Recent Entries in Food
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The Twelve Days of Custard
Ever since we started spending more time in Roscoe Village, we've been completely addicted to Scooter's Frozen Custard. Three times a week addicted. If we had a nickel for every time that we've run screaming out...
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Chicago Native Is "Iron Chef"
Congrats to Chicago native Jose Garces who has been crowned the Food Network's latest "Iron Chef." Garces is more associated with his current city, Philadelphia, but is the executive chef at Mercat a la Planxa, which is...
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MetraMarket Opens Next Week
The long-awaited French market planned for the Metra station at 131 N. Clinton now has an opening date: December 3. If you've been like an ostrich and had your head in the sand, please catch up...
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Properly Sauced: Auditorium Cocktail
Via Art of Drink we discovered Beverages De Luxe, a wonderful bar book dating from 1914. Digitized from a copy in the collection of the Library of Congress, it's an utterly fascinating glimpse into the world...
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How To: Simple Salad Dressing
We prefer to make our salad dressing at home. It's easy, it tastes better than many store bought options, and we know exactly what's in it. Here's one of our favorites. Instructions are in the captions....
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Goose Island Names New Chef
Photo via Hroza's facebook page Meet Andrew Hroza. The chef and certified Cicerone (the beer equivalent of a sommelier) has just been promoted to fill the formidable shoes of John Manion at Goose Island's two brewpubs....
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Review: Paramount Room
It’s not often that we give a positive review to a restaurant that started flooding during our meal. Heck, it’s not often that we EXPERIENCE a flood during our meal - though the urge to pair...
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The Friday Buffet: Thanksgiving Edition
Image via We've been remiss with filing the Buffet the past two weeks and, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, we thought we'd instead list this week local restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinners, either to dine in...
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Qu'est-ce que c'est? Umami
Mmmm, Umami. Umami (pronounced 'Oo-MAH-mee') seems to be mentioned everywhere lately. It was featured in an episode of Top Chef this season as well as The Next Iron Chef in which the contestants had to make...
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Quick Bites
Fried pickles and okra at the just-opened DMK Burger Bar. Who is the chef behind the blog Butcher's Grip? Don't look at us to out him/her, especially since, for followers of snout-to-tail, it's isn't as though...
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Restaurant Trade Show Next To Leave Chicago?
Bad news often begets more bad news and the last thing we need to hear is the possibility of another convention contemplating pulling up stakes to move to another city. Hot on the heels of the...
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Foodie Rant - Properly Sauced? Try Properly Ripped Off.
Photo by swanksalot As every good foodie knows, each new and exciting trend produces plenty of stale, unexciting hangers-on. Exposure quickly dampens our enthusiasm, but even lasting trends are hurt by the legions of high-priced, low-quality...
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Do This: Dine at The Drawing Room to Fund Lung Cancer Research
Anthony was impressed by the food at the Drawing Room when he visited a couple months back and we've always loved the cocktails of Charles Joly and Tim Lacey. Now the Drawing Room and the LUNGevity...
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Chicagoist's "Beer of the Week:" Green Flash IPA
While in DC the previous weekend we decided to dive deep into the beer menu at the Brickskeller. Our favorite selections from our visit belonged to Green Flash Brewing in Vista, CA, particularly their hop Head...
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Cheap Cheeseborger
The first Billy Goat Tavern opened in 1934, or 11 years before the curse of the billy goat fell upon the Cubs. To celebrate their diamond anniversary, all Billy Goat locations except for the one at...
