Artful plates and audacious cocktails from a team of Trotter's vets
Mike Sula - 01/26/2012
Blackbird pastry chef Bryce Caron makes a fishy dessert
Julia Thiel - 01/26/2012
In trying to appeal to neighbors and tourists alike, Tony Mantuano's Bar Toma overstretches.
Mike Sula - 01/19/2012
Mike Sula
Les Nomades vet Chris Nugent needs to loosen his collar at his new fine-dining spot in Lincoln Square

Jerk shacks come and go on the south side, but Heron Valley's been infusing allspice and chile-rubbed chicken, catfish, and shrimp with a righteous smoke for about four years on a stretch of 103rd Street temptingly close to Old Fashioned Donuts. Inside, a bulletproof barrier protects a chuffing barrel smoker that produces a tender, juicy bird, hacked and heaped in clamshell with a couple slices of dense hard-dough bread to mop the tangy jerk sauce—for a mere $10.

Until now.
More events after the jump.
Penny's Noodle Shop

posted by mollyss
Penny's is pretty much your run-of-the-mill BYOB Thai restaurant. It's not exceptional, but is a...
Four Farthings Tavern & Grill

posted by mjasoncunningham
Everyone else loves Four Farthings more then I do. To me, it's always a little...
Crust

posted by Jules (#2)
The fact that everything at Crust is organic is merely a bonus, far superseded by...
N9ne Steak House

posted by MitchE
One of the best steaks I've had in a long time, The shrimp bland and...
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

posted by ridingrusty
I regret spending the $8 to get in to the Holocaust Museum. I should have...