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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

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

The 24 Best Stouts in America to Try This Winter

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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

Unless you happen to be living in one of the few fairytale-like ski towns dotting the country, most of America is miserable in winter.

Every State, Ranked by How Miserable Its Winters Are

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

The Sexiest Dishes You Can Make Someone on Valentine’s Day

Chicago

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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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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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

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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".

A Complete Oscar Party Menu Based on the Best Picture Nominees

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

Matt Lynch’s Recent Articles

The 24 Best Stouts in America to Try This Winter

This is gonna get dark.

Every State, Ranked by How Miserable Its Winters Are

Chicago's just the tip of the iceberg (literally).