Hopleaf

(This selection is edited for clarity and length.) Tom Acitelli What do you think of when you think of Chicago? Oddly enough, the 1860 Republican convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. Who is an author you'd like to meet, dead or alive?...

You've already waited in line for popcorn at Garrett. You've endured verbal abuse at The Wieners Circle. And you've devoured the Chicago classic that is the Italian beef sandwich (Al's #1 and Johnnie's being the best, depending on who you ask). So...

Aleksandar Hemon landed in the United States two decades ago, January 1992. He was 27, a young Bosnian journalist from Sarajevo arriving on a one-month visa, arranged through a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Just after he...

The Chicago French Market, steps from the West Loop's Ogilvie Transportation Center, is what Cheap Eater Kevin Pang calls "the closest thing Chicago has to a food truck pod." See photo gallery for a visual tour of smoked pastrami, Japanese-imported...

Planning a date can be a difficult enough experience, let alone if you're doing it for two people that you've never met before. Sarah Press, CEO and co-founder of Project Fixup, a Chicago-based online startup that bills itself as one part matchmaker,...

Here are some places where you can see live storytelling in Chicago: Story Club (storyclubchicago.com) 8 p.m. Wednesday: Five open mic slots, the theme is "Community." Held at Co-Prosperity Sphere, 3219 S Morgan St. Sign-up for slots begins at 8pm, show...

Doesn't a road trip to the pale ale capital of the United States sound like delicious fun? Of course it does. Well, good news: We're already there. At last month's Great American Beer Festival, a three-day extravaganza of craft beer, more craft beer and...

Mike Roper's a sucker for a good story. One afternoon, while sampling beers at his Uptown bar Hopleaf, he relayed how archaeologists in Turkey unearthed pottery buried for thousands of years, drinking vessels once containing beer. The liquids inside had...

Greg Hall wants you to drink more cider. He's already persuaded you to drink more beer — or rather, as brewmaster/marketing genius/foodie gadfly of Goose Island Beer Co. for more than a decade, he's persuaded you to drink smarter beer, craftier...

Seven days might be enough for America to salute craft beer — American Craft Beer Week runs May 14-20 — but it won't be enough for Chicago. That's why the third annual Chicago Craft Beer Week will be spread over 11 days, from May 17-27. We...