...Well, almost. Chef Dennis Leary (Canteen, The Sentinel) is in talks to take over the beloved, century-old, downtown watering hole, The House of Shields, and he plans to do little to the space except spruce it up. This should come as a relief to everyone who lamented about the place being on the market last month. Leary's Sentinel sandwich shop is in the same building, so we're guessing he'll be adding a bar menu of some kind. more ›

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! more ›