Kind. Funny. Genuine. A sweetheart, an artist, a legend. If the true sign of a life well lived is a tidal wave of emotional tributes when you die, then Cynthia […]
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Y No Había Luz brings the voices of post-Maria Puerto Rico to Chicago
“People keep sewing their eyes together to stop seeing things. . . . If we don’t open our eyes we are blind, and we can’t do anything to help Puerto Rico.”
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Perennial Virant’s rustic farm-to-table minimalism
Creative, clean flavors—at a cost
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Simone’s, Abuelo’s Mexican Grill, and ten more restaurants in Pilsen and Little Village
Abuelo’s Mexican Grill | $ Brothers Angel and Hugo Gomez have transformed a grungy storefront across from the Damen Pink Line stop into a sparkling sandwich shop wallpapered with Latin […]
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Three Aces, Antico, Sable, and five more restaurants with new outdoor seating
Antico | Wicker Park/Bucktown | $$$ Tucked into what used to be an antique store just off Armitage in Bucktown, the aptly named Antico is by all appearances a typical neighborhood […]
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Good eats in West Town
Search the Reader‘s online database of more than 4,300 Chicago-area restaurants—and add your own review—at chicagoreader.com. Bia for Mia $$ It’s a ballsy move to open up an Italian place […]
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Next, Ing, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, and other Fulton Market restaurants
Carnivale | $$$ We started with the ceviche tasting at this theatrical pan-Latin offering from Jerry Kleiner; our favorites were the scallop, flavored with coconut curry and basil oil, and […]
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With food policy a plank in Rahm Emanuel’s new platform, neighborhood food councils are starting to organize
When neighborhood politics threatened to derail the Logan Square Farmers’ Market earlier this month, more than 100 people showed up at City Hall in protest. The issues at stake—which involved […]
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Cheese, Please: Spots with a fine selection
Avec | West Loop | $$$ At first, sitting on a bench between strangers in this cedar-lined, saunalike room makes me feel a little apprehensive, like I’m wrapped in naught […]
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A Break for Shared-use Kitchens
A shared-kitchen ordinance has been approved by the city’s licensing committee.
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Eight spots for spring
Strictly Seasonal Search the Reader‘s online database of more than 4,300 Chicago-area restaurants—and add your own review—at chicagoreader.com/food. Browntrout | North Center | $$$ The most unfortunate name, Browntrout (see […]
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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.
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The Best Restaurants of 2010
The Girl & the Goat, Kith & Kin, the Purple Pig, Big Star, and more