
In this week's Cocktail Challenge Rockit Bar & Grill's Gina O'Brien, assigned soy sauce by Old Town Pour House bartender Karl Fernandez, puts it to use in a couple of ways, basing the Simply Soy on vodka and a soy-sesame simple syrup and serving it with a soy-sauce ice cube—both using Kikkoman low sodium, mind you. Next up is Monica Dim of River North's Public House, challenged with plum.
On the Bleader, among other Food & Drink posts: a review of the new South Loop bar Square One, Mike Sula on Normandy ciders, and music editor/resident beer nerd Philip Montoro on Three Floyds' Rye da Tiger.