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It usually only takes five minutes to figure out if a restaurant sucks. Everything else I might do Visit multiple times Order every dish on the menu…
Michael Nagrant
My block in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood is an arsonist’s enclave. At least it feels that way. In the eleven years I have lived here, there have…
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Table stakes to get people’s attention these days are to declare something the “best” or “greatest” or “most amazing”. Because it’s hard out here for a…
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February 2023

Who created Mickey Mouse? Unless you’re a super animation nerd, I’d bet you a million dollars that you said Walt Disney. Nope.
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A private space for us to converse and connect
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If you wanted to pretend the pandemic never happened, that you never had to lay off your workforce, that you weren’t freaked out about incurring…
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I see you, wrapped in the knotty wooden pine of a banquette at Fitzgerald’s Babygold restaurant in Berwyn, clutching that cheeseburger dripping with…
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In about a week, specifically next Sunday, a very familiar but tragic scene will unfold. Friends, family, and sworn enemies will gather in front of very…
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January 2023

If the world were just, the hours of three to five would only seem to appear in the afternoon. The hours of 3-5 am would still exist of course, but none…
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I can't breathe, I'm waiting for the exhale Toss my pain with my wishes in a wishing well Still no luck, but oh, well I still try even though I know I'm…
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The soul, by a cheap trick of the calendar, desires rebirth. Instead, it gets nothingness. Mocktails and “spirit-free” drinks are never more indicative…
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December 2022

The first rule of Pasta Club is you do not talk about Pasta Club. The second rule of Pasta Club is you DO NOT talk about Pasta Club. Third rule of Pasta…
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