Irving Park

What's on tap for Chicago Craft Beer Week? A lot

2013-05-16 08:45:00

It has been an ambitious�year for�craft beer in Chicago —�possibly the most ambitious ever. Virtually every one of our breweries expanded in some form. Revolution added an entire new production facility. So did 5 Rabbit. Solemn Oath established...

A newbie's guide to Chicago Craft Beer Week

2013-05-14 15:43:00

How much does Chicago love its beer? Our craft beer week is 11 days long, if that's any indication. The fourth annual Chicago Craft Beer Week (May 16-26) is busier than past years, with 21 new breweries joining the lineup of tastings, tap takeovers and $4...

Chicago overnight report

2013-05-15 06:36:00

A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • Two men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said. One of the...

Bicyclist, 83, struck and killed by car on Northwest Side

2013-05-15 06:13:00

An 83-year-old man was struck and killed by a car as he rode a bicycle on the Northwest Side. Leonard Ratajczyk was riding west in the 7800 block of West Irving Park Road around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday when a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu hit his bicycle, according...

Night Out in the Parks: Chicago announces summer activities

2013-05-14 17:37:00

Circus performers and Shakespearean actors helped Mayor Rahm Emanuel announce Tuesday that the city is doubling the number of performances and cultural events at its parks this summer.� Amid lush greenery and newly bloomed flowers at Garfield Park...

Phil Vettel: Two stars for Bread & Wine

2013-05-09 00:00:00

To appreciate Bread & Wine, the 16-month-old restaurant in the Irving Park neighborhood, it helps to be less literal and more observant. For instance, you might be surprised, as I was initially, to discover that the kitchen doesn't set out much bread....

A bit of Britain at Jolly Posh

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Before I could ride a bicycle or recite The Lord's Prayer, I remember sausages. Bulbous and gray, with brown patches from the fry pan, these links — ask my folks — were the quickest, cheapest way to quiet a hyper child. But my introduction...

Woman beaten by purse snatcher in Old Irving Park

2013-05-03 14:04:00

Gerry Klemm was watching television late Thursday when she heard screaming and ran down the stairs to see a man standing over a woman who was bleeding. �"I opened my door to see if I could see where it was coming from and I had to go downstairs. ......

Descent into chaos

2013-04-14 00:00:00

A day after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 45 years ago, a 4-year-old girl, abandoned and crying, stood in front of a burning building a few blocks from the West Side apartment where the civil rights leader had lived during his open-...

Bread & Wine

2013-04-25 14:12:00

Bread & Wine. This Old Irving Park gem is a good one to keep in mind for all sorts of reasons (particularly pre- and post-Cubs dining, now that baseball has returned), including the fine Sunday brunch available here. Though the look is sort of industrial,...

Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins' legal issues in limbo

2013-04-27 01:34:02

Some of Mayor Robbie Perkins' legal issues have been put on hold while he proceeds with his bankruptcy. On Friday, District Court Judge Teresa Vincent put Perkins' child support and alimony lawsuit on inactive status because of his Chapter 7...

BRIEF: Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins' legal issues in limbo

2013-04-26 10:44:02

Some of Mayor Robbie Perkins' legal issues have been put on hold while he proceeds with his bankruptcy. This morning District Court Judge Teresa Vincent put Perkins' child support and alimony lawsuit on inactive status because of his Chapter 7...

Police officers stand near a man fatally shot, at a convenience store parking lot on the corner of Irving Park Road and Kimball Avenue at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

2013-04-20 00:00:00

Officers block off the 3900 block of North Avondale Avenue in Chicago after a shooting incident. Eight people were shot Thursday afternoon and Friday morning from the Old Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side to the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

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2013-04-05 00:00:00