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Fri. 16 Apr '10

Cooking

People's Pops sets up shop in Chelsea Market. After having a blazingly successful season at the Brooklyn Flea and other pop-up venues last summer, our favorite frozen... more
Wed. 25 Aug '10

Wine

Equinox makes its wine list the star. The newly reopened Equinox is a triumph, with an open dining room and some sassy new small plates. But the simplest way to enjoy... more
Tue. 17 Aug '10

Cooking

New regional offerings at Panozzo's Italian Market . Panozzo's, the South Loop's three-year-old Italian market, is one of the city's best under-the-radar sources of food... more
Wed. 11 Aug '10

Dining

An homage to New Orleans, in sandwich form. Unsurprisingly, the po'boy menu at Mac and Min's keeps getting longer. The month-old, Big Easy-inspired restaurant is from... more
Fri. 06 Aug '10

Drinks

Drink a brunch classic all week long. State and Lake, theWit's low-lit, first-floor restaurant, has a new way to take the edge off Millennium Park mayhem: a Bloody Mary... more
Fri. 28 May '10

Dining

Kick off summer with the best of spring. May is when Chicago springs to life: Restaurants spill onto sidewalks, markets head outdoors and the city readies itself for... more
Fri. 21 May '10

Dining

The distinctive joys of Flammenküche. Flammenküche, tarte flambée, French pizza even: The famed Alsatian flatbread goes by many names in this... more
Fri. 07 May '10

Dining

Exciting changes at the new Ba Le . For 21 years, Uptown's Ba Le has been a go-to spot for banh mi sandwiches and grab-and-go Vietnamese snacks. The humble café... more
Wed. 05 May '10

Dining

Don't miss the real main event at Pulino's . Pulino's, Keith McNally's latest buzz magnet, continues to dominate restaurant chatter. We'd expect nothing less of the... more
Tue. 04 May '10

Dining

An exclusive spring dinner at La Fonda del Sol. We'd wager that Josh DeChellis, the passionate chef at La Fonda del Sol, made quite a few shoe-box dioramas when he was a... more
Fri. 30 Apr '10

Dining

The month in meals. They say that when it rains, it pours--a particularly appropriate maxim for April. But more than the weather, we've been soaked by a windfall of great... more
Wed. 28 Apr '10

Cooking

MilkMade's ingenious ice cream mash-ups. When the partners behind MilkMade--a new ice cream delivery service--set out to make ice cream using local ingredients, they were... more
Tue. 20 Apr '10

Dining

Hecho en Dumbo is no longer in Dumbo. It's not just since Hecho en Dumbo moved across the bridge that we've thought of the restaurant's name as a misnomer. Even when it... more
Tue. 20 Apr '10

Dining

More space--and menu additions--at Bridgeport's Nana. Nana--Bridgeport's first organic restaurant--has been drawing crowds since it opened its doors eight months... more
Mon. 19 Apr '10

Cooking

Before celebrity chefs, there was Katharine Hepburn's chicken. We're always on the hunt for vintage cookbooks, but we know better than to expect retro recipes in most... more
Tue. 06 Apr '10

Dining

Torrisi redefines Italian-American. Some nights, you just don't have the energy to navigate a menu. Other nights, it's your dining companion who's as wishy-washy as... more
Tue. 23 Mar '10

Dining

Celebrate Passover, fine-dining style . Passover is the one Jewish holiday that literally revolves around the dinner table, and chefs across the city have embraced the... more
Tue. 02 Mar '10

Dining

Van Leeuwen ice cream gets grounded. Nearly two years since hitting the streets with small-batch artisanal ice cream, the butter-yellow Van Leeuwen truck has found a... more
Wed. 24 Feb '10

People

A cult bread baker goes sweet. When we got word that Matthew Tilden, the 27-year-old solo act behind SCRATCHbread, had put a moratorium on his sought-after loaves, panic... more
Tue. 23 Feb '10

Dining

Carefree eating at Socarrat's sibling. Some nights call for commitment, with bottles of wine and expansive main courses. But on others, we seek spontaneity and the... more
Mon. 08 Feb '10

Wine

A star fromager and David Bouley team up on a wine bar. A perfect piece of nutty, aged Comté is worth traveling across town for. A perfect piece of Comté... more
Mon. 01 Feb '10

Dining

The fun side of formal at Cru. Last summer, food gossips were aflutter with rumors over the impending closure of Cru. The recession, coupled with the departure of lauded... more
Tue. 26 Jan '10

Dining

This Middle Eastern mainstay gets a new home . Although there is no dearth of Middle Eastern cuisine in this city, those who demand more from their lamb and labaneh trek... more
Wed. 23 Dec '09

Cooking

Stock your holiday fridge with Didier Durand's pâtés. You may remember Didier Durand as Chicago's outspoken foie gras champion. He's also your source for... more
Mon. 07 Dec '09

Drinks

Bierkraft offers new reasons to stick around. Bierkraft has long been New York’s finest beer store, and now--thanks to a recently acquired liquor... more
Wed. 25 Nov '09

Dining

A month's worth of tips to help your holiday. Don't panic: Although past holidays may have precipitated stress-induced night terrors and heavy drinking, this year it can... more
Tue. 17 Nov '09

People

The chefs that make new Beverly Hills restaurant tick. Once you work in a Thomas Keller kitchen, the expectation for perfection will never cease. Just ask Rory Herrmann,... more
Mon. 02 Mar '09

Dining

Craft's new recession-friendly bar menu. Craft understands that recession dining doesn't have to mean skimping on quality or whimsy. After all, penny-pinching Century... more
Mon. 06 Oct '08

Dining

Bobo's third chef is a charm. Since it opened last fall, Bobo's carefully eclectic décor and decidedly nonbohemian clientele have attracted more attention than its... more
Fri. 23 Apr '10

Dining

The right night to eat out. Picking the best night to eat out can be a challenge, especially when your dining companion has a laundry list of special requests. The next... more
Wed. 03 Feb '10

People

Prune's fresh approach to Valentine's Day dining. Valentine's Day is a dining minefield: Many restaurants jack up prices and edit menus down to rote exercises in... more