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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2012
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Beer tasting with the Big Hurt, a game pop up, an intimate chat with Martial Noguier, and more.
- by Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, The Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, Scott Jambrosek, Oliver Poilevey, Le Bouchon, Binny's, Bistronomic, Union League Club of Chicago

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 29, 2011
133 tasty things from 2011

I ate it all
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Tamales Garibay, the Florentine, H Mart, Prince Creperie Cafe, the Sodfather, Chez Violette, MingHin Cuisine, Butcher & Larder, Leopold, La Taberna Tapas, Ruby's, Bistronomic, Paris Club, Leader Bar, Frontier, Ing, Lure Izakaya Pub, Birrieria Zaragoza, Cafe des Architectes, GT Fish & Oyster, Next Restaurant, Paris 1906, Tour of Thailand, Childhood, Underground Meats, Nostrano, Aviary, the Molecular Collective, Paul McGee, the Whistler, Goose Island Madame Rose, La Chaparrita, the Bedford, Pleasant House Bakery, Golden Pacific Market, Aroy Thai, Harvesttime Foods, Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Rancho Mateo, Humboldt Park Puerto Rican Fest, Lemonhart 151, Mike Ryan, Sable, Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar, Rustic House, Black Sheep, NoMi Kitchen, Autre Monde, Wisconsin State Fair, Telegraph Wine Bar, Al Dente, Roots Handmade Pizza, Masa Azul, Lao Hunan, Michael Jordan's Steak House, the Pump Room, Tozi Korean BBQ, Cai Fine Dining and Banquet, Maude's Liquor Bar, Phoenix tofu, Three Aces, Harvard Sportsmen's Club, Wat Dhammaram Songkran, 2007 Black Slate Porrera, Vera, Almawal, El Ideas, Snack Planet, JoongBoo Market, Nha Hang Viet Nam, Nathan Sears, Baconfest, Mick Klug Farm, Ripasso, jicama stick, Victor Mejia, Tortas Frontera, Matty Eggleston, Perennial Virant, Barrelhouse Flat, Ben Schiller, Jason Turley, Bar DeVille

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 9, 2011
Ready, set, roll your eyes: It's Michelin Guide time

Le sigh: French tire maker Michelin dropped its 2011 Bib Gourmand list this morning.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Michelin Guide Chicago 2011, Ann Sather, Arami, Avec, Belly Shack, Bistronomic, the Bristol, Browntrout, Ceresâ€™ Table, Cumin, De Cero, Deca, DeColores, Fogon, Frontera Grill, Gemini Bistro, Gilt Bar, Girl & the Goat, Green Zebra, GT Fish & Oyster, Han 202, Hopleaf, Jaipur, Jin Thai, Kabul House, La Creperie, La Petite Folie, Lao Sze Chuan, Los Nopales, Lula Cafe, M. Henry, Maudeâ€™s Liquor Bar, Mexique, Mixteco Grill, Mundial Cocina Mestiza, Nana, Nightwood, Opart Thai House, Owen & Engine, Paramount Room, Perennial Virant, the Publican, the Purple Pig, Raj Darbar, Riccardo Trattoria, Sen, Smak-Tak, Smoque BBQ, Sol de Mexico, Spacca Napoli, Taste of Peru, Thai Village, Twin Anchors, Urban Belly, West Town Tavern, Xni-Pec, Yolo

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 8, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Kushiyaki and sushi, Key Ingredient blood, spots for Bastille Day, Scott Harris Watch

In this week's Food & Drink: sushi, kushiyaki, blood, and more
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, kushiyaki, sushi, Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar, Yuzu Sushi and Robata Grill, River North restaurants, BYO restaurants, Key Ingredient, Shawn McClain, Green Zebra, blood sausage, cow's blood, Nick Lacasse, the Drawing Room, whelks, sea snails, Bastille Day, Bistronomic, Cafe des Architectes, Paris Club, Studio Paris, Scott Harris, Joe Farina, Cafe Bionda, Salatino's, Francesca's Forno, Cocktail Challenge, Hidalgo's Hundreds, Tim Wiilliams

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Jul 7, 2011
Five spots for Bastille Day
- by Anne Spiselman and Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bistro Bordeaux, Bistronomic, Henri, Cafe des Architectes, Paris Club

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Jun 9, 2011
Three Aces, Antico, Sable, and five more restaurants with new outdoor seating
- by Ted Cox, Julia Thiel, Mike Sula, Kevin Warwick, Martha Bayne, and Kristina Meyer
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, outdoor dining, patios, Three Aces, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Red Flame, Letizia's Fiore, GT Fish & Oyster, Bistronomic, Bangers & Lace, Antico

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 29, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Garlic Mustard, Cafe des Architectes, Key Ingredient Dried Shrimp, a New Cocktail Challenge, and More

This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Garlic mustard, invasive plants, Cocktail Challenge, Mike Ryan, Sable, Iliana Regan, foraging, Key Ingredient, dried shrimp, Carlos Gaytan, Mexique, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Martial Noguier, Bistronomic, Defaced Barware, Pete Guigni, the Bedford, Mark Steuer, Gabe Klein, Chicago Department of Transportation, food trucks, Rahm Emanuel, On the Fly, Smartkarts, Smartkafes, licensing, Scott Waguespack, Jim Graziano, J.P. Graziano, Green City Market, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Share Our Strength, child hunger, bake sale, raffle

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Mar 17, 2011
Bistronomic v. Paris Club: to each his own

Martial Noguier's classy boite vies with the Melman boys' clubby French grab bag
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bistronomic, Paris Club, French cuisine, Martial Noguier, R.J. Melman, Jerrod Melman, Brasserie Jo, Jean Joho, Doug Psaltis, Tim Graham

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 11, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: French Food Edition, Salatino's, Valentine's

In this week's Food & Drink: a French bonanza (Maude's Liquor Bar, Paris Club, Bistronomic, spots for French fare), Mike Sula on Salatino's, and Jason McLeod taking the Key Ingredient chef challenge with asafetida.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Maude's Liquor Bar, Brendan Sodikoff, Jeff Pikus, Gilt Bar, Salatino's, Scott Harris, Jimmy Bannos Sr., Gennaro's, Mary Jo Gennaro, Key Ingredient, Jason McLeod, Ria, Balsan, Hotel Elysian, asafetida, Chris Pandel, the Bristol, jujubes, Martial Noguier, Bistronomic, R.J. and Jarrod Melman, Paris Club, Bistro Bordeaux, Henri, Dirk Flanigan, LM Restaurant

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Food & Drink, Morsels, Feb 10, 2011
French Press

Two new downtown restaurants look across the pond. Plus: underground dining for Valentine’s
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Morsels, Bistronomic, Martial Noguier, John Ward, Matt Fisher, Paris Club, R.J. Melman, Jerrod Melman, Jean Joho, One Sister, Inc, Iliana Regan, Trio, Schwa

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Our picks for the best places to be on the most romantic day of the year

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Oktoberfest celebrations and ethical food sources are highlights this week, along with Mexican Independence day and puppy philanthropy

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Beer tasting with the Big Hurt, a game pop up, an intimate chat with Martial Noguier, and more.

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I ate it all

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Le sigh: French tire maker Michelin dropped its 2011 Bib Gourmand list this morning.

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In this week's Food & Drink: sushi, kushiyaki, blood, and more

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This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.

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Martial Noguier's classy boite vies with the Melman boys' clubby French grab bag

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In this week's Food & Drink: a French bonanza (Maude's Liquor Bar, Paris Club, Bistronomic, spots for French fare), Mike Sula on Salatino's, and Jason McLeod taking the Key Ingredient chef challenge with asafetida.

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Two new downtown restaurants look across the pond. Plus: underground dining for Valentine’s