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Metropolitan Brewing Gets Some ABC Sitcom Love (Insert Laugh Track Here)

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While some of us are still stinging from the cancellation of the very-similar-yet-far-superior “Perfect Couples” earlier this season, “Happy Endings” on ABC has been picking up the slack. Since it’s set in Chicago, they (just like nearly every other TV show set in Chicago) typically get just about everything about [...]

Sparging the News: City Provisions, New Chicago Beer, Stone Pumpkin Collaboration

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When it merits, we will bring you the relevant, generally-Chicago-centric information about what you’ll be imbibing around town.  Here’s what’s running through our Mash Tun of Information:

New Chicago Brewing Not New Chicago Brewing Any More

Alas, New Chicago Brewing, we hardly knew ye. And welcome, New Chicago Beer Company. The Rebranding [...]

Review: Metropolitan India Pale Lager

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We’ve been seeing on twitter that events for ChiBeerWeek have been absolutely crazypants.  The opening night at Map Room had lines out the door, and Rare Beer Night at Small Bar looked equally as nuts – so it was nice to wander into Fizz last night with room to breathe, and even better to request [...]

Beer & Bacon, Not Just Tailgating Staples

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“Of course beer and bacon go together,” I thought to myself as I headed over to Paddy Long’s with my wife on Saturday night.  We were going to the bar, at 1028 W Diversey in Chicago, for their beer and bacon tasting.

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First Look: The Fountainhead

For starters, let me say that for the most part, I disdain the writings of Ayn Rand and the tenets of her Objectivist philosophy.  (Strange way to start a bar review, right?) So it interested me – and irked me just a little – that a taproom I was very much looking forward to would [...]