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Food & Drink Feature
, Apr 17, 2013
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Two Logan Square chefs pay homage to Lula
Matthias Merges of Billy Sunday and Yusho and Jeff Mauro of Jam meet for lunch at the neighborhood trailblazer.
by Sarah Nardi
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Yusho
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Billy Sunday
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, Dec 16, 2011
The Empty Bottle's Chili Home Companion
A chili cook-off to benefit Graze, a forthcoming literary journal.
by Sam Worley
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Soup and Bread
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Key Ingredient
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Cains & Abels
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Bleader
, Dec 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events
A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.
by Sam Worley
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Delilah's
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Three Floyds
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Logan Square Kitchen
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Christmas market
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Mayana Chocolate
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Celestial Kitchens
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Flour Cake and Pastry
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Floriole Bakery
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Sweet Miss Givings
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Tinycakes
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Defloured
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Fritz Pastry
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Jeffrey Mauro
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Antonin Rodet
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Seifried
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Check
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Cheese
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Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe
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Alpana Singh
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Alpana Pours
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Gale Gand
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Chocolate and Vanilla
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Corner Cooks
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Uncommon Ground
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Half Acre Beer Dinner
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Half Acre Beer
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Dietzler Farm
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Thunder and Sons Brown Ale
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Slagel Family Farm
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Louis John Slagel
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Markethouse
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Scott Walton
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the Bluebird
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Coniston
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Meantime
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Dark Hose
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Great Lakes
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Restaurant Reviews
, Jun 3, 2010
Alfresco!
Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining
by Reader staff
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Lutz Continental Cafe & Pastry Shop
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Market
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Tre Kronor
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Food & Drink Column
, May 6, 2010
Beyond Brunch
How Jam does dinner. Plus: the return of Bolat African Cuisine and the new incarnation of Cafe Marbella.
by Anne Spiselman, David Hammond, and Kate Schmidt
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North Pond
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Bleader
, Apr 28, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events
A Tequila Corralejo dinner, Rock Bottom's Rockfest, a historic pub crawl in Hegewisch, and more.
by Sam Worley
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Marigold
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Adam Seger
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Hum Do
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Hum Botanical Spirits
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Juan Luis
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Cena Michoacana con Tequilo Corralejo
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Fuego Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar
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Golden Bung Hammer
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Chris Rafferty
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Tea 101
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Sweet Cakes
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Slow Food Chicago
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ChicaGourmets
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Ryan Poli
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Liza Williams
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Safe and Sound Dinners
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Lisa Cooks Allergen Free
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Shedd Aquarium
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Right Bite
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Christine Nye
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Uncommon Ground on Devon
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Restaurant Reviews
, Mar 25, 2010
Rise and Shine
Fourteen spots for brunch, from Bakin' & Eggs to Yolk
by Julia Thiel, Kate Schmidt, Laura Levy Shatkin, Martha Bayne, Kiki Yablon, Ryan Hubbard, Mike Sula, David Hammond, Anne Ford, and Kathie Bergquist
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Bakin' & Eggs
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Lovely
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Lovely: A Bake Shop
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Bananas Foster Cafe
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Bongo Room
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Breakfast Club
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Curio Cafe
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Eggsperience
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Hashbrowns
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Jam
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M. Henry
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Nana
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Orange
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Over Easy
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Pannenkoeken Cafe
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Yolk
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Yuca Cafe
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Bleader
, Dec 11, 2009
Wanna Jam?
Which stores are stuffing Rare Bird Preserves in gift baskets
by Mike Sula
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Elizabeth madden
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Provenance Food and Wine. Goddess and the Grocer
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Trotters to Go
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City Olive
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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
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Chilam Balam
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Cibo Matto
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Han 202
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Nightwood
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Taxim
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Xoco
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Zebda
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Abuelo's Mexican Grill
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Birchwood Kitchen
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Ciao Amore Ristorante
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Elate
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Fianco
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Jam
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Los Moles
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Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar
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Shokran
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Oct 13, 2009
The jam cabinet: Taking stock
This was the year I promised myself I wouldn't make too much jam. I'm pretty sure that didn't work out.
by Daniel Shumski
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Restaurant Reviews
, Sep 24, 2009
New Too
Ten more recent openings
by Mike Sula, Kate Schmidt, David Hammond, and Julia Thiel
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The Bad Apple
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Jury's
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Craig Fass
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Mandy Franklin
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Cafe Touche
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Zia's Trattoria
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Joe Calabrese
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Castel Gandolfo
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Neopolitan pizza
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Falafill
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Jam
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Jerry Suqi
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Jeffrey Mauro
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Joy Yee Plus
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Joy Yee's Noodles
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Kleo
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Wings o' Flavor
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Mod Pizza
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Morgan Harbor Grill
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Good Morgan Kosher Fish Market
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Erik Williams
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Zebda
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Katie Garcia
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Mundial Cocina Mestiza
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Mohammed Djeddour
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Tassili Cafe
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Aug 27, 2009
What's new this week
by Mike Sula
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Cibo Matto
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the Terrace at Trump
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Jam
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blogsherpa
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Abuelo's Mexican Grill
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Sarks in the Park
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Royal Coffee
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Wings O' Flavor
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Felony Franks
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Istanbul Restaurant
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the Roof at the Wit
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Lan's Old Town
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Division Ale House
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Restaurant Reviews
, Aug 27, 2009
What's New
Playful Italian at the Wit, million-dollar views and $23 burgers on Trump's Terrace, and fussed-up brunch at Jam in Ukrainian Village
by Mike Sula and Anne Spiselman
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Cibo Matto
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Todd Stein
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The Wit Hotel
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The Terrace at Trump
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Frank Brunacci
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Jam
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Jeffrey Mauro
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Wit Hotel
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Jul 13, 2009
Jamlady, meet Christine Ferber
Three jam cookbooks: One comes highly recommended. One is a sturdy supplement to a classic. And one may drive you to the brink.
by Daniel Shumski
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Christine Ferber
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