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The many epiphanies I didn't have from giving up drinking for Lent

Apr. 1, 2013
I was fairly certain I'd learn a few things about my relationship with alcohol and my own body during this time and I did. In that I didn't.

The latest in Chicago’s politics of booze

Mar. 19, 2013
An Illinois House committee agrees the city should be able to close liquor stores for 30 days if illegal activity is reported. The industry vows to fight the bill’s progress. 

When Chicago went dry

Jan. 17, 2013
What would you do if all the bars went out of business? Here's how Chicagoans greeted Prohibition.

American history, seen through a shot glass

Sep. 18, 2011
When you order a couple of beers at your neighborhood bar, you're not just having a drink, you're taking part in a grand old tradition stretching back to the birth of our nation and beyond.When the first British colonists began to wash up on our shores, the very first thing they built was usually a
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