Regulars and residents of Boulder’s Steel Yards neighborhood have been eagerly watching the developments in the restaurant space next-door to fave coffee house Joe’s Espresso. The space last housed Kerrigan’s, a sort of local Bennigan’s sort of place: Celtic knotwork on the t...

(ED. NOTE : sorry this is running so late, but apparently it was some kinda New Year’s Eve in Chicago — if Mr.’s Scheid and Warmowski wish to hand in their entries after the hangovers pass, so be it. Here’s the 2007 edition. Best wishes to all CSTB contributors, readers, comm...

The Green Door Tavern in River North (676 N. Orleans, 312-664-5496) manages to walk the balance between classic tavern and tourist trap with aplomb. Housed in a 130-year-old wood frame building built shortly after the Great Chicago Fire (the last building of its kind built that close to the Loop) if...

Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why no...

After close to five years of writing about food on this here site, I supposed that I've developed what can be best termed as a philosophy. I thought it would be a great exercise to put to words these beliefs into short paragraphs. Easy-peasy, right? At least that's what I thought. But when I sat dow...

"Things will work out in the end."  "It's always darkest just before the dawn."  These were a couple of phrases my mother used to say.  To her, just have faith and everything would work out.  Raised in Oklahoma during the Great Depression, and never having the...

I can't believe I have yet to comment on the closing of Bennigans. I sincerely apologize for not informing you of the nationwide closing of this fine establishment, especially if you planned on going to wine and dine there in the last couple days. This is truly a sad day in restaurant history. On Th...

Download or listen to the show here..... Oh no! Bennigan's is closed! Ricky tries to act straight, a dream about Samantha, and I love lamp. We do feedback, emails, and phone calls. read more...

A growing number of struggling companies are opting to liquidate rather than trying to restructure in bankruptcy. Bankruptcy lawyers say many are caught between a slowing economy, a lack of bankruptcy financing, and loose covenant-lite bank agreements that allowed their financial situations to worse...

Comedian JUNIOR STOPKA joins us / Nice Peter joins us in the second hour / "PAINFUL PUNCHLINES" - a story of censoring comics for being comics / Tourettes syndrome horror stories: They can really say anything / Looney Toons t-shirts / Bennigan's is closing, aw hell no / Porn talk / I Like Barak Obam...