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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
Ravenswood's El Maya and the plight of the midscale Mexican restaurant

On Chicago's dog-eat-dog midscale Mexican restaurant scene
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mixteco Grill, El Maya, Mexican restaurants, Cosina Grill, Frida's, Salpicon, Adobo Grill, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Rick Bayless, Mexique, Michelin stars, Bib Gourmands, Los Nopales, Chilam Balam, Sol de Mexico, Xni-Pec, Antique Taco, Shaman, mole negro

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 4, 2013
On West Town's Shaman, small plates, and first dates

With restaurants as with dates, it's hard to fall in love.
- by Sarah Nardi
- Tags: It's Complicated, Food & Drink, Shaman, Chilam Balam, small plates, Mexican food, West Town restaurants, BYO spots

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Arts & Culture, Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve, Dec 21, 2012
New Year's Eve Guide 2012

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: Chicago Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 6, 2012
Video
A best new chef is anointed, and other news bites

A best new chef, green chorizo, loose meat sandwiches, and more
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Danny Grant, Ria, Balsan, Chuy Valencia, Chilam Balam, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Laurent Gras, L2O, Mathew Kirkley, Maid Rite, Publican Quality Meats, Bar Toma, Fuckerberg on Food, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 26, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 5/26

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Food, Books, Kobuku Senju, Club Lucky, The Secret In Their Eyes, Landmark's Century Centre, Chilam Balam, Media and Politics, James Fallows, Rick Perlstein, Thomas Geoghegan, Snail Thai, Allison Amend, Gina Frangello, Katerina's, Browntrout

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Blogs, Bleader, May 23, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 4/23

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Buzzcocks, Double Door, Babylon Eatery, Small Victories, Annoyance Theatre, Demera, Please Give, Landmark's Century Centre, Chilam Balam, The Shock Doctrine, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Purple Pig, Mother and Child, Moxie

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Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 5/9

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Black Breath, Bottom Lounge, Macello, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schubas, Chilam Balam, Please Give, Landmark's Century Centre, Crisp, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Vines on Clark, One Thing and Everything Else, Building Stage, The Motel Bar, The Pigeons, Swim Cafe, Branch 27

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 19, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 2/19

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Cougars, Bottom Lounge, Macello, Retribution Gospel Choir, Hideout, The Southern, Mathew Jonson, Smart Bar, Pick Me Up Cafe, Carl Testa, Elastic, Kuma's Corner, Celestial Navigations: The Short Films of Al Jarnow, Gene Siskel Film Center, Cibo Matto, Creation, Carlos', Renaissance Place, Highland Park, Ken Barnard, Lakeshore Theater, Chilam Balam, Abigail's Party, A Red Orchid Theatre, Bistro Margot

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 31, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 1/31

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Michael Attias, Magda Mayas, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Frank Rosaly, Dana Jessen, Hungry Brain, El Tinajon, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson, Steve James, Gene Siskel Film Center, Xoco, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Chilam Balam, the Vic, Rhinoceros Theater Festival, RhinoFest, Prop Thtr, Kuma's Corner

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 24, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 1/24

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Performing Arts, Arts, Devin Townsend Project, Between the Buried and Me, House of Blues, Oysy, Yoni Ki Baat, Strawdog Theatre Company, Chilam Balam, Frode Gjerstad, Hungry Brain, Terragusto, An Education, P.S. Bangkok, Scarface, Doc Films, Cedar's

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2009
Dinner & A Show: Friday, 12/18

N00b-friendly dance music, two of the best new restaurants of 2009, and more
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Treasure Fingers, Smart Bar, The Young Victoria, Emily Blunt, River East 21, Star of Siam, Chilam Balam, Chy Valencia, Century 12 and CineArts 6, Kansaku, Cloud 9, Music Box, Istanbul Restaurant, Yasar Demir, Breed With Me, Zoo Studio, Sean Sanders, Browntrout

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 28, 2009
Dinner and a Show: Saturday 11/28
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Food, Axemen, Rueben's Palace, Borinquen, Red Cliff, Chilam Balam, Best Restaurants of 2009, Sing-a-Long Sound of Music, Julius Meinl Cafe, G.I.F.T., warehouse compound, Fat Bitch!, Erica Watson, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, Dining Room at Kendall College

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News & Features, Feature, Nov 12, 2009
The Food Issue: The Best New Restaurants of 2009

From Browntrout to Zebda
- by Mike Sula, Anne Spiselman, Martha Bayne, and David Hammond
- Tags: Feature, Browntrout, Chilam Balam, Cibo Matto, Han 202, Nightwood, Taxim, Xoco, Zebda, Abuelo's Mexican Grill, Birchwood Kitchen, Ciao Amore Ristorante, Elate, Fianco, Jam, Los Moles, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Shokran

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Oct 22, 2009
More Upscale Mex

Eleven contenders in Chicago's burgeoning upscale Mexican scene.
- by Mike Sula, David Hammond, Kate Schmidt, and Laura Levy Shatkin
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Rick Bayless, Mexican restaurants, Chilam Balam, Cosina Grill, Cuatro, Dorado, Fonda del Mar, Los Moles, Geno Bahena, Maya del Sol, Mixteco Grill, Rustico Grill, Salpicon, Priscila Satkoff, Sol de Mexico, Dorado Restaurant

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 15, 2009
More New Restaurants

Reviews of 12 new restaurants
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Chilam Balam, Rustico Grill, Elate, Paciugo, Shokran, Rolis Restaurant, Paprika Indian Gourmet Restaurant, Pannenkoeken Cafe, Macondo Colombian Coffee and Empanadas, Las Tablas, Rique's, Kyu Sushi, Cosina Grill, Ciao Amore Ristorante, new restaurants, blogsherpa

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Oct 15, 2009
Recommended
Chuy Valencia's Chilam Balam stands out in a crowded neo-Mexican scene

Plus: Logan Square's Rustico Grill, felicitous dining at the Hotel Felix
- by Mike Sula and Anne Spiselman
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Chilam Balam, Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Rustico Grill, Raul Arreola, Mixteco Grill, Elate, Hotel Felix, Randal Jacobs, Recommended

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