Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

PILSEN, Czech Republic -- With its brewery that evokes a magic castle, Pilsen can be called a Disneyland for beer buffs. Through Pilsener Urquell's arches -- under which draft horses used to pull kegs ...

It might seem like an absurd idea to build an underground city for the sake of beer. But don’t tell that to anyone in Pilsen, a city in western Bohemia in the Czech Republic. About an hour’s drive ...

Enrique Rivera lived in Pilsen long before Time Out magazine named 18th Street one of the “Coolest Streets in the World” earlier this year. He was there decades before the upscale restaurants and ...

‘This is the best beer in the world,’ yells a hip young dude as I order a glass of Pilsner Urquell. I take a sip and nod in agreement. The crowd swirls around me, everyone (whether young or old, male ...

Berkeley — In an industrial section of Berkeley, just blocks off the roaring 10 lanes of Highway 80, a small brewery is producing a highly unusual beer. All the remarkable characteristics of this beer ...

In the birthplace of pilsner, it did not take me long to be completely engulfed by beer. Malt and hops tickled my feet. Sweet, warm brew ran through my hair and down my face. I’d never had the urge ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bob's Pizza isn't New York style, or Chicago style, or any style, for that matter. The owner decided to go in a completely different direction when he launched his pizza joint about ...