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Home » Food & Drink » Restaurant Review » Page 3

Category: Restaurant Review

Posted inFood & Drink

Love is a tlacoyo at Xocome Antojeria

by Mike Sula September 12, 2019August 18, 2021

After a six-month hiatus, these extraordinary Archer Heights antojitos are back.

Posted inFood & Drink

DJ Khaled does the Licking

by Mike Sula September 5, 2019August 18, 2021

The mogul’s “Miami-style” soul-food chain sets up on the west side.

Posted inFood & Drink

Burn the floor at Kizin Creole

by Mike Sula August 29, 2019August 18, 2021

Six years along, the city’s only Haitian restaurant is going strong.

Posted inFood & Drink

The menu at Pink Salt is almost Isan

by Mike Sula August 22, 2019August 18, 2021

A Fulton Galley newcomer fills a Thai food void in the West Loop.

Posted inFood & Drink

Himalayan Sherpa Kitchen goes deeper into Nepal

by Mike Sula August 15, 2019August 18, 2021

The Lincoln Square spot draws on the country’s regional and ethnic specialties.

Posted inFood & Drink

Shanghai is hidden in plain sight at La Mom Kitchen

by Mike Sula August 1, 2019August 18, 2021

An underrepresented regional cuisine reappears in Bridgeport.

Posted inFood & Drink

Whither the gator dog at Doggone’s?

by Mike Sula July 25, 2019August 18, 2021

A descendant of a New Orleans minichain surfaces in Logan Square.

Posted inFood & Drink

Mom’s at Politan Row turns the table on Japanese ‘Western food’

by Mike Sula July 18, 2019August 18, 2021

Chefs Randi Howry and Kelly Ijichi tap a nostalgia in the making.

Posted inFood & Drink

Subo Filipino Kitchen is Albany Park’s answer to a Pinoy wave

by Mike Sula July 11, 2019August 18, 2021

The mother and son behind the late Three R’s Filipino Cafe have regrouped at the Brown Line’s terminus.

Posted inFood & Drink

The Momo World—almost an International House of Dumplings

by Mike Sula July 4, 2019August 18, 2021

A University Village storefront shows the global versatility of the Nepali street food.

Posted inFood & Drink

It’s not about coffee at Café Antigua

by Mike Sula June 20, 2019August 18, 2021

A snug snack shop across from the Guatemalan consulate offers a taste of Central America in Jefferson Park.

Posted inFood & Drink

Big Boss and Chicken Pollo Shack: new contenders on the hot-fried-bird front

by Mike Sula June 13, 2019August 18, 2021

Bridgeport and Humboldt Park have spicy spring chickens to boast of.

Posted inFood & Drink

A (brief) guide to the food of Kerala

by Mike Sula June 6, 2019August 18, 2021

A selection of the southwestern Indian state’s greatest hits from Glenview’s Kairali Foods

Posted inFood & Drink

El Sabor Poblano smells like home

by Mike Sula May 23, 2019August 18, 2021

. . . and tastes of a single village in Puebla.

Posted inFood & Drink

Barangaroos is as American as Aussie pie

by Mike Sula May 16, 2019August 18, 2021

Australian-style savory hand pies tell no lies, but may harbor some secrets.

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