HuffPost Goes Local: Introducing HuffPost Chicago

We are rolling out our first local version of The Huffington Post. We've decided to start with Chicago because it's always been a great news town -- offering a vibrant mix of politics, sports, business, music, food, and urban life.

Transferring The Huffington Post's blend of news, opinion, and community -- delivered with our familiar look and attitude -- to a local level, HuffPost Chicago is part local news source, part resource guide, and part virtual soap box -- featuring a collection of bloggers who know and love Chicago, and are looking to share their takes on everything from the Cubs to City Hall to the hot new local band to the best place for Greek food (and I can testify that there is a lot of that in Chicago!).

HuffPost Chicago also features a rotating at-a-glance roundup of local services -- with info and takes on the city's restaurants, clubs, real estate, sporting events, movies, plays, and other local happenings. Use it to read the latest crime stats, a nightclub's hours, or the places to find the lowest priced gas.

HuffPost Chicago is being edited by Ben Goldberger, a former staff reporter with the Chicago Sun-Times. He's put together a fun and useful collection of Chicago news, local gossip, buzzworthy stories, and Windy City-centric opinion. And, of course, a comments section that will allow Chicagoans a chance to sound off on anything and everything.

We plan to roll out local versions of HuffPost in dozens of cities. So check out HuffPost Chicago and use the comment section to let us know what you think, what you want more of, what you want less of, and what cities you think should be next.

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Comments

[LiberalUnderYourBed]

Here in Chicago we have:

* Da best lakefront
* Da best hot dogs
* Da best baseball fields and teams
* Da best pizza (thin, thick and in between)
* Da best park system
* Da best mayor
* Da best ethnically diverse and integrated neighborhoods
* Da best senator (soon to be the best president)

....and now da best cyber-rag thanks to you, Arrianna.

Da best picks da best.

[chitown8]

Please add a Bears page.

[JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin]

As long as you keep Rex Grossman off of it....

[gorlina]

I'm so excited about this new Huffington/Chicago site. Of course, I live in this wonderful, vibrant city so I am a little partial. We have so much to offer and people are sometimes surprised when they visit here for the first time. Go, Chicago - AND, I'm very proud of our hometown boy, Senator Barak Obama!

[Jasel]

Born and raised Chicagoan (well south suburbs anyway: P )

Thanks for this: )

[ins0mn1ac]

Thanks!
Good job picking Chicago, too. What a great city! Amazing things are brewing there.

[rjmiller]

I love Chicago, having been born and raised there. After having lived in Atlanta for five years and now living in DC, I dearly miss my hometown.

Also, I can't wait for the Sox vs. Cubs explosion that is sure to occur in all sports comments.

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

Ok, I love Chicago...­.but....um­...... can NY be next? Cause that IS the center of the universe pretty much.

[wretch]

I'm sure in the minds of New Yorkers it is... Go watch some ESPN.

[Oldtt]

But it doesn't have the headquarters of the Obama campaign, so how important can it be?

[zeldamae]

My kind of town--Chicago is. Everybody sing along.

[ihavenobias]

I've lived in and around Chicago my whole life and I love it. Well, everything except the winters of course!

[realistic2008]

You could not find a better place Arianna, I wish I could go back and live in the greatest city in the world. I will be visiting the city in a couple of weeks and I can't wait to read you there.

[obamamom]

I'm a life long Chicagoan and it is the best news and sports town, because every Chicagoan has an opinion on both topics. BTW this is next year - Go Cubs! Chicago will be of more interest to the world with Barack Obama as POTUS. And now we are proud to be the first Huff Post city!

[chitown8]

I agree thanks Ariana! Bears start soon! we have it all Politics, sports, entertainment. Thanks for bring a light here.

[dexxjones]

ariana you are the "anti gannett!" thank you!! next NY please?

[Czoe]

I'm a Chicagoan
Born and bred
And when I die Ill be
A Chicagoan dead.

Stolen from: I'm a Democrat..­.........

[rockbull2]

Arianna,

You should team up with Red Eye magazine..­.it is chicago's version of AM New York but much much better.

mike tomaso

[GOP4MoreTears]

Thanks dear Arianna and the Huff-Post team.