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8 Spots To Get Your Chinese Food Fix Now!

Go Green! 9 DIY St. Paddy’s Day Drinks

Toast To The BEST Irish Pubs In Chicago

Chicago’s 9 Best Sports Bars

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10 Unexpected Places To Cozy Up By A Fire

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8 Vegan Spots Even Carnivores Will Love

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Bowled Over: 9 Of Chicago’s Best Chilis

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Cheers! 7 New Chicago Watering Holes

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8 Juice Bars For A Midday Pick-Me-Up

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Black Friday Fuel: 10 Brunches To Enjoy

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Chicago’s Best Indian Food, Bar Naan

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10 No-Mess, No-Stress Thanksgiving Dinners

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Bird’s The Word: Chicago’s Most Finger-Lickin’ Chicken

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Gourd Eats: Pumpkin Dishes To Devour Now

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7 Awesome Chicago Spots For Apple & Pumpkin Picking

It's officially fall, which means you need a pumpkin to carve and a fridge full of apples to bake into a pie — stat! Luckily, Chicago is surroun

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Score! 7 Healthy Game-Day Recipes

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Chicago’s Take On 8 North American Classics

Before any angry fingers fly to the comments section, let’s get one thing clear: If you want a 100% true-to-form wiz-wit surly-service Philly cheeses

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Announcing: The Top 3 Chi-Town Restos

Photo: Courtesy of Fat Rice. This must be how cinephiles feel while watching the Oscars — Bon Appétit just released its annual list of the 10

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9 Tasty Brunch Sandwiches — Eat Up!

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9 Of Chicago’s Yummiest Margaritas

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When Life Gives You Lemonade, Drink Up!

Photo: Courtesy of 25 Degrees It started when we tried the Ciroc-spiked sparkling pink lemonade at 25 Degrees. Then, we ordered the strawberry-agave lemona

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9 Chicago Soft-Serve Spots That Put Fro-Yo To Shame

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Beefcake Alert! We Present You With The 10 Best Burgers In Chicago

There are no ifs, ands or pork butts about it: Beef is a big deal to Chicagoans. And while we at Refinery29 love a good steak, a burger usually win

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Chicago
Chicago’s Nutella Twinkie Trumps An Actual Twinkie
The Twinkie is back, and we’re celebrating by not eating one but heading to these restaurants for local riffs on lunchbox desserts instead. Bistronom
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Chicago
6 Tiki Cocktails You Can Get Tipsy On Right Now
Here’s the deal: We know Paul McGee’s new tiki bar below Bub City will be worth the wait (eight months and counting), and the Whistler (McGee&r
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Chicago
Taste The Rainbow! 4 Delicious Desserts That Make Us Proud
This weekend: Pride Fest. Next weekend: the parade. While you're honoring the love and equality, class up your usual MO of spiking a Slurpee and snag
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Food & Drinks
Beat The Heat With Chicago’s Best Ice Cream
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Chicago
Can Music Help You Get In Shape? These 5 Fun Fitness Classes Prov...
News you can use: There’s now scientific evidence that your Ke$ha-heavy soundtrack is helping your efforts toward a better bikini body. In a new stud
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Chicago
It’s National Doughnut Day! 9 Spots To Get Your Fried-Pastry Fix
Disclaimer: We’re not fans of food holidays with dubious origins (National Jerky Day was proclaimed by Jack Link’s Beef Jerky…those jerk
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