Taste Chicago

A wildly popular Cubs-centric look at baseball’s past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along as we review select scenes from the rich tapestry of Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball history.

Today we look at some of baseball’s All-Hallow&...

I recently quipped something on Twitter about the PECOTA projections for the Cubs’ starting pitchers that is appropriate here:

And just like that, Tseng was named the Cubs’ opening day starter! … for Spring Training.

As you, of course, well know, the starting pitcher in a Spring Training game is not always indicative of much of anything. Tseng, for example, is not a serious threat to make the Cubs’ rotation out of the spring.

That said, this is a remi...

On Tuesday the Blackhawks Blackhawks announced they have signed forward Brandon Hagel on a three-year entry-level contract that runs through the 2020-21 season. The deal will have a $925,000 AAV.

Hagel, 20, is listed at 6-1 and 175 pounds and was originally drafted in the sixth round (#159 overall) by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2016 NHL Draft.

He is currently skating with the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League where he has 12 goals and 16 assists in 15 games. He has pr...

Plant Chicago is located across the street from a McDonald’s, a former Wal-Mart, and several small restaurants. Wal-Mart has been making bold moves to become “zero-waste” by 2025, and is already self-reporting that they are diverting over 78% of their materials from the landfill globally. McDonald’s has set ambitious goals...

I am a total sucker for the ever-lurking, probably-exaggerated, possibly-omniscient MYSTERY TEAM.

In major and highly-visible negotiations, be they free agent or trade, it always seems the case that, by the time those negotiations are nearing a modicum of closure, the group of involved teams is more or less known, even if their specific level of involvement and seriousness are not widely known. But then, like masked superhero (or a fart on a crowded elevator, depending on your bent), th...

Earlier this month, The Growler’s brought their laid back beach goth sound to a starting to cool down Chicago. Donned in star covered overalls and suits, set up in front of a bevy of Beach Goth murals (including a Growlers-ified Selena, Virgin Mary, and more), the sunsoaked band presented a chill set that felt way more like a gathering of friends than a straight up concert.

I’ve been to my fair share of Gr...