Healthy eats

Dissatisfied with after son’s food in the South Loop, couple starts company

03/10/2010

Two years ago, husband and wife team Jason Weedon and Danielle Hrzic investigated their son’s lunch menu at his private preschool in the South Loop and were disappointed with what they saw. They wanted something better, and decided to intervene.
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The $3 cup

Some Chicagoans willing to pony up for craft coffee

03/03/2010

With a Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts seemingly within any two-block radius and McDonald’s offering its new McCafé line of premium coffee and espresso, there are more than enough options for Chicagoans in need of a caffeine fix. But followers of locally owned Intelligentsia Coffee Co. have found a haven for the hot stuff that, in their eyes, those other chains simply don’t deliver.
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What saved Prescott?

School pulled off closing list at last second

03/03/2010

Jenn Lister was at home last Tuesday night when the phone rang. It was Robert Runcie, Chicago Public Schools Chief Adminsistrative Officer, and he had the news she was waiting to hear: William H. Prescott Elementary would not be closed.
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Mad for wings

Heart of the 'hood

03/03/2010

Who out there would like to come out for a really fun night for a very affordable $25? If this applies to you, then don’t miss the first annual Wing Madness 2010, being held April 7 at Dick’s Last Resort, 315 N. Dearborn. I’m telling you early, because tickets are going fast.
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Epic road work on its way

Four big projects will start April 1

03/03/2010

Four interconnected road construction projects starting this spring will necessitate drastic, temporary changes to the usual entry and exit points to the Loop, and are expected to displace drivers from interstate highways to alternative routes cutting through city neighborhoods.
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Prepay for booze?

Owner seeks the Benjamins to save his store

02/24/2010

When Kyle McHugh left his job as a beverage manager for a restaurant chain in 2007, he had a vision of bigger and better things to come. McHugh is now the owner of Drinks over Dearborn, a craft liquor, wine and beer boutique in River North. The store moves high profile, eclectic items: banana bread beer, African bird’s eye chili mead, and sparkling blueberry sake, to name a few.
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Meeks bill stirs debate

Skepticism about stripping local school councils of their power

02/24/2010

A senate bill aimed at shifting leadership within Chicago’s public schools could be a step back for the district, according to some education policy advocates.

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Prescott spared at the last moment

02/24/2010

Chicago Public Schools leadership has removed Prescott Elementary from a list of schools slated for closure, an unexpected last-minute reversal.
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One act The merit of spending stimulus money on the arts

02/24/2010

Author's note: All lines by Sen. John McCain have been taken from the "Stimulus Checkup" report published by McCain and Sen. Tom Coburn. All lines by Shakespeare are in blank verse. Single lines come from his published works.
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Book promises deliciousness, help for a good cause

Heart of the 'hood

02/24/2010

I absolutely love key lime pie. It was one of my mom’s all-time favorites and early in life it also became one of mine as well. We'd go down to Florida to visit my grandparents, and that's where I was turned on to my first-ever piece, with its luscious graham cracker crust and smooth, limey filling.
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