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The Birth of a Park

Drawings and Diapers • CHICAGO CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY

Assessing the Best • I’ve eaten at Warlord three times in the past two weeks and the staff there has been incredibly efficient, accommodating, and friendly [“Best New Restaurants,” April]. I love this place.

CITY OF BIG QUESTIONS

President Pritzker? • If you’re a successful governor with $2 billion, where do you go next? The White House.

VOX The War at Home • For Illinois’s only Palestinian American legislator, the crisis in Gaza is personal.

THE TWO-MINUTE GUIDE The Bear, Season 3 • Chicago’s streaming obsession returns to Hulu in June. Now that the gang has opened a fancy restaurant, what can we expect?

FIVE THINGS Best of Enemies • A new book chronicles how Illinois political foes Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas set aside their rivalry for the good of the nation. Here’s what we learned.

MY TOWN BARRINGTON

THE REGIMEN Billy Dec • Hospitality entrepreneur, food anthropologist, eclectic exerciser

Baby Goes Boom • The local band Brigitte Calls Me Baby is growing up fast.

AGENDA • Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this summer

A Happy Week • Top restaurants all over the city are offering happy hour discounts on food and drink. We’ve put together a full week’s worth of deals.

Heart and Science of Pasta • Tre Dita’s Evan Funke breaks down what happens in his restaurant’s open-view lab.

REVIEW Hidden Treasures • An unassuming Vietnamese newcomer is turning out impeccable seafood and top-tier pho.

Hot Date • SHABU PLUS ROTARY HOT POT

IN THE KITCHEN Mash Note

The Hot List • 10 places everyone’s talking about (in order of heat)

Looking for Al Capone • A man named Al Brown was arrested in Burnham in 1921. Was he actually the notorious gangster?

THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE • Whether you’re looking for a new build or just hunting for more space, the burbs are beckoning. Here’s where to start the search for your dream home in your dream town.

Evanston vs. Oak Park A SUBURBAN SMACKDOWN • Tell a real estate agent you’re looking for a place that feels like it’s part of Chicago, and they’ll likely point you to Evanston and Oak Park: two burbs with thriving downtowns, good schools, easy access to the city—and a bit of a crosstown rivalry. Let’s settle this once and for all.

THE DRAWING THE ART INSTITUTE WON’T GIVE BACK • THE HEIRS OF A FAMOUS JEWISH ENTERTAINER KILLED IN THE HOLOCAUST WANT THE MUSEUM TO RETURN A WORK THEY SAY WAS STOLEN BY THE NAZIS. BUT WAS IT REALLY?

THE MAKING OF MILLENNIUM PARK • ON ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY, KEY PLAYERS BEHIND ONE OF AMERICA’S GREAT URBAN PARKS OFFER A DRAMA-FILLED INSIDE ACCOUNT OF HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.

Country Time • Holler Hat Co. crafts bespoke toppers for urban outlaws.

STORE EXPLORER Katrina Markoff • The creative chocolatier feeds her wanderlust at these entrancing shops.

STORE VS. STORE Fielder’s Choice • Amid the age-old North Side–South Side baseball rivalry, two family-owned sportswear shops score with fans.

Samantha Irby • The humorist and Evanston native, 44, on her OCD, review avoidance, and sugar withdrawal