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, Sep 5, 2012
Fishing with the Green Fairy at the Savoy
With a lighter touch, the seafood and spirits at Wicker Park's Savoy might be worth returning for
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, May 23, 2012
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Vie bartender Mike Page pays tribute to Slimer
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, May 16, 2012
In this week's Food & Drink: Balena plays two
In this week's Food & Drink: Chris Pandel and Boka Restaurant Group's Balena, Key Ingredient pu-erh tea
by Kate Schmidt
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, May 11, 2012
No shortage of craft beers here . . .
A short roundup of and craft brews and events about town
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, May 10, 2012
Luxe meets louche at the Stones homage Nellcote
In this week's Food & Drink: Jared Van Camp's Nellcote, Cocktail Challenge stinging nettles
by Kate Schmidt
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, May 9, 2012
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GT Fish & Oyster's Johnny Costello Jr. goes all barista with the foraged perennial
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, Apr 5, 2012
Small plates, big difference: this week in Food & Drink
Mike Sula reviews Bar Ombra and RPM Italian, and Giuseppe Tentori cooks with bee pollen
by Sam Worley
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, Mar 29, 2012
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Key Ingredient: bee pollen
In this week's chef's challenge, Giuseppe Tentori concocts "bee bread" gnocchi
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, Mar 22, 2012
In this week's Food & Drink: Pasteur, Scofflaw
In this week's Food & Drink: Pasteur, Scofflaw, Key Ingredient ambergris
by Kate Schmidt
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, Dec 31, 2011
More best bites and sips of 2011
More notable bites and drinks from 2011
by Kate Schmidt
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, Dec 29, 2011
133 tasty things from 2011
I ate it all
by Mike Sula
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, Dec 29, 2011
This week in Food & Drink: Best restaurants 2011
Our critics' eight favorite restaurants from 2011, along with ten honorable mentions
by Kate Schmidt
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, Dec 29, 2011
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Our favorite restaurants of 2011
From three iterations of Next to the humble pies of Bridgeport
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, 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
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, Jul 15, 2011
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
by Kate Schmidt
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, Jun 30, 2011
Recommended
Perennial Virant's rustic farm-to-table minimalism
Creative, clean flavors—at a cost
by Martha Bayne
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, Jun 23, 2011
Best seafood restaurant
Shaw's Crab House voted best seafood restaurant
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, 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
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, May 26, 2011
Letters and Comments: Food writing without the 'distasteful trope'
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, May 6, 2011
You Could Wrap Fish in It Too
One use for the old Reader: as a wrapping for steak fries
by Kate Schmidt
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