matt Lynch

Food & Drink
By Matt Lynch

A Complete Oscar Party Menu Based on the Best Picture Nominees

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".

By Matt Lynch

Food & Drink
By Multiple Authors

The Country's Best Suburbs for People Who Love Food

People tend to think of suburbs as havens for nondescript chain restaurants and, if Tom Hanks' filmography is to be believed, covertly homicidal neighbors.

By Multiple Authors

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