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Chickpea

The first thing you notice upon entering Chickpea is the walls, emblazoned with technicolor posters for Hollywood hits in Arabic. With the wall coverings combined with an oh-so-trendy, synecdochic one word name, I mentally began to typecast Chickpea as a faux ethnic joint catering to hipster…

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DOWNLOAD: Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles

[Cover design by Logan Walters] Wait--before you start, we know that mash-up albums are, like, so last decade. We know that every so-called unsuspected relationship between rock and hip-hop has been bridged by ambitious producers all over the world who happen to have some acappella tracks and…

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Swedish American Museum: From Knitting To Nyckelharpas

Andersonville's Swedish American Museum. Photo by Laura M. Browning. We love a good cultural experience here at Chicagoist, but, like you, don't always want to pay out the nose for it. Good news: for a measly four bucks, you can meander through the Swedish American Museum in Andersonville,…

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So You've Decided to Show Up to Jury Duty: A Chicagoist Primer

It was just before New Years Eve that I capped off 2009 by receiving a summons for standby jury duty for January 19th. And it was on this Monday that I called the Cook County justice system to have the news barked at me that "if your last name starts with E AS IN ECHO through Z AS IN ZULU" I…

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Chicago Restaurant Week Validates Diet Abandonment

These best Chicago restaurants are serving up prix fixe menus at a nominal premium -- well worth ditching any short term diet plans

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Will The Massachusetts Effect Truck Through Illinois?

AP Photo/Charles Krupa Last night, Republicans took the Democratic stronghold in Massachusetts in a special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Today, both the GOP and media are heralding Scott Brown’s victory as a symbol of a referendum on the “Obama agenda,”…

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Fix What you Have or Buy New

How much does a new car cost? The base MSRP of a 2010 Toyota Siena is $24,540. Fully loaded it becomes 37,865. Let’s split the difference and say $31,202.50. That’s before tax and title charges.

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One Great Dessert: The Purple Pig's Sfogliatelle Napoletane

One of the hottest restaurant openings in the past two months has been The Purple Pig. The comfort food palace, a collaboration between Heaven on Seven's Jimmy Bannos, his son Jimmy Bannos, Jr. and Scott Harris of the Francesca restaurant empire has drawn favorable receptions and packed tables…

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Meister Files Complaint Against WTTW

Jacob Meister, an underdog candidate for the Democratic nomination to the Burris U.S. Senate seat, filed a complaint with the FCC today against WTTW Channel 11 for excluding him from a debate scheduled for this evening. Meister says the station's action is in violation of both FCC equal-access…

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Humpday Diversion

There are a lot of creative minds at work here in the Chicagoist office. And sometimes those creative minds can bump up against one another when working on ideas for the site. And sometimes these devolve into arguments. Words are had, feelings are vented, and, in the end, we hug and make up,…

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More Soup for Solace

Potato leek soup from Jacy Wojcik. This week, as we've mentioned, is National Soup Week. Today's Soup and Bread event at Hideout will feature soups from Milk and Honey/Cippolina's Carol Watson and the fine folks at Lula Café. All proceeds raised this evening will be donated to the Irving…

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