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A look at Cafe Matou, Chicago Firehouse
Tribune restaurant criticAmong the resolutions I've made to start 2007--the curbing of bad habits, the acquisition of good ones--the one that seems least doomed to failure is my determination to give a little more space to those restaurants I've unaccountably ignored for years....Tags: Salads, Veal, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants
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Phil Vettel's restaurant reviews
Tribune staff reporterBistro Monet 462 Park Blvd., Glen Ellyn; 630-469-4002. Reviewed on August 16 For those who love French tradition at reasonable prices, in a room so quiet that one can rediscover the lost art of dinner conversation, Bistro Monet is your new favorite...Tags: Merchandise Mart, Salads, Millennium Park, Game, Chicago Restaurants
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Move over
Special to the TribuneDeb O'Dell is a working mother of two who has been renting since her divorce several years ago. "I initially did feel that I had missed the housing boom," she says admits of her first years in the two-bedroom 1,200-square foot Oswego home she shares with...Tags: Condos and Houses, Rental Service, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Real Estate, Gold Coast
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Depths below home can keep it toasty, cool
Special to the TribuneAnyone who has retreated to a cold basement on a hot day knows the concept is as old, quite literally, as the hills. Beneath the Earth's surface, the temperature is constant. By tapping that, homeowners with geothermal systems can cool their homes, or...Tags: Leslie Mann, Energy Saving, Feet, Wisconsin, Colorado
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New season, fresh start
Tribune staff reporter"You can't do just as you like with bees. They be wonderful chancy things; you can't ever get to the bottom of they." Adrian Bell, The Cherry Tree Traffic rumbled along the Eisenhower Expressway, and the elevated train growled and thunked along the...Tags: Entertainment, Companies and Corporations, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Health, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chicago's 10 best bookstores
Tribune staff reporterWhat makes a great bookstore? Consider Anderson's Bookshop. You could raise it from its foundations in downtown Naperville, put it on a large flatbed truck and ever-so-carefully move the whole kit and caboodle 38 miles to Chicago's Hyde Park...Tags: Mark Twain, Near North Side, Clubs and Associations, Literature, Oklahoma
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Single men a reluctant factor in the market
Special to the TribuneWhen Jason Baker sized up his housing options, he found himself wincing at the thought of tossing rent money down the drain. That was all the motivation the 29-year-old single needed to purchase a one-bedroom, one-bath condo at Grand Bend at Greenbay,...Tags: Jason Baker, Clubs and Associations, Condos and Houses, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Real Estate Buyers
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Central Station developer not deterred by soft sales climate
The developer of 795 units in two new South Loop luxury condominium towers overlooking Grant Park is forging ahead despite the turbulence in real estate markets around the country and softening demand in Chicago. Gerald Fogelson, co-chairman and chief...Tags: Education, Roosevelt University, Condos, Real Estate, Michigan Avenue
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Incentives helping push fence-sitters to decide
Special to the TribuneNot everyone is able or willing to buy a first home just a few years into their 20s. But at age 25 and 24 respectively, James and Jennifer Semrad decided the time was right. And builder incentives were a big motivator helping them take the leap. As...Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Marketing, Property, Condos and Houses, Real Estate Buyers
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Why test scores went up
Tribune staff reporterIllinois elementary school pupils passed the newly revamped state achievement exams at record rates last year, but critics suggest it was more the result of changes to the tests than real progress by pupils. Overall, children passed 77 percent of all...Tags: Personal Income, Teaching and Learning, Illinois, Students, Chicago Loop
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Police ID Driver in SoCal Bentley Chase
LOS ANGELES -- An armed man who killed himself after leading police on a three hour low-speed chase in a Bentley was identified as a former Chicago-area resident who once rented out luxury cars for as much as $3,500 a day, authorities said....Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Vehicles, Condos and Houses, Los Angeles Police Department, Assault
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April 7 - Tapas Valencia
Staff reporterExecutive Chef Filemon Ochoa TAPAS VALENCIA 1530 S State Street Chicago (312) 842-4444 www.tapasvalencia.com Champinones Rellenos: Mushroom caps stuffed with chopped mushrooms, spinach, bread crumbs, garlic, parmesan cheese On a bed of tomato basil...Tags: Mushrooms, Valencia (Spain), Cheese, Chicago Restaurants, Shallots
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