Holiday Club

This restaurant/bar is early 1960s Las Vegas chic, complete with tons of period kitsch, so curl up with a martini and dig on the tunes, d...

Housed in an old speakeasy, this theater has been on the scene since 1994. While the company frequently stages its own productions here,...

Artist, playwright and actor Sharon Evans founded this innovative theater with her husband John Ragir in 1988. Many of the so-called prog...

This theater is the home of a hard-hitting, visceral theater company named Mary-Arrchie, whose artistic director Richard Cotovsky has sta...

Established in 1860, the Graceland Cemetery and Crematorium is Chicago's most famous cemetery and is on the National Registry of Historic...

Ginger Man definitely plays against type in a row of predictable sports bars across the street from Wrigley Field. On game da...

This bar has 34 television sets, four of them large screen. Burgers. Pizza. Buffalo wings. Beer. You guessed it - this is a sports bar, a...

A long-established name on the dance circuit, Smart Bar, tucked in the basement below the rock club Metro, spins the latest m...

As promised by its name, Murphy's Bleachers lies just across the street from venerable Wrigley Field. On game days, ma...

If you are tired of eating at the dozens of Downtown Italian places, jump on the Red Line and shoot up to this romantic, and overlooked p...

Smiling down on you as you dine is a picture of the Dalai Lama. His gentle grin matches the extreme friendliness of the staff and the unc...

West African home cooking in Chicago. The interior is warm and exotic, replete with masks and artwork straight from the motherland. Some...

Chicago has a sizeable Mexican population and as a result, tons of tiny burrito shacks have sprouted, which all deliver good fast standar...

Unpretentious decor of brick and large storefront windows provide an inviting backdrop for the food. Start by selecting from a range of d...

When you come across an Indian restaurant that offers Southern Indian specialties, rather than the more common Northern cuisine, you are...

Enjoy Argentine flavor with a European feel. The setting is cozy, intimate and candlelit. If you are unfamiliar with the cuisine, you can...

Waits can stretch out the door, especially on weekend mornings, when people clamor into this 1950s-style diner for good food at good pric...

Although its name is gimmicky, this Thai restaurant is anything but. For good reason, this has consistently been a Thai favorite for Lake...

In a neighborhood awash with restaurants, this one stands out above the rest. Owner Farid Nobahar has created an inventive Mediterranean-...