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  • Caroline Huftalen
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    • Art & Museums , Lit , Mixed media , Nonfiction

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    Weeds Tavern is a bar biography, but something more, and slightly less. More or less an artist’s monograph, SunTimes writer and critic Dave Hoekstra covers the titular Chicago tavern’s background […]

  • Dan Kelly
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    Review: Gay Old Times, Last Call Chicago, by Rick Karlin and St. Sukie de la Croix

    Last Call Chicago is not a narrative book. Rather it is an extensive listing with brief descriptions of 1,001 LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly bars and such. But it is also a […]

  • June Sawyers
  • November 4, 2022
    • Beer and wine , Chicago history , Lit , Nonfiction , Reviews

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    Since its early days, Chicago has had a deep connection to drinking. As author June Skinner Sawyers (a regular contributor to Third Coast Review) shares, “Drinking in the Windy City […]

  • Adam Prestigiacomo
  • March 20, 2022
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    Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced Wednesday changes to the state’s “Phase 3” portion of the Restore Illinois plan, which begins on May 29th.  “We are by no means out of […]

  • Aaron Cynic
  • May 20, 2020
    • Today

    Illinois COVID-19 Update Sunday March 15: Gov. Pritzker Addresses Crisis at O’Hare, Bars and Restaurants to Close Monday

    Update (3:30pm):  Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has ordered all bars and restaurants to close through at least March 30th, beginning Monday night, March 16th.  “There are no easy decisions to […]

  • Aaron Cynic
  • March 15, 2020
    • Music , Previews , Venues

    Let’s Celebrate – The Whistler is 10 Years Old

    Photo courtesy of The Whistler If you’re a longtime Chicago resident, you’ve probably spent a late night (or 12) at The Whistler. A dimly lit ambience, craft cocktails full of […]

  • Sarah Brooks
  • September 24, 2018
    • Beyond , Music

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    the Hideout, Sarah Brooks, Chicago

    This is the first post in a series of interviews of Third Coast staffers conducted by Third Coast Staffers. In this interview, Emma Terhaar talks to music section editor Sarah […]

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