Cook County Lifestyle
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St. Charles' Isacco offers Italian with a twistAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Any time you end a three-hour dinner by doing shots of Grappa courtesy of the chef and owner, who is happily mingling with his guests at the end of his shift, you can be...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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Burgers to bistro - chef keeps it seasonalAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - The burger on homemade rye on Hackney's in Lake Zurich and wasabi-crusted ahi tuna with red miso at Retro Bistro in Mount Prospect seem worlds apart to most people, but ...
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'Wiggly Circus Live!' coming to RosemontAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Preschool favorites The Wiggles bring their "Wiggly Circus Live!" to the Rosemont Theatre for two shows only. Joining the Australian quartet in their big top extravaganz...
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Eclectic Poi Dog Pondering to play at RaviniaAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Few groups can draw from as eclectic an array of influences and still make cohesive, coherent pop music like Chicago-based Poi Dog Pondering can. Since the late 1980s, t...
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Flash back to the '80s at the Lodge at Four LakesAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Flash back to the '80s in Lisle. Party with the band Breakfast Club at the Lodge at Four Lakes. Sip $2.50 Hop Head beers, $4 22-ounce Sam Adams and Sam summer drafts, $4...
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Emil's makes itself at home in downtown GrayslakeAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Open since Feb. 1 in a spot once home to a pharmacy, Emil's Tavern on Center dispenses its own cures for what ails you. This Grayslake sports bar is the kind of place wh...
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Cheap stuff: Tomato Feast, Buffalo Grove Days, Schneider showAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Free 'The Artist's Hand' The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County hosts a new solo art exhibit by Gurnee native Ca...
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'Hanging Tree' author Bryan Gruley in Vernon HillsAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - • Meet "The Hanging Tree" author Bryan Gruley as he discusses and signs copies of his new thriller at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, in the cafe at Barnes and Noble, 720 Haw...
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Try a gourmet burger with 42 toppings at Tom & Eddie'sAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - A new burger joint opens Friday, and you don't want to miss it. Build your own burger with 42 topping options. Or try a specialty burger such as the ampersand burger: 10...