We love you, but…

You tend to overlook your sweetheart’s flaws when you’re madly in love. But once you take off the adoration blindfold, you start to notice little, niggling imperfections. Those annoying qualities don’t diminish your feelings, but, damn, if your lover could just stop doing that one thing, everything would be perfect. That’s how we feel about some of our city favorites: We’re big fans, but they all could stand to improve a thing or two. And who knows? Maybe our constructive criticism will make the city better. We’d love that—unconditionally.

Jam Productions	Pitchfork	Reckless Records	Greenhouse Theater Center
Empty Bottle	Lakeshore Theater	Ald. Joe Moore	West Loop gallery district
Boystown bars	Museum campus	Funky Buddha Lounge	State Street shopping
Chicago weather	Goodman Theatre	Sonotheque	Chicago Marathon
Intelligentsia coffee	Frontera Grill's brunch	Kuma's burgers	Five Guys burgers
The Whistler's cocktails	Spa Week	Chicago Park District programs	Andersonville
WNUR	Facets Cinematheque	AMC River East 21	Printers Row Lit Fest