Straight from Wisconsin comes Lakeview’s Packer haven which, on Sundays, is jammed with cheeseheads cheering for Brett Favre and pounding the tables, spilling Point. Giant TV screens project Packer green—is there any other way to watch football?—and halftime brings a raffle of Packer collectibles. Unfortunately, this season the Packers look to be one of the few teams worse than the Bears, but that certainly won’t stop the cheese train.
Best of Chicago 2005 was written by Dave Chamberlain, Brian Hieggelke, Melissa Lane, Tom Lynch, Ray Pride, David Witter, Michael Workman
With additional contributions by Mike Barr, Ted C. Fishman, Jessica Herman, Adrienne Hill, Mary Susan Littlepage, Nina Metz, Kathy O¹Neill, Trish Smith