Here's a little roundup of some of the nice things people have been saying about LSD in the press! Thanks to everyone who included us.

Parson's Chicken & Fish Lincoln Park was included in Eater's best new bar heatmap for March (for the third month in a row!) Check that out here.

The Infatuation published a guide on where to go for "fake spring" and Lonesome Rose was on the list. Read that here.

Chicago Sun Times' journalist Ji Suk Yi does an online piece called The Grid where she explores different neighborhoods and cuisines and recently did one in Logan Square of Mexican & Latin food options. Lomesome Rose was included, you can read that here.

Reader's Digest published a piece on the best speakeasies inside of hotels and Milk Room was included. Check it out.

Liquor.com released their 2019 best bars feature called "Drink Here Now" and a handful of our spots were included in numerous categories. Longman & Eagle for "Whiskey," Milk Room for "Whiskey", and Lost Lake for "Rum, Cocktail, Tiki, The Team Players, The Food Slingers." The map is really cool and interactive, check it out!

Our Beverage Director Paul McGee recently shared Cherry Circle Room's "That's That" martini recipe with Imbibe and it's featured on their site here. 

Parson's Chicken and Fish is headed to Detroit this weekend! Chef Hunter Moore and Beverage Director Charlie Schott are bringing that good good to Hazel Park's Frame for dinners this weekend, with seatings at 5:30pm and 8:30pm on both Friday and Saturday  nights.

Chef Hunter has pulled out all the stops for this five course dinner — you'll get Parson's favorites like hot chicken, fried fish, and hot links, but also super special dishes like ceviche tostadas, suckling pig croquettes, and more. Charlie Schott is bringing his famous Negroni slushies, Parson's Beer, and whiskey shots with pickle backs...Detroit, it's gonna be a good old time. 

There are still a few tickets left, but they're going quickly. Dinner is $55 per person, and drinks are available a la carte. We hope you can join us!

Parson's Chicken & Fish at Frame
Friday, April 12 & Saturday, April 13
5:30 & 8:30

TICKETS

Lonesome Rose’s second collection with Los Angeles-based clothing company The Quiet Life is out!

Led by Andy Mueller, an LA-based designer with deep Chicago roots, The Quiet Life has been committed to bringing us stylish, quality garments built for everyday wear since 1997. This second collaborative collection is ready to keep you warm and cozy in the winter elements, and includes hoodies, long sleeve tees, and corduroy flat brim hats. 

The limited-edition line is available at Lonesome Rose in Chicago (2101 N. California Ave.), The Quiet Life shop in LA (5627 N Figueroa St.), and online. 

Photographer Alexa Viscius came by to shoot the collection with some of our LSD HQ staff. Take a peek and come check out the new items soon!

Parson’s Chicken and Fish now has a second location in Lincoln Park!

Located just north of the intersection of Fullerton, Halsted and Lincoln (2435 N Halsted St), the new location features an open kitchen, 110 table seats, 30 bar seats, bleacher space for drinking, ping pong tables, and a patio space ready for spring. 

All of Chef Hunter Moore’s much loved fried and fresh offerings are available at the new location, as well as beverage director Charlie Schott’s slushies, cocktails, beer and wine. Parson’s Lincoln Park has the same hours as the Logan Square location (11am - 12am Monday - Friday, 10am - 12am Saturday and Sunday), which means Lincoln Park will get brunch and late night eats daily, plus happy hour Monday - Friday from 3pm - 6pm and Tuesday Burger Nights.

Designed by Land and Sea Dept., Parson’s Lincoln Park space features a soaring vaulted ceiling and skylights throughout, bringing tons of natural light (and patio vibes) inside, plus huge planters and garage doors that will be open once warm weather hits. 

See you guys there.

Every Tuesday* until May, Lost Lake bartender Andrea Kloehn is hosting a series of Speed Rack Happy Hours (5-7pm) in Lost Lake’s Stranger in Paradise!

Speed Rack is a prestigious bartending competition for women bartenders, founded by women, and benefitting women by raising funds for breast cancer research. It’s bigger than boobs; breast cancer research saves women’s lives. At Speed Rack’s midwest regional competition in December 2018 — her first major cocktail competition — Andrea went three rounds against the midwest’s strongest bartenders and took home the Mz Speed Rack Midwest title! Before she competes in the Speed Rack National Championships at Drink Chicago Style on May 7th, she’s gonna need to get in gear — and YOU CAN HELP!

Swing thru Stranger in Paradise every Tuesday between 5-7pm, and check out the menu of $8 classic cocktails and dealer’s choices Andrea’s serving. Every round helps her practice — plus $1 from each drink will go to Howard Brown Health, which offers cancer screenings for Chicago’s LGBTQIA+ community.

*Every Tuesday except 2/5, 3/12, and 3/19.

Before the Big Football Game, there’s another very important Bowl for our four-legged friends: The PUPPY BOWL! This year, Game Room will be partnering with Alive Rescue to put on a special adoption party! Join us on the bocce court from 3-6pm on Sunday, February 3 to watch the Puppy Bowl and maybe even adopt a new forever friend. 

Stick around afterwards to watch the Big Football Game and eat some wings and beer! Enjoy any number of chicken wings— 6 for $10, 12 for $15, or 50 for $48— and split a mini keg of Lagunita’s Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ with all your pals for $80.

Puppies, wings, beer and football. It really doesn't get much better than that!

This year, our Logan Square restaurants are participating in Choose Chicago’s Restaurant Week for the first time ever, joining Cherry Circle Room for the two week-long festival of special menus and deals throughout the city — some will even be offering reservations for the occasion! Take a peep below and come through!

Lonesome Rose
Head to Lonesome for both lunch and dinner from Friday, January 24 through Thursday, February 7 for meals built for two. For a Lonesome Rose lunch for two ($24), enjoy chips and guacamole, mix and match four tacos, and split a housemade soft serve for dessert. For dinner for two ($36), start your meal with California Ave. Street Corn and Truck Stop Nachos, then mix and match four tacos to share — and finish up with the Lonesome Choco Taco. Make your reservation here!

Longman & Eagle
Longman & Eagle is offering both lunch and dinner menus for Restaurant Week! For lunch, choose from a salt baked apple or baby squash with goat cheese, followed by a smoked turkey rueben, wild boar sloppy joe, or cheeseburger, plus a candy bar for dessert. For dinner, start with a falafel scotch egg, heirloom beets, or smoked trout brandade, followed by a half chicken or barbecue salmon — plus whiskey ice cream and chocolate for dessert! 

Lost Lake
Lost Lake will be offering reservations for Choose Chicago’s 2019 Restaurant Week! Join us for a special prix fixe dinner from Chef Fred Noinaj from Thursday, January 24 through Thursday, February 7 from 5p-10pm, Sunday - Thursday. For $36 per person, choose from crispy brussels sprouts or double fried catfish to start, followed by your choice of Shan tofu with anise braised pork shoulder and roasted eggplant rice bowl, then finish up your meal with a Mill-yen-aire Bar or a mini-Thai Tea “affogato.” Make your reservation here. 

Parson’s Chicken and Fish
Parson's will be offering meals for two for Restaurant Week. For a Parson’s lunch for two ($24), enjoy your choice of two sandwiches (fried fish, fried chicken, or hot chicken), served with housemade chips, and finish up your meal with an order of piping hot apple fritters. For dinner for two ($36), start your meal with your choice of Cheese Curd Fritters or Buffalo Wings, then enjoy either nine pieces of Cornmeal Fried Catfish or a Whole Fried chicken, with your choice of coleslaw and mashed potatoes & gravy, plus apple fritters to finish. Make your reservation here!

We've got some sweet stuff happening this February 14. Check out all of our V Day happenings and spend your lovin' with us:

Cherry Circle Room
February 14 - Book via Resy
Treat your loved one to a swanky Valentine's Day in Cherry Circle Room's James Beard award-winning space. Enjoy classic Cherry Circle Room dishes like their Beef Tartare (with chile, quail egg, salsa verde, and l'amuse gouda) served in a heart-shape just for Valentine's Day; Paul McGee's full menu of cocktails, and assorted chocolate bon bons from Executive Pastry Chef Angela Diaz.

Game Room
February 14, 8pm - 1am
Game Room is throwing it back for Valentine's Day with a No Scrubs dance party for you and your crew. DJ Audio Jack will be playing '90s and early 2000s hits just like all of your old high school dances. We'll have bubbly drink specials from Moët & Chandon plus a large format cocktail from Paul McGee to share with your buds.

Golden Teardrops
February 14, 7pm - midnight
Golden Teardrops (the basement bar below Lonesome Rose) will be transformed into The Lovers Lounge this Valentine's Day. The bar will be decked out in twinkling pink lights, and we'll have drink specials for whatever your aphrodisiac of choice is; fancy cocktails (try the gin & pomegranate based Have a Heart or the tequila based Rosita, $11 each) or a giant-sized mug of Hamm's, fresh from the tap. Plus, we'll have karaoke hosted by Katie Bates so you can serenade your partner or your pals.

Longman & Eagle
February 14 in the OSB
Longman's old school red sauce Italian dinner may be sold out, but you can still get in on the good stuff by heading to the OSB. Feel the romance with chicken parm sandwiches and drown your sorrows in a nice glass of chianti!

Lost Lake
February 14
Lost Lake is going Valentiki! For $50 (not including tax and gratuity), you and your valentine will enjoy three courses paired with cocktails, including grilled octopus, sizzling sisig and pork belly, plus pandan ice cream in salted coconut milk for dessert. Come on in on Valentine's Day for a tiki treat built for two!

Milk Room
Experience available February 8 - 10, 14 - 17
Book via Resy

Milk Room is offering a special Valentine's Day experience for two all week long. Couples will be greeted with a welcome cocktail built for two (served in a coconut, at that!), followed by a choice of two cocktails from a special menu designed by Paul McGee. Guests will also be served a seafood platter for two, a charcuterie plate with terrines, pickles and mustard to accompany their drinks, along with a box of chocolate with assorted bon bons to take home, and a departing cocktail. Reservations are $200 per person, and can be booked via Resy.

Parson's Chicken and Fish
February 14
Both the Logan Square and Lincoln Park locations will have the Lonely Guy special this year, which includes a Parson's Beer & 3 ounces of whiskey for $5. And now, for the first year ever, you can add on unlimited Hush Puppies for $8. The hush puppies will keep coming as long as you can put ‘em away. Who's lonely now?!

Illustration by Charlotte Croy Hudson

All of our restaurants and bars will be championing women-run or owned brands this IWD with special menus. We're proud to work with local favorites Hopewell Brewing Co. (co-founder Samantha Lee), Right Bee Cider (co-founder Katie Morgan), North Shore Distillery (co-founder Sonja Kassebaum), Metroplitan Brewing (co-founder Tracy Hurst) and Koval Distillery (co-founder Sonat Birnecker), plus Mexico-based Pueblo Viejo(owner Carmen Villarreal), and Italian Grappa Nonino (owned by sisters Cristina, Antonella and Elisabetta Nonino).

Cherry Circle Room will be highlighting female winemakers, including Angela Osborne of A Tribute to Grace, Anne and Catherine Parent of Domaine Anne Parent, Maggie Harrison of Antica Terra, Eva Fricke of her eponymous winery, Dominique Moreau of Marie Courtin, Esther Pinuaga of Bodegas Pinuaga, Nancy Irelan of Red Tail Ridge, and Diana Snowden Seysses of Snowden Vineyards. 

Longman & Eagle will even have a special IWD whisky flight (available in the restaurant and OSB), featuring three female-led distilleries: Allison Parc and Brenne French Single Malt Whisky, Angela & Maggie Moore of Virginia Distillery Co., and Pam Heilmann & Andrea Wilson of Michter's. 

On the culinary side, we're showcasing three women-owned farms: Three Sisters Gardens' Tracey Vowell and Kathe Roybal (from Kankakee!), Michigan's Werp Farms, co-owned by Tina Werp, and Nettle Meadow Farm (Warrensburg, NY), which is owned by Sheila Flanagan and Lorraine Lambiase. 

Proceeds from the featured items will benefit Girls in the Game, a non-profit (started in Chicago) empowering young women to discover their strength and lead with confidence through fun and active sports, health and leadership programs. 

Land and Sea Dept. is lucky to have lots of women running many of the shows we've got going on. Femme identifying people run many of our restaurants and bars. Handle our finances. Oversee our events. Innovate on the line. Pastry. Social Media. They hold it it down serving, bartending, running, hosting, barista-ing. Chances are, if you like something we're doing, a woman had her hand in it. Thank goddess.

We asked a few of our women in charge to share some advice, words of wisdom, or things to watch out for. Here's what they had to say:

Kerri Petric
Assistant General Manager - Drawing Room, Game Room, Milk Room

“The future of women in hospitality is immensely bright, and I work for the best company that exhibits this fact. Keep working together, supporting, learning from each other, and we will be unstoppable!”

Angela Diaz
Executive Pastry Chef - Cherry Circle Room, Drawing Room, Game Room, Milk Room 

"My advice is be yourself. It's hard in the kitchen sometimes because you want to fit into this (once) male-dominated kitchen environment, but at the end of the day you will accomplish more and earn more respect when you do you. And in the hardest of times, when you feel like you want to compare yourself to your fellow male co-worker, be stronger and keep a level and equal mindset.  

Be feminine and show pride in it, in whatever way that means to you. GIRL power is YOU power."

Elana Green
Executive Director, Land and Sea Dept. 

“Let go of what doesn’t make you better. That’s not to say that you won’t have bad days or errors. I’ve made mistakes, and I learned from them. But channeling your energy towards the positive will yield a much better end result. I’m constantly looking at how we can do things better, make our jobs and business better, and these traits both fuel and feed my career.”

Ginny Cook
Director of Events, Land and Sea Dept. 

"I'd advise against getting to the point that you feel 'above' doing anything. As long as you are willing and able to do the same work as the people around you, you will always be respected and supported. No one loves to haul trash, but seeing your boss do it makes you 100% more willing to do it yourself."

Mia Luna
General Manager, Lost Lake

“Working with so many womxn at Lost Lake the last few years has been a DREAM. Watching them champion each other, and offer unwavering support for each other has drastically changed my perspective on my own worth and capabilities both in and out of work. They are simultaneously fearless and strong, yet vulnerable and empathic. Find people like this to work with, to hire, and to befriend — you’ll be in good company when you make it to the top."

Come have a chimichanga at Parson’s Halsted—every Wednesday night is DEAD NIGHT with your hosts Eric Clarke and Turbo, who will be playing both sides of their favorite Dead concerts on cassette. (Note: The bank parking lot next door is tempting but please do NOT set up shop, they WILL tow your stickered-up Subaru.)

Keep truckin’!

The James Beard Awards Foundation just released their list of 2019 semifinalists, and we’re so excited to share that Lost Lake is a semifinalist for Outstanding Bar Program – for the fourth year running!

Lost Lake is the only Chicago bar included on the semifinalist list. Huge congratulations to the entire Lost Lake tiki team on all of their hard work, and to the rest of the Beard semi-finalists, especially all of our Chicago (and Logan Square!) buddies.

From Good Stock, Land and Sea Dept.’s supper club series, is back! 

For the first dinner of 2019, we’ll be welcoming Austin’s Emmer and Rye to Cherry Circle Room for a night of Chef Kevin Fink's (James Beard Semi Finalist for Best Chef: Southwest, 2018) Dim Sum-style American cuisine. On Thursday, January 24, Emmer & Rye will be taking over the space for a three course family style dinner plus dim sum cart and welcome cocktail, with reservations available all night (5p - 11p). Cherry Circle Room will also have optional wine and cocktail pairings to accompany the meal. This dinner is available for $85 (not including tax, gratuity, or additional beverages), and is available to book via Resy. 

A portion of proceeds will benefit the Frontera Farmer Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to promoting small, sustainable farms serving the Chicago area by providing them with capital development grants. 

photos by Alexa Viscius

We’ve still got a few long sleeve t-shirts available featuring artwork from Wyatt Grant, grab one before they’re gone! Check out this quick interview with the artist behind the latest Lonesome Rose T-Shirt Club tee, conducted by LSD art director Drew Ryan.

photographs by Alexa Viscius

Hey Wyatt what's good?

Hi Drew! I'm doing pretty well. Just got back into studio mode working on new art and music. 

Got any memories from childhood that are strictly visual?

I got my shoe signed by Charles Barkley in the 1st grade, which I proudly wore to school every day. I'd outline his signature with markers and embellish it until the original signature was no longer visible. Sadly I no longer have this shoe. Other visual memories from when I was very young: making rock necklaces, drawing comic books with mechanical pencils, Christopher Reeves as Superman, and the dirt bike ramps at Cameron Brown Park. 

You're a musician too—where do you rehearse and paint and draw and record? Are these separate workspaces?

I like to write music demos in my art making space at home, so both visual and sonic stuff has the same place of origin. The difference is with music I often bring those demos to my collaborators in Pool Holograph and they change and evolve quite a bit. We also write things through improvising as a group. Nevertheless the "sketch" element of both songs and visuals has always been at the core for me. 

We're both from Memphis but we didn't know each other growing up. Where would we have most likely crossed paths?

I am certain that we were in Cats Music or the Skate Park of Memphis at the same time. No way that we weren't. Possibly the Armory or the Complex. I saw your high school band play multiple times too, so I saw you but you didn't see me. :-)

Favorite Memphis rapper? 

It's hard because I'm a big three six fan and all of the members have their own strengths and styles. Out of that group my favs are Project Pat and Juicy J who I recently found out are brothers, which is nice!

Favorite Eggleston photo?

I found his work through Alex Chilton and Big Star covers, so his work became synonymous with Big Star's magical southern mystique. Really nostalgic and sentimental to me. There's one that's called "Untitled (near Jackson MS)" with a coat hanging in a room that was part of a series called At War with the Obvious which is a pretty cool title and sums up who he is as an artist. "Glass in Airplane" is another favorite, but another side to him that is spiritual and intimate. Still very everyday, but somehow he makes the mundane very alien and psychological. 

Pancho's or El Porton?

We were always an El Porton family 100%, however On the Border on Poplar replaced it after a while. 

Do you like dub music?

Any and all Trojan-related records are worth listening to in my book. Lee Perry and King Tubby are my favorites, however I don't know anything past the 70s, so I'm sure a lot has changed since then. I love that era of dub because of the kind of "primitive" experimentation. Lee Perry would put mics inside of stumps and whack them for crazy percussive sounds. I think the only "modern" dub I'm exposed to would be on a Mitsubishi commercial or in a Lyft. 

Ink pen of choice?

I just got a couple of big Windsor and Newton brush pens that I think are technically india ink. They are super great but I always feel overindulgent using them since I've usually been restricted to much cheaper materials. I like using brushes and ink the most, which is how I drew the shirt design. I get those big 2-liter bottles of india ink from Blick. 

Shoutout to:

My fiancé's flower business Plein Air Flowers— https://www.instagram.com/pleinairflowers/?hl=en

Really awesome collaborator and overall person Dave Vettraino aka Public House Recordings— http://publichousesoundrecordings.com/

My friend Jake and Clare's new web site Sun Room— https://www.hellosunroom.com/

Courtesy— https://idmatic.bandcamp.com/

Check out more of Wyatt’s work at wyattgrant.com and poolholograph.bandcamp.com

Longman & Eagle’s Pastry Chef Juan Gutierrez headed to the annual Donut Fest this past weekend in Chicago — and he brought his whiskey donuts with him! Chef Juan took home “Most Creative Donut” at the awards, which were held at Chop Shop in Wicker Park. Congrats to Chef Juan and the team!

Seattle’s Navy Strength is coming to Chicago to spend the weekend helping Lost Lake celebrate her fourth birthday! On Saturday, January 12th, at Lost Lake’s Stranger in Paradise, Navy Strength will present a five course cocktail tasting from their acclaimed travel-themed menus, paired with small dishes created by Lost Lake’s Fred Noinaj and Dani Kaplan.

UPDATE: Saturday seatings sold out in a flash, but Sunday’s festivities are first come-first served! The Navy Strength crew will be in Lost Lake’s Stranger in Paradise from 4pm ‘til they run out of drinks. See you this weekend!

The next installation of Lonesome Rose's T-Shirt Club is here. Meet "Rose's Room" from Wyatt Grant.

Wyatt Grant is a Chicago-based artist and musician whose work spans painting, illustration, and sculpture. He also plays in local band Pool Holograph. We're stoked to have him design shirt 005, the first long-sleeve T-shirt in the club, to keep you cozy all winter long.

Like all of our Lonesome Rose T-Shirt Club T-Shirts, this edition is a one time limited run (no reprints). These shirts go fast, so make sure you to get one for your Secret Santa, and gift one to yourself.

It’s available now at Lonesome Rose or on the LSD webstore!

Photos: Alexa Viscius / @alexavisciusphoto

Karaoke has officially launched in Golden Teardrops! Every Thursday night 9p ‘til 1a. Tell your friends and come sing!

Our tiny basement bar beneath Lonesome Rose is taking a break from extreme darkness and instead nodding to its name, with a holiday makeover done up in gold. Sip Paul McGee’s straightforward cocktails in a metallic, mirrored tinseltown — and even catch a few seasonal drinks down there.

Plus, they've got karaoke every Thursday night from 9pm to 1am. 

Parson’s will be celebrating the holiday season this year with Christmas trees for sale (if you buy a tree, you’ll get a free order of the new apple fritters, served hot and smothered in glaze!). They have some custom holiday paintings done (by our own Louie Capozolli), plus lots and lots of lights, roaring fire pits, holiday movies on the projector, and toasty spiked cider and hot toddies to keep you warm, in custom-holiday mugs, no less!

This December, head to Jingle Bell Square, Lost Lake's month-long celebration of tropical holiday spirit. From now all the way to New Year's Eve, they’ll be dancin’ and prancin’ in the frosty air with a fully-festive interior and a special menu of spiced and spirited tiki drinks decked out for the season.