Chicago magazine

Chicago magazine delivers an authoritative guide to life in one of America's greatest cities. From insight into the best dining and shopping to interviews with fascinating figures shaping the future of Chicago, every issue is your source for living city smart.

Chicago magazine

The Rise of the Middle

A Return to Berlin

Tippling Favorites • I stayed at the St. Regis last night and had an incredible cocktail and snacks at Bar Tre Dita [“Best New Bars,” February]. Such a nice addition to the city.

CITY OF BIG QUESTIONS

Seeking Sanctuary • Despite Chicago’s determination to protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation efforts, the city is limited in what it can do.

Talking Points • This month’s conversation starters

Change of Sox • Can new manager Will Venable rescue the White Sox after a disastrous season?

FARM REPORT • The good news for Sox fans? Help is on the way. ESPN ranks the team’s minor-league system No. 2 in baseball. Here are three prospects to be (cautiously) excited about.

Top of the Class • This Hyde Park home has magna cum laude written all over it.

MY TOWN LEMONT • RESIDENT MIKE ADKESSON, HEAD OF BROOKFIELD ZOO CHICAGO, RECOMMENDS THESE FOUR SPOTS.

Ernie, Minnie … and Charles? • A new book highlights Chicago’s pivotal role in both upholding and breaking baseball’s color barrier. Here’s what we learned.

Yazan Koudsi • Instagram globetrotter, electrolyte craver, yogi with a party side

Found in Translation • Two theater veterans forge their own artistic path by freely adapting an acclaimed graphic novel.

The Brutality and Nonsensicality • Michael Shannon makes his leap into film directing with a Chicago-born drama about the parents of a school shooter.

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

Italian Village’s Glow-Up • A fourth generation breathes fresh life into the nearly century-old dining institution.

Mexican Spirit • For his new cocktail bar, Cantina Rosa, Erick Williams looks farther south for inspiration.

Honor Roll

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

The Mighty Del-Crustaceans • For 54 years, through raucous parties and life’s twists and turns, the author has rocked on with his band.

The Best New Restaurants • THESE 11 NEWCOMERS ARE MAKING THEIR MARK ON CHICAGO’S DINING SCENE WITH UNEXPECTED FLAVORS AND BOLD CONCEPTS.

The Awakening • This adapted excerpt from Karen Lewis’s posthumous new memoir recounts the transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a disrupter of the status quo.

Lewis’s Hot Takes on CPS Chiefs • Karen Lewis was not one to mince words. And her memoir is characteristically candid about her relationships with Chicago Public Schools CEOs.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEAR • Pro Bowler and NFL style icon Jaylon Johnson shows off this season’s top looks.

Different Strokes

Aisle Style • We compare two bridal shops that cater to the unconventional bride.

Feeling Blue • Spring is rolling in on waves of ocean color.

Adrian Smith • The architect, 80, on designing tall buildings, criticizing the Trump sign, and divine inspiration