The Good Food Festival & Conference is one of Chicago’s preeminent celebrations of sustainable, locally sourced food, an ethos that equally applies to booze this year. The Good Food Festival has rounded up a thoughtful array of beverage purveyors and pros to round out the 10th annual conference, which takes place March 13 through 15 at the UIC Pavilion.
 

It may still be arctic outside in Chicago, but that doesn’t dissipate our screams for ice cream. And ice cream’s cousin, gelato. With spring on the (hopeful) horizon, you’ll scream louder than ever, especially when red velvet gelato is involved.
 

Nowadays you can’t fling a stein without hitting a cask of craft beer in Chicago. The city is gleefully saturated in locally derived craft brews, as breweries continue to pop up quicker than customers can say “cheers.” The latest brew news comes from Eataly, The Dawson, and iNG.