Mike Sula
Bio:
I'm the Reader's lead restaurant critic and have been a contributor here since 1995. I've also written about politics, crime, film, health care, and paleontology, and have profiled a rainbow of urban eccentrics. My work has been published in Harper's, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Post, and my story about outlaw charcuterie appeared in Best Food Writing 2010. I've been nominated for two James Beard Foundation Awards for food journalism.
I'm the Reader's lead restaurant critic and have been a contributor here since 1995. I've also written about politics, crime, film, health care, and paleontology, and have profiled a rainbow of urban eccentrics. My work has been published in Harper's, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Post, and my story about outlaw charcuterie appeared in Best Food Writing 2010. I've been nominated for two James Beard Foundation Awards for food journalism.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, May 19, 2011
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The new Bite Cafe, the Original Five BBQ, Bivona Ristorante, and other recent openings
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Apr 28, 2011
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Eight spots for spring
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Apr 14, 2011
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What's New: Fish Bar
Michael Kornick and David Morton go nautical at this Lakeview spot next to their DMK Burger Bar.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Apr 7, 2011
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What's New: Homaro Cantu's Ing brings Motodelic Asian fare to the former Otom space.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 1, 2010
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The Draft Shared-Kitchen Ordinance in All Its Glory
A draft shared-kitchen ordinance has dropped.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 25, 2010
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Kaplan's Liquors Kicks Out the Dummies
Bridgeport's Kaplan's Liquors, aka Maria's, is reopening as Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar this Friday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2010
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Taste of Hysteria
A restaurant at Midway Airport thinks it's too good for Gulf shrimp.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Apr 29, 2010
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Food Truck Roadblock
Pretty much every chef in Chicago has an idea for a food truck—but two of them have just served potential legislation to the City Council.
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 25, 2010
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The Culinary Solution
Figuring if you can't beat 'em, eat 'em, a local fishmonger surprises ten hotshot chefs with a delivery of Asian carp.
- News & Features, Feature, Nov 26, 2009
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The Charcuterie Underground
In the view of a burgeoning number of outlaw bacon curers and sausage grinders, some rules are made to be broken.
- News & Features, Feature, Nov 12, 2009
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The Food Issue
Rare pigs, vexing cheese, heirloom grains, black pepper gelato, farming for the city, and the best new restaurants of 2009
- News & Features, Feature, Nov 12, 2009
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The Food Issue: Meet the Mangalitsas
Local chefs invest in a rare breed of pig said to be the Wagyu of the pork world.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2009
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Why I Haven't Reviewed Zebda Yet
Zebda, a the North African-leaning Mediterranean takeout partnership between Tassili Cafe owner Mohammed Djeddour and ex-Mundial-Cocina Mestiza chef Katie Garcia, joins the little souk at Elston and Pulaski.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Nov 13, 2008
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Food Issue 2008: The Whole Hog Project
The culmination of a year-and-a-half-long series in which an unrepentant omnivore faces his food
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Nov 13, 2008
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Food Issue 2008: Try This at Home
Recipes from the chefs who prepared the Reader's Whole Hog dinner
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink News, Sep 21, 2006
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Chicago 101: Restaurants
How to eat ethnic in Chicago
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