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Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
Chicago chefs, restaurants lose out at James Beard Foundation Awards

The city, last year was deemed to have the most outstanding restaurant in the country, made a less than impressive showing this year despite hosting the event.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Boom!, James Beard Foundation Awards, Outstanding Baker, Greg Wade, Publican Quality Bread, Outstanding Pastry, Chef Meg Galus, Boka Kevin, Boehm and Rob Katz, Boka Restaurant Group, (Boka, GT Fish & Oyster, Girl & the Goat, Chicago Outstanding service, Boka, Sarah Rinkavage, Marisol, Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH) Andrew Brochu, Roister, Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice, Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark, Parachute, David Posey and Anna Posey Elske, Lee Wolen Boka, Sun Wah, Kelly Cheng, Laura Cheng, Michael Cheng

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2017
Video
Chicago Public Schools inspector general: Forrest Claypool ‘repeatedly lied,’ and other news

Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is to appear on The Late Show Monday for the first time since 2013.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Forrest Claypool, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Chicago Fire Department, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago architecture, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert, RL Restaurant, True Food Kitchen, Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Girl & the Goat, Oriole, RPM Italian/RPM Steak, Riccardo Enoteca, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, Video

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 22, 2017
Readers' Poll
Best fancy restaurant
- Tags: Food & Drink, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 22, 2017
Readers' Poll
Best chef
- Tags: Food & Drink, Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Readers' Poll

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 20, 2016
GT Prime, a steak house in name only

Welcome another winning restaurant from Giuseppe Tentori.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, GT Prime, Giuseppe Tentori, Boka Restaurant Group, Bavette's, steak house, Momotaro, Boeufhaus, STK Chicago, Girl & the Goat, Perennial Virant, Boka Group, Andrea Bonitatibus

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2016
The private off-menu staff meals of Chicago’s top restaurants

A behind-the-scenes look at how the city’s best restaurants and chefs feed their workers
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, staff meal, family meal, Alinea, Boka, Pub Royale, Birrieria Zaragoza, BellyQ, comida, Parachute, Girl & the Goat, Elizabeth Restaurant, Frontera Grill

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2016
Stephanie Izard’s sous chefs keep the staff of Girl & the Goat well fed

While the busy chef-restaurateur usually eats on the run, her workers sit for meals that range from Korean to hot dogs.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Girl & the Goat, Stephanie Izard, staff meal, Duck Duck Goat, Little Goat, Boka Restaurant Group

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 29, 2016
Cold Storage might leave you cold

The new casual seafood spot from the Boka Restaurant Group is fishily inconsistent.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Cold Storage, Swift & Sons, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Balena, Momotaro, GT Fish & Oyster, Boka Restaurant Group, Chris Pandel, Meg Galus, Giuseppe Tentori, Perennial Virant, Balena, Momotaro, Boka

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
Stephanie Izard tries Chinese at Duck Duck Goat
- By Marissa Oberlander
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, Stephanie Izard, Duck Duck Goat, Boka group, Girl & the Goat, Little Goat, Chinese food

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best fancy restaurant

Alinea
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best fancy restaurant, Alinea, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best chef

Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat, Little Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best chef, Stephanie Izard, Grant Achatz, Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best restaurant name

Girl & the Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best restaurant name, Girl & the Goat, Sabri Nihari, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2014
Karen Herold makes dreams come to life as restaurants

Chicago's hottest restaurant designer on how she plans your dining experience for you
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Karen Herold, Studio K, Kim Nawara, Girl & the Goat, GT Fish & Oyster, Embeya, Steve Wynn, Michael Morton, Brendan Sodikoff, Balena, Boka Group

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2014
Video
Happy tenth to Boka Group, Alinea back in top ten, and other food news

Boka's ten, Alinea's number nine, and Action Bronson is back and hungry.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Boka Group, Kevin Boehm, Rob Katz, Boka, Lee Wolen, Girl & the Goat, Giuseppe Scurato, Giuseppe Tentori, Stephanie Izard, Chris Pandel, Paul Virant, Momotaro, Alinea, S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants, Tanta Chicago, Action Bronson, Sobremesa Supper Club, Steve Dolinsky, Rick Bayless, The Feed, Joe Campagna, Phillip Foss, Jeff Ruby, Chicago magazine, Nigella Lawson, Video

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Fancy Restaurant

Alinea
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, fancy restaurant, Alinea, The Girl & the Goat, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Restaurant Name

Girl & the Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, restaurant name, Girl & the Goat, Fat Rice, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Chef

Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, chef, Stephanie Izard, The Girl & the Goat, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2013
Ben Schiller leaving Boka Restaurant Group

The illustrious barman is partnering in the Berkshire Room and opening his own "old-man bar."
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ben Schiller, Homestead, the Berkshire, The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group, Chris Curren, Boka, GT Fish & Oyster, Bar DeVille, Scofflaw, Roots Handmade Pizza, Girl & the Goat

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 2/1: The Interview Show, Big Freedia, and John Malkovich

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, February 1, 2013.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Jon Langford, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Bill Zehme, Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman, Schadenfreude, Ryan Gosling, Big Freedia, Empty Bottle, Baathhaus, Swimsuit Addition, John Malkovich, Jack Unterweger, The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2012
Veggie Fest and more food and drink events

Two Italian festivals, vegetable-infused celebrations, a North Side neighborhoods food tour, and more
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Little Italy Fest-West, Taylor Street Festa Italiana, Evening at the Garden, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, Girl & The Goat, Seedling Farm, 2 Sparrows, Veggie Fest, Taste of Edgewater & Uptown, Street Food Artistry, Street Food Artistry, Stew Supper Club, Route 66 Supper, Maison

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Named Restaurant

Girl & the Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Longman & Eagle, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader 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
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Balena, Chris Pandel, Nellcote, Jared Van Camp, Boka Restaurant Group, Boka, Perennial Virant, Girl & the Goat, GT Fish & Oyster, Landmark, Amanda Rockman, pu-erh tea, panna cotta, Toni Roberts, the Wit, State and Lake, Roof

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

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
In Print: Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future

A new coffee-table book on Chicago restaurant history
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Gift Week, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Variations on a Theme, Chicago's Classic Restaurants, Neal Samors, Eric Bronsky, Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future, Penny Pollack, Rich Melman, Lettuce Entertain You, Paul Kahan, Donnie Madia, Rick Bayless, Kevin Boehm, Rob Katz, Girl & the Goat, Blackbird

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 17, 2011
Vegetarian questions and answers

Health myths, survival tips, recipes, and vices from 17 vegetarian, vegan, and veg-friendly Chicagoans
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, vegetarian, vegan, health, environment, vegetarian recipe, vegetarian cookbook, Green Zebra, Soul Vegetarian East, Chicago Diner, The Whistler, The Handlebar, Karyn's on Green, Lula Cafe, Boka, Girl & the Goat, Schwa, Whistler

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