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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review 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
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Blackfinn Ameripub, chain restaurants, LTHForum, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, thinking about food, River North, tourists, business travelers, beer, big-screen TVs, large menus, vegetarian options, gluten-free options, Austin, Texas, Washington, DC, Blackfinn American Grille, loud spaces, bars, wine, burgers, flatbreads, salads, barbecue, international cuisine, steaks, goat cheese, strawberries, pecans, chipotle queso dip, fish and chips, service, brussels sprouts, garlic mashed potatoes, chocolate cake, familiarity

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 25, 2014
Edgewater's Herb wants to 'redefine' Thai

But it can't find the right words.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Herb, Thai restaurants, Edgewater, Thai food, amuse-bouches, miang kham, peanuts, lime, red onion, chiles, coconut, Patty Neumson, Kee Chan, Mulan, Lure Izakaya, Strings Ramen Shop, service, menus, Next, soups, entrees, appetizers, starters, mango, apple, som tam, shrimp, kung chae nam pla, naked shrimp, winged beans, beans, scallops, culantro, dill, Laotian coriander, scallops, tomatoes, mushrooms, hearts of palm, sunchokes, formality, tumeric, curry, southern Thai food, tom yam, lemongrass, red snapper, fish, seafood, rice, khanom jin, noodles, microgreens, kaeng pa, smoked fish, salmon, duck, banana, grapes, blueberries, durian, tapioca, pandanus, rambutan, seasonal menus, affectations, earnestness, edible flowers

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 9, 2013
Lao 18: It ain't Chinatown anymore

Tony Hu's latest might be the best Chinese restaurant in River North, but it's the worst in his empire.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Lao 18, cumin, sole, fish, chili, eggplant, Tony Hu, Chinatown, Lao Shanghai, Lao Hunan, Lao Beijing, Lao You Ju, Lao Sze Chuan, neighborhoods, Chinatown, River North, Chinese cuisine, regional cuisines, regional Chinese cuisines, Chinese restaurants, Hubbard Street, Dmitry Samarov, tripe, chicken feet, salad, Chinese restaurant demographics, beef, lamb, tofu, Tony's Three Chili Chicken, chicken, ma la, sichuan peppercorn, oil, texture, bean curd stew, cold beef and tripe, scallion pancakes, pork belly, pork, plum sauce, noodles, niu rou mian, broth, Peking duck spring rolls, shrimp, cheese, ham, fried rice, service, 4 Rebels Dragonfruit, cocktails, vodka, Sazerac, Japanese whiskey, Hub 51, Rockit

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 17, 2014
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The Radler offers an upscale twist on German comfort food in Logan Square

Two Vie vets have launched the neighborhood's first Bavarian beer hall.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, The Radler, D.A.S., Nathan Sears, Adam Hebert, Vie, service, pretzels, Logan Square, Galerie F, decor, Bohemian Export Beer, West Side Brewery, butter, barley-malt butter, blackberry jam, Rahmkase, mushrooms, cheese, onions, bread, onion pie, brussels sprouts, pilsner soubise, quiche, schnitzel, veal, gingersnap, rabit, spaetzle, potato salad, potatoes, wursts, house-made sausage, sausages, thuringer wurst, knockwurst, boarwursst, weisswurst, desserts, Black Forest cake, Bee Sting cake, Flesk Brewery, hefeweizen, helles, radler, house beer, Lake Effect Brewing, German beers, Austrian beers, draft beers, beer, dunkel weiss, wines, cocktails, gluhwein, Recommended

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 27, 2013
A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus

Matthias Merges gets an A for effort, though.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Review, A10, criticism, Chicago Reader, restaurant ratings, grading restaurants, stars, movie reviews, recommendations, Matthias Merges, Charlie Trotter, Yusho, Billy Sunday, Hyde Park, south side, University of Chicago, Harper Court, development, Avondale, neighborhoods, Logan Square, design, decor, bars, cocktails, draft cocktails, simplicity, chicken liver, snails, steak, cauliflower, raisins, boudin noir, blood sausage, squid, salted cod, rapini, pizza, eggplant, burrata, seafood, pasta, sauces, potatoes, service

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 30, 2014
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Brendan Sodikoff's new Italian spot enters a crowded field

But the pastas alone will set Cocello apart from its peers.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cocello, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, River North, Italian restaurants, Eataly, Joe Fish, Nico Osteria, Cicchetti, Azzura EnoTavola, Dillman's, menus, pastas, handmade pastas, salads, antipasti, meat, fish, seafood, crudo, red snapper, lemon, olive oil, sea salt, beef carpaccio, peas, fava beans, ricotta cheese, artichoke heats, Parmesan cheese, chile, frico, octopus, caper, neonata, steak, osso bucco, chicken, chicken cacciatore, sauces, fennel, potatoes, porchetta, rosemary, cacio de pepe, Reggiano cheese, linguine, clams, broth, pork, orecchiette, sausage, kale, garlic, penne, guanciale, Amaticiana sauce, eggs, Bavette's, bread, bakeries, desserts, affogato, tiramisu, zeppole, olive-oil cake, cocktails, negronis, manhattans, vermouth, service, restaurant names, Recommended

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 14, 2014
Over the rail at Bow & Stern Oyster Bar

Come for the bivalves at West Town's new oyster bar, but then jump ship.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bow & Stern Oyster Bar, West Town, oyster bars, oysters, seafood, Branch 27, Brian Greene, Savoy, surf-and-turf, salads, meat, pastrami-cured salmon, salmon, pickles, pork belly, scallops, red snapper, batter, winter salad, desserts, service, cioppino, mussels, prawns, clams, shrimp, key lime pie, dulce de leche cake, ice cream, wines

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 7, 2014
Baffo tries to bring a bit of Mario Batali's Babbo to the midwest

Eataly's fine-dining restaurant would benefit from a higher dose of simplicity.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Baffo, Eataly, Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich, Italian restaurants, Babbo, ravioli, foie gras, brown butter, antipasti, sweetbreads, duck, quince, carpaccio, Cicchetti, bars, tips, service, bagna cauda, sardines, lobster, mushrooms, eggs, pasta, pappardelle, beef, cheeses, garganelli, truffles, sommeliers, wine lists, calamari, seafood, capers, currants, pine nuts, chiles, tomato sauces, simplicity, pork, rapini, branzino, fennel, menus

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 1, 2014
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At Paul Kahan's Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang

Can rusticity thrive inside a refined Gold Coast hotel? You betcha.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Nico Osteria, One Off Hospitality Group, Gold Coast, hotels, Big Star, Blackbird, Avec, The Publican, burgers, Erling Wu-Bower, Italian restaurants, rusticity, Thompson Hotel, bars, bourbons, Pappy Van Winkle, kitchen counter seating, mussels, ciabatta, salt, Rick Bayless, bucatini, squid ink, sardines, fish, triangolini, menus, fettunta, bruschetta, starters, pastas, entrees, crudo, octopus, crab, sformato, sunchokes, lobster, branzino, service, turnips, greens, wine lists, Italian wines, Greek wines, Karydas Xinomavro, meat, pork belly, swordfish, sartu di riso, arancini, risotto balls, Amanda Rockman, desserts, affogato, gelato, sorbet, cocktails, Recommended

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 1, 2013
Juno dreams of sushi

B.K. Park's post-Arami comeback is a work in progress.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Juno, sushi, B.K. Park, Arami, Jason Chan, Urban Union, Tamaki Gold, rice, nigiri, maki, seafood, uni nigiri, urchins, urchin gonads, fish, Kai Zan, Masaki, Merlo La Salumeria, Lincoln Park, sushi bars, sashimi, presentation, maki, tuna, eel, tamago roll, uramaki, crab, avocado, asparagus, flounder, seaweed, lobster, temaki, yellowtail, salmon, Moto, Fat Rice, halibut, sunchoke, octopus, artichoke, lemon, edamame, ramen, duck confit, pork bely, egg, noodles, service, otoro, unagi, bluefin tuna, Jeffrey Hedin, Leopold, king crab, appetizers

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 23, 2014
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Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants' new seafood house, is for ballers

Few people seem to have mourned the passing of Rosebud Trattoria—but something more current has taken its place.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Joe Fish, Rosebud, Centro Ristorante, Alex Dana, Grant Pick, Chicago Reader, River North, Chicago Sun-Times, Michael Sneed, Rosebud Steakhouse, Rosebud Prime, Carmine's, portions, Italian restaurants, seafood restaurants, fish, seafood, Nico Osteria, service, appetizers, salads, entrees, oysters, bacon, spinach, Pamesan cheese, crab, crab cakes, lobster, avocado, lamb, chicken, steak, burgers, sea bass, prosciutto, branzino, Dover sole, wild rice, bouillabaisse, squid, mussels, clams, shrimp, pasta, rice, linguine alle vongole, risotto, tomatoes, ramps, Bang Bang Pie, cocktails, biscuits, desserts, cheesecake, pecan pie, pies, ricotta cheese, honey, almonds, blackberries, cake, Recommended

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 16, 2014
Trendy and traditional don't mix at downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha

Rodelio Aglibot's new restaurant is a house divided.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Yum Cha, chow fun, beef, broccoli, Rodelio Aglibot, Shanghai Terrace, Earth + Ocean, Sunda, Eddy "Chi Ping" Cheung, Phoenix, menus, Cantonese restaurants, dim sum, snacks, dinner, poultry, pork, seafood, vegetables, soup, noodles, rice, dim sum carts, lo bak koh, daikon, lotus root, eggs, foie gras, sui mai, dumplings, truffle, duck, Peking duck, oxtail, bao, coconut pudding, kale, squash, pot stickers, xiao long bao, soup dumplings, taro, asparagus, shrimp, service, Chinese Yum Yum

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 27, 2013
Travelle is all over the Mediterranean

Tim Graham's restaurant in the Langham hotel covers too much of the map.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Travelle, Langham Hotel, Mediterranean cuisine, ouzo, caviar, Tru, Paris Club, Tim Graham, hotel restaurants, cocktails, foie gras, cherry, service, breads, olive oil, flatbread, seafood, mussels, frites, merguez sausage, sausage, fig, olives, snapper, anchovy, pork, menus, fish, harissa, whitefish, octopus, aspic, marrow, gazpacho, crab, eggplant, eggplant caponata, halibut, piri piri pepper, quail, lemon, Scott Green, desserts, Nutella, baklava, peach

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