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There’s no food at his cafe. Chicago mentalist Fred Zimmerman’s “Psyche-Out Cafe” is an evening of mind games, fascinating stories, experiments to test your psychic abilities and demonstrations of ESP that provide a glimpse into the secret world of “psychic” practitioners. The Wednesday, March 3, event is the first of two special March “Magic Chicago” shows hosted by Robert Charles and Benjamin Barnes, with Jeanette Andrews in Edgewater.
You no longer need to be embarrassed by your puny hot dog, you can have the biggest wiener at the cookout!
Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats, a strange new sideline for the folks behind Chicago’s Gorilla Tango Theatre, introduces the Big Hot Dog, a 16-inch-long, 4-inch-diameter, 7-pound wienie.
No ordinary Chicago-style dog, this frankenfurter is made of [...]
In the past year, violent incidents at Chicago schools have risen at an alarming rate. To take a stand against school violence, more than 20 students from Rogers Park’s Sullivan High School have worked with artists from Edgewater’s Raven Theatre to present a one-night show, “A Bird of Prey,” featuring scenes the teens [...]
UPDATE: After all, Scharoff didn’t eat pizza the day after winning his bet — being too stuffed from tailgating at the Bears game, and he didn’t profit from his winnings: In an act of generosity, the two men decided to donate the $2,000 stakes to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Congratulations, Pizza Boy!
Could you eat nothing [...]
UPDATE: Extended through Nov. 8.
“I had muck for dinner, muck for lunch….”
There have been times in my career as a restaurant critic when I wished I could write that line. This one comes from “Yeast Nation,” the offbeat, new, comic rock musical from former Chicagoans Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, now in its Midwest premiere [...]
“Echoing flavors of earth, soil, rain, oak leaves, moss and overall terroir of the forest. I cannot think of a more amazing product that exudes all of these flavors in one bite other than snail caviar,” writes Avenues Chef Curtis Duffy in his blog. “It is earthy, dirty, raw and in your face with [...]
And they say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. The Hull-House Kitchen resumes its weekly free soup and conversation sessions, “Re-Thinking Soup,” at noon tomorrow with gazpacho from Hull-House Farm heirloom tomatoes and a talk by Joshua Viertel, former president of Slow Food USA.
The Tuesday lunches bring together food activists, farmers, chefs, environmentalists [...]
Well, I was going to tell you all about Pierogifest in Whiting, Ind., this weekend, but instead I’ve got some hot, if insubstantial news:
The VaporTini.
You you don’t drink this new potion, you inhale its fumes.
Offered every Thursday beginning Aug. 6 at Red Kiva in the West Loop:
The VaporTini consists of flavor-enhanced alcohol vapors served in [...]
Help the struggle against homelessness on the Northwest Side by eating a homeless dinner. No, we don’t mean dumpster diving, but a meal that doesn’t have a fixed home. Instead, diners will move from place to place.
The three-part progressive dinner in the Six Corners neighborhood supports Hands to Help Ministries’ fight against local homelessness. The [...]
Whither the Bulgarzoon?
Bulgaria? Kalamazoo? Mattoon?
Why vanished Zoolak, lackaday?
I do not see these offered at
Soda fountains of today.
Yesterday’s post on the new Lincoln Park Starfruit Cafe got me thinking about soured-milk drinks. Starfruit’s Twitter page describes it as “Chicago’s premier frozen kefir parlor,” which is funny, because Starfruit’s two locations are Chicago’s only frozen kefir parlors, [...]
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