Kristina Meyer, Author at Chicago Reader

Tribute, in the Essex Hotel, falls short of the mark

by Kristina Meyer August 25, 2011August 19, 2021

Tribute: a handsome addition to the South Loop comes out misfiring

Three Aces, Antico, Sable, and five more restaurants with new outdoor seating

by Ted Cox, Julia Thiel, Mike Sula, Kevin Warwick, Martha Bayne and Kristina Meyer June 9, 2011August 19, 2021

Antico | Wicker Park/Bucktown | $$$ Tucked into what used to be an antique store just off Armitage in Bucktown, the aptly named Antico is by all appearances a typical neighborhood restaurant. Yet the unassuming facade masks a crack staff and kitchen under the direction of server Trinna Schramm, a former expediter at Alinea, and chef-owner […]

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Restaurant listings: Japanese restaurants, from izakayas to noodle shops to sushi joints

by Mike Sula, Kristina Meyer and Kate Schmidt April 7, 2011August 19, 2021

Japanese Restaurants Arami 1829 W. Chicago | 312-243-1535 $$ ASIAN, JAPANESE | LUNCH: TUESDAY-SATURDAY; DINNER: SUNDAY, TUESDAY-SATURDAY | CLOSED MONDAY | OPEN LATE: SUNDAY, TUESDAY-SATURDAY TILL 11 One look at the nightly specials menu at West Town’s Arami should jar anyone out of his sushi-ordering routine. Sushi chef B.K. Park, a veteran of Mirai, Meiji, […]

Food & Drink

Blackbird still flying high

by Kristina Meyer March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

After 14 years, and with a new chef, Paul Kahan’s trailblazing restaurant Blackbird still flies high.

Food & Drink

Belle de Jour

by Kristina Meyer February 10, 2011August 19, 2021

From the oysters to the ambience, Maude’s Liquor Bar seduces

Food & Drink

What’s New: Coming Up Aces

by Kristina Meyer and Martha Bayne December 30, 2010August 19, 2021

Ex-Fianco chef Matt Troost scores again
with a Taylor Street bar. Plus: Zenlike Italian in Lincoln Square, a downtown steak house that’s dinner and a show, and eight more new restaurants.