The Drinks Issue 2021 | Chicago Reader Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-Reader-R-logo-icon-32x32.png The Drinks Issue 2021 | Chicago Reader 32 32 196496116 Neo: where misfits fit in https://chicagoreader.com/music/neo-where-misfits-fit-in/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:10:09 +0000 https://chicagoreader.com/?p=10948836 The neon Neo sign that hung above the mouth of the alley at 2350 N. Clark till the club’s final night

In summer 1979, Suzanne Shelton hatched a dream to open a punk dance club. She had two priorities: it had to play lots of new wave, and it needed clean bathrooms. Shelton had been DJing at a failing Lincoln Park disco called Hoots, but she spent all her free nights at O’Banion’s, a run-down gay […]

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On sharing a genetic predisposition to alcoholism

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]]> 10948968 Drinks with drama, cocktails for comedy https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/drinks-with-drama-cocktails-for-comedy/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 21:57:46 +0000 https://chicagoreader.com/?p=10948895 Green dessert shot with whipped cream and cherry on top of Theater Wit bar menu

There was a time when concessions at Chicago live theaters were pretty basic: water, soda, candy, coffee, tea, and maybe some beer in a can or wine in a box (depending on whether or not the venue had a liquor license). But as theater bars have expanded their range of legal booze options (or in […]

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]]> 10948895 The flood that birthed Love Cork Screw wines https://chicagoreader.com/food-drink/food-drink-feature/the-flood-that-birthed-love-cork-screw-wines/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://chicagoreader.com/?p=10948770 Chrishon Lampley of Love Cork Screw

Chrishon Lampley says she was a terrible writer when she started the blog Love Cork Screw in 2013: the Love section was about being a single woman who formerly owned an art bar, Cork had Lampley’s varietal wine selections, and Screw was her take on current pop culture.  The year before, the highly successful art […]

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]]> 10948770 Overgrown Orchard makes the best wine in Gary, Indiana https://chicagoreader.com/food-drink/food-drink-feature/overgrown-orchard-makes-the-best-wine-in-gary-indiana/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://chicagoreader.com/?p=10948757 Stan Wash of Overgrown Orchard

Stan Wash, dwarfed by towering metal shelves stocked with faucets and toilet seats, raises a small glass of butterscotch-colored liquid to his lips, takes a taste, and gasps.  “WHOO! Oh my goodness! UGH! That’s so tannic!”  We’re standing in a cavernous plumbing warehouse in Gary, Indiana, where Wash and a partner, Zach Getzelman, press, age, […]

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]]> 10948757 Social and sober https://chicagoreader.com/food-drink/social-and-sober/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:19:50 +0000 https://chicagoreader.com/?p=10948579 Elias Majid behind the bar

The “sober curious”—individuals who abstain from drinking to explore the positive effects of sobriety—have a new enclave in Andersonville. Eli Tea Bar, an alcohol-free social space, offers options for those rethinking their relationship with alcohol, including more than 100 loose leaf teas and special in-house blends, bubble tea, and kombucha on tap. Bar owner Elias […]

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