You want your roof deck to be as unique as you are, with all the nooks and crannies in tip-top shape. At Chicago Roof Deck + Garden, we keep you one step ahead of the competition with our in-house architect, Mike Ryan! Mike has been a licensed architect here in …
I think we have to be thanking Mario for this craze. The famous Italian making pizza bigger than something out of a cardboard box. No not that Mario or his brother Luigi, but the pony tailed Mario Batali and his pizza baking brethren. The at home pizza is now accessible …
This might seem like an exaggeration, but according to the Chicago Park District’s website, there are more than 580 parks within the city limits of Chicago! And I think anyone who has lived in, or even visited Chicago knows that the parks are one of the best parts of this …
This week at the Merchandise Mart, vendors from all over the world have come together to display their extensive appliance and furniture collections. From Rugs to Hammocks, Dining Tables to Shade Cabanas, if you are looking for outdoor products, this is where you will find them. I stopped by this morning …
Ipe, Cedar, Granite and Stone. We are guilty of it too. As designers, we are all comfortable with what we are most familiar with. But what if I told you there was an entire world of incredibly unique outdoor materials from which you could chose from when building your outdoor …
Urban settings are rarely considered an ideal client for any plant. Throw them up on a roof deck drenched in direct sunlight and surrounded by strong winds and you have yourself an even greater challenge. Most plants simply can’t handle it. It takes a special breed (literally). And today, we …
This past week, our team had the privilege of being invited to Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet’s Showroom located in Chicago’s West Loop. Their space, which they remodeled about a year ago, is all kinds of awesome! They fired up the grills for us and cooked up some incredible recipes. The overall …
There has been an ongoing debate between New Yorkers and Chicagoans over the years concerning whose Pizza reins Supreme… Which is interesting and all, but pizza is pizza. And the truth is, in either city, you have thousands of options with hundreds of different styles. So it gets muddy. But …