Holidays: over. New year: happening. And since you've earned at least a week of deep winter hibernation, here's some quality cashmere and impossibly cozy French terry knitwear to snuggle up with at up to 35% off.
One new year, two new taverns. First up is Maillard Tavern, a double-burgers and foie gras fries joint from the Piccolo Sogno guys in River West. Your second offering is the Shelby, and it's got its own take on burgers, plus giant baked potatoes in Humboldt Park. Either way, you're having a burger.
Just because New Year's Eve has come and gone doesn't mean your Champagne-toasting days are over. Enter: Esquire Champagne Room, the latest addition to Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse. Needless to say, it doesn't skimp on the caviar and king crab spring rolls. Or the Champagne, for that matter.
You've heard good things about bopNgrill, the Korean-fusion restaurants in Rogers Park and Lakeview. But maybe you've never tried its famous truffle burger and kimchi fries. Well, here's your chance during their three-month residency at Revival Food Hall. No more excuses.
Stressed out? There's a Rage Room for that. Or, more specially, Chicago's first Rage Room that will let you smash a bunch of ceramic plates and old computer monitors for the low, low price of $15. Though you really can't put a price on rage.
New Year, new you, new quilted panel bomber jacket. That's how the saying goes, right? It also mentions somthing about taking 50% off that and a bunch of other rakish essentials from Ted Baker, yeah? Either way, it should.
Here's a handy list of anti-resolutions, which includes a $25,000 taco and cheese-topped tea. Also, here's one writer's take on the deceptively devastating Black Mirror dating app episode, and one other writer's rant against calling this bad weather a "bomb cyclone." Very important stuff, all.
