From the oysters to the ambience, Maude’s Liquor Bar seduces
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A Haitian Refuge
Expats jonesing for pâtés know to head to Howard Street, where Violette Adrien has set up shop.
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Hopleaf Has Company
New West Town gastropub Leopold was built from the beer up.
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The Sodfather Abides
Chicago cop Frank Balestri keeps the old-world custom of making soppressata—”supersod”—alive.
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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 Salaryman’s Haven
Izakaya are struggling to take off in the city, but the Japanese pubs have been around for decades in the suburbs. Plus: ten more Japanese restaurants with full bars
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Top Ten Books for Cooks
Nordic haute cuisine, Indian street food, a history of punch, what Lemmy Kilmister makes for dessert, and more
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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
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Bohemia in Berwyn
At Czech Plaza, you can have dumplings with anything you damn well please.
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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.
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A Wealth of Injeras
All things Ethiopian at Edgewater’s Kukulu Market—including multiple varieties of the cuisine’s staple flatbread.
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Singla, Meet Ebert
Our intrepid home cook attempts a local author’s Indian crock-pot recipes in Roger Ebert’s beloved rice cooker.
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What Would Signore Vincenzo Say?
How the family-run J.P. Graziano Italian market has kept up with the times
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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