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Jan 10, 2018
The Family House brings Burmese cuisine to Chicago
And the city's only restaurant serving the food of Myanmar has great Malaysian and Indonesian food too.
By Mike Sula
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Chef Dingguo Cheng turns out uncompromising Chinese food in West Rogers Park.
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Feb 28, 2014
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Make the drive to Chicagoland's only Lao restaurant
Spicy Thai Lao is in a blink-and-you-miss-it south-suburban strip mall. But you don't want to miss it.
By Mike Sula
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Nov 1, 2013
Blackfinn Ameripub: A restaurant for the antifoodie
Consider this chain outpost in River North an oasis from thinking too much about what you're eating.
By Aimee Levitt
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May 20, 2013
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Rainbow Cuisine earns its stripes
A tiny, year-old, Thai takeout joint in Lincoln Square suddenly blows up.
By Mike Sula
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Mar 22, 2013
The nation's largest vertical farm is in Bedford Park, and other food news bites
Stolen tip, squirrel ragu, and more.
By Mike Sula
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Jan 21, 2013
Smoking a turkey breast hunter-beef style
In which I cure a turkey breast with Pakistani hunter-beef spices.
By Mike Sula
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Oct 4, 2012
The siren beckons, Chaihanna closes, and more on this week's restaurant scene
On the local restaurant scene this week: La Sirena Clandestina, Brazilian brunch, and the closing of the area's only Uzbek restaurant
By Kate Schmidt
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May 4, 2012
Korean bars and other food news bites
Nella's back, BLT American BIstro shutters, local blogs win national awards, and more food news bites.
By Mike Sula
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Apr 19, 2012
One Bite: three fungus tang at Cho Jung
A delicious fungal soup at the region's greatest little Korean mom-and-pop
By Mike Sula
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Jan 18, 2012
One Bite:
bun mam,
aka Vietnamese gumbo
The mean
bun man
at Argyle Street's Nha Hang Viet Nam
By Mike Sula
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Jun 27, 2011
Win $1,000 for your best Thai appetizer
Leela Punyaratabandhu of SheSimmers is hosting a Thai cooking contest
By Mike Sula
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Jun 23, 2011
Best food blog
Eater Chicago voted best food blog
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Jun 16, 2011
A few of food writer Mike Sula's favorites
From royal pies to end-of-the-world banana jerky, 2011 has been good so far
By Mike Sula
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River Valley Ranch & Kitchens
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isot
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Duchesse de Bourgogne
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Monk Cafe's
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Goose Island's Madame Rose
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Mar 16, 2011
What's That Smell at Paris Club? Don't Ask the "VIPs"
Did the curious aroma of pucky make food bloggers swoon at R.J. and Jerrod Melman's new French spot?
By Mike Sula
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Oct 27, 2009
The mad locavore of Hanover Park
By Mike Sula
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Oct 16, 2009
LTHForum Great Neighborhood Restaurant Award Winners Leaked
A snitch in the Food Chain's pocket has leaked a handful of LTHForum GNR winners early.
By Mike Sula
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Aug 24, 2009
Today's little food mystery
By Whet Moser
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Jun 5, 2009
Happy birthday, LTHForum
The Chicago culinary chat site keeps on rolling.
By Mike Sula
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Apr 24, 2009
Patty's Diner RIP
The Reader's 2009 Best of Chicago pick for Best Diner is closing in May after 20 years.
By Kate Schmidt
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