Just a few weeks ago we were talking about the nearly-closed loop that was The Plant, entrepreneur John Edel's Back of the Yards ecosystem-in-a-building. Two key pieces of it were the 312 Aquaponics farm and the New Chicago Beer Company, insofar as the... »
This post is part of an ongoing series about art and beer. Over the weekend, I met artist and brewer Christopher Tourre at his house as he and Lance Curran, his partner in Arcade Brewery, brewed a five and a half gallon batch of beer they call Oatmilk... »
An update on The Plant in Back of the Yards. var OutbrainPermaLink = 'http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/2011/11/16/converting-empty-buildings-template-on-chicago%E2%80%99s-south-side'; var... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on Wind... »
Walking down 47th Street in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood, there’s an old meatpacking factory behind a Mexican supermarket and a Marshalls retail store. On top of the building in capital letters is the word “bEER.” It’s the old Peer Foods fa... »
