Designed by famed architect William Le Baron Jenney and completed in 1885, it rose 10 stories (and eventually 12, after an ...

Amy and John discuss their favorite cocktail bars in the city, what makes a great mixed drink, and what makes Chicago's scene so approachable.

Yes. In fact, it’s happened twice. The first murdered mayor was Carter Harrison. On October 28, 1893, two days before the closing of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the 68-year-old former ...

When I was at the Lalique opening party at the Mart a few weeks ago, I heard an amusing anecdote about how fashion maven Karl Lagerfeld always travels with his own set of Lalique’s Langeais ...

An open house is scheduled for Sunday, June 27th, at the Lake Forest home of Sharon Vaughn, the mother of the movie star Vince Vaughn. Priced at $2.395 million, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom ...

By Gina Bazer March 20, 2013, 5:30 pm Photograph: Courtesy of Chicago Candle Co.

* Habana Libre (1440 W. Chicago Ave.): Looks kitschy, but they’re serious about their meat, especially the ropa vieja. One of my favorite restaurants in the city.

So sacrosanct is this custom that when 19th Ward Ald. Ginger Rugai proposed a cul-de-sac that was viewed as a barrier to black Chicagoans entering Beverly, all the black aldermen still voted for ...

The cult-fave jewelry maker brings its dainty, stackable collections to town.

With mortgage rates at near-historic lows, it’s a good time to buy if you know where to look. That’s where we come in.

This Saturday, a group of Downstate Illinoisians plans to gather outside the Hancock County Courthouse in Carthage to declare their independence — from Chicago. They’re members of New Illinois ...

There’s talk that this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee could be a contested convention, meaning no candidate has a majority of the pledged electoral votes. That leaves ...