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Author Archives: Kristina Meyer
Three Aces, Antico, Sable, and five more restaurants with new outdoor seating
Antico | Wicker Park/Bucktown | $$$ Tucked into what used to be an antique store just off Armitage in Bucktown, the aptly named Antico is by all appearances a typical neighborhood restaurant. Yet the unassuming facade masks a crack staff and kitchen under the direction of server Trinna Schramm, a former expediter at Alinea, and chef-owner […]
Restaurant listings: Japanese restaurants, from izakayas to noodle shops to sushi joints
Japanese Restaurants Arami 1829 W. Chicago | 312-243-1535 $$ 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, […]
Blackbird still flying high
After 14 years, and with a new chef, Paul Kahan’s trailblazing restaurant Blackbird still flies high.
What’s New: Coming Up Aces
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.
The Best Restaurants of 2010
The Girl & the Goat, Kith & Kin, the Purple Pig, Big Star, and more
Recommended in the Loop
From Everest to the Gage, turkey sandwiches to pheasant
A British Pub With Burger King Views
New restaurants: Logan Square’s Owen & Engine, more steak on the river, and a suburban-70s-style barroom under Pops for Champagne
At Vincent, some Dutch courage
The fortifying food—and booze—of the Netherlands, in Andersonville. Plus: Scott Harris’s new enoteca, and barbecue on the Gold Coast.
What’s New: Simple, Superior Sushi
Arami focuses on the fundamentals. Plus: a Levy vet comes late to the burger-and-pizza party, and ten more recent openings