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Bar Review: Jim Meehan’s Ambitious Act Two

Just over ten years since opening the pioneering PDT, Jim Meehan returns with Prairie School, a high-concept bar inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Hilary Higgins
Parachute Chicago Wine Program
Wine

Inside the Wine Cellar at Chicago’s Parachute

Beverage director Matty Colston on the five wines that define his unorthodox list.

  • story: Megan Krigbaum
  • photos: Nick Murway
Paul McGee Tiki Cocktail Recipe
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Paul McGee | Co-Owner, Lost Lake

Paul McGee is one of few bartenders to maintain equal footing in both a classical and tiki approach to drink-making. As the beverage director for Land and Sea Dept., McGee helms…

  • story: Talia Baiocchi
  • photo: Nick Murway
St Germain Cocktail Recipe
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Drink Your Veggies

This aperitif drink marries earthy carrot juice with the grassy notes of cachaça and St-Germain's floral palate.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Anthony Tahlier
Jacyara de Oliveira
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Lookbook: Jacyara de Oliveira of Chicago’s La Sirena Clandestina

The Beverage Director at El Che Bar and La Sirena Clandestina on what makes a great aperitif, her go-to drink order and tips on how to drink like the French.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Anthony Tahlier
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Hala Kahiki

The Midwest’s oldest existing tiki bar, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of tiki artifacts.

  • story: emma_g
Hala Kahiki Tiki Bar
Cocktails

Inside One of the Midwest’s Oldest Tiki Bars

Opened by a pair of former funeral home owners in 1964, Chicago's Hala Kahiki Lounge is one of the oldest and most notable tiki bars in the country.

  • story: Amy C. Collins
  • photos: Nick Murway
Cocktails

How a Motley Crew of Bartenders Transformed Chicago’s Drink Scene

With an opening team of mostly amateur bartenders, The Violet Hour defied odds to reshape Chicago’s drinking scene.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eden Laurin
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Daily News: From Wine Country to Weed Country, Translating Chicago Into Cocktail Form

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - America's largest wine distributor is also the largest donor to California's lawmakers. - The Chicago Tribune has challenged local bartenders…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
Cold Brew
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Daily News: Alcoholic Cold Brew Coffee, The Best Beer Bars in America

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - A new bill proposes that Texas-labelled wine must contain 100 percent Texas-grown grapes. - An alcoholic cold brew…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
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The Wines of Right Now
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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