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Haymarket Pub and Brewing to open in West Loop

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Excellent news reported by Chuck Sudo of the Chicagoist: a delightful pub within stumbling distance of me

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Construction is currently underway on Haymarket Pub and Brewing, in the former Bar Louie space at 741 W. Randolph. The project is a partnership between Pete Crowley, senior brewer at Rock Bottom Chicago, and his friend John Neurauter. We’d been hearing rumblings for weeks about Haymarket and Crowley, who’s also president of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, was more than happy to fill us in on some of the details.

Crowley said that Haymarket will focus on “classic Belgian and contemporary American ales and lagers paired with hand made sausages, pulled pork, pizza and rotisserie chicken.” There are plans for an outdoor beer garden, full bar, dining area with pool tables and games. About 600 square feet downstairs will be allocated for a barrel room for aging and blending. The centerpiece of the pub will be a walk through kitchen and brewery that leads to a “drinking and writing” theater

[From More Brewing In Town: Haymarket Pub and Brewing – Chicagoist]

Bar Louie West Loop

Let’s hope it has better luck than the several previous occupants of this location (at least five businesses that I can think of have cycled through in the last decade)

Family Planning protest w 50 foot Giant Virgin Mary

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I only had a 70 mm zoom lens when I shot this, so this is a little hard to see, but it looks like a giant Virgin Mary statue is being set up to glare across the street at the family planning clinic on 659 W Washington. By the looks of the police barricades, I’d say a bevy of protesters is going to greet any woman unlucky enough to have an appointment today. I’d go over and get a closer shot, but I’d probably get into a fist fight with the fundies. Birth control is apparently their next target, btw.
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As ChicagoSage suggested in comments, we should build a 30 foot Flying Spaghetti Monster with noodley appendages next to this statue.

Fumare Meats – Metra Market

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Fumare Meats - Metra Market
Fumare Meats – Metra Market, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Finally made it over to the long-awaited Metra Market. Favorable impression, we’ll be returning

www.frenchmarketchicago.com/vendor/fumare
Dick McCracken left banking to pursue his love of good food and sharing his culinary finds with others. Fumare (‘smoke’ in Italian) brings traditionally cured and smoked meats from local producers to Chicago French Market. Items include locally made prosciutto, hams, smoked sausages, bacons and other delights. Menu highlights include an old-fashioned, Montreal-style smoked meat (think pastrami) cured and naturally smoked, peppered and slow-cooked to a well-marbled tenderness.

am actually pretty hungry right now, wish the French Metra Market was open

Harrison Ford at the Haymarket

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Harrison Ford at the Haymarket
Harrison Ford at the Haymarket, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Film: BlacKeys B+W
Flash: Off

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billboard for Extraordinary Measures looking at Marry Brogger’s Haymarket Riot Memorial statue

Kinzie Bridge in the Rain

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Kinzie Bridge in the Rain
Kinzie Bridge in the Rain, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

North Branch of the Chicago River

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from last Yom Kippur1, if I’m not mistaken. I smooth-talked us into celebrating in nature instead of wasting time in a shul2

Ooops, my mistake, taken on Rosh Hashanah3 instead.

Footnotes:
  1. יוֹם כִּפּוּר [↩]
  2. אסנוגה [↩]
  3. ראש השנה [↩]

Embrace the Gloom

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Embrace the Gloom
Embrace the Gloom, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. – Sun Tzu

Randolph Street, Chicago

Embiggen:
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Ready for a scotch

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Ready for a scotch
Ready for a scotch, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Or something. Jeez, brutal out there.

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from the National Weather Service forecast for Cook County:

Tonight…Mostly cloudy. A few flurries. Very cold. Lows 2 to 6 above…except 8 to 12 above downtown. Wind chills as low as 5 below to 15 below zero. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph at times.

Thursday…Windy. Partly sunny. Very cold. Highs 12 to 16. Wind chills as low as 10 below to 20 below zero. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.

Thursday Night…Partly cloudy. Blustery. Lows 5 to 9 above… Except 9 to 13 above downtown. Wind chills as low as 5 below to 15 below zero. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph early in the evening.

[Click to continue reading 7-Day Zone Forecast for Cook County]

Don’t get me wrong, I actually like winter, at least in December and January. By February, the thrill of winter usually starts to fade, and March and April should be spring already damn it!1

Footnotes:
  1. though rarely does Chicago actually have spring until mid-April or early May [↩]