The best of 2015

From Italian food to lobster rolls from a food truck, here are our picks for the 15 best new restaurants of 2015 

The bar openings came fast and furious in 2015. Here's to an epic year of drinking. 

The best of this year in Chicago theater was defined by great characters

A new park, a great addition to one of our best museums, marriage equality—a lot of good happened in 2015

What a long, strange trip 2015 has been for Chicagoans

Here are the 25 funniest and craziest things we heard in 2015

As we approach the year’s end, we decided to look back at some of our—and your—favorite stories of 2015

As the calendar year comes to a close, we've assembled a list of new additions to the popular lexicon that we could do without

There's a certain art to pulling together the perfect music festival look

These 25 photos show off some of the most beautiful things we ate and drank in Chicago this year