As we look back on 40 years, we shout out some of the best food the city has to offer
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Scraps: Gaztro-Wagon/Half Acre beer dinner, food truck 4 Wheel Kitchen, and more
A Gaztro-Wagon/Half Acre beer dinner, food truck 4 Wheel Kitchen hits the street, and Asado Coffee teams up with Square Donutz on a “pilot” pop-up
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Scraps: Scott Harris watch
Scott Harris watch: Longtime Rosebud chef Joe Farina sold his South Loop Italian restaurant Cafe Bionda a few months back and has joined Mary Jo Gennaro in the kitchen at Scott Harris and Jimmy Bannos Sr.‘s Taylor Street restaurant Salatino’s, where as executive chef he’ll be introducing new items including a sausage bar and seasonal […]
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Scraps: Sixteen loses its exec chef, Small Bar gains one
On Monday night a mysterious tweet from Lillian Brunacci, @thechefsdiamond, announced the departure of Frank Brunacci from Sixteen: “To all my Friends, My last day of employment as Exec Chef for Trump Chicago was Today, after 4 long years and way too . . . ” A press release sent out by Trump on Tuesday […]
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Scraps: New Andersonville pub Lady Gregory’s has risen from the flames
In early March, three weeks before it was to open, Lady Gregory’s (5254 N. Clark, 773-271-5050), a pub from Martin Cournane (Wilde Bar & Restaurant, Beckett’s Public House), was devastated by a fire that destroyed the entire newly furbished upstairs. (The kitchen, which is in the basement, was spared.) Now it’s set to open Monday, […]
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Scraps: The chemistry of foodstuffs, openings and closings, a locavore dinner, and more
In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, the Illinois Science Council has organized a series of workshops on the chemistry of foodstuffs. On Tuesday, June 7, from 7 to 9 PM at Metropolitan Brewing (5121 N. Ravenswood), NU chem professor Shelby Hatch will “celebrate beer,” explaining the factors that determine alcohol content, among other […]
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Rowan Jacobsen dinner at North Pond, Pasticceria Natalina closes, Scott Harris expands
Shadows on the Gulf: A Journey Through Our Last Great Wetland, the latest from Beard-award-winning writer Rowan Jacobsen (A Geography of Oysters), was released last week, and in its honor chef Bruce Sherman of North Pond (2610 N. Cannon, 773-477-5845, northpondrestaurant.com) is hosting a five-course dinner and discussion on Wednesday, May 18, at 6:30 PM. […]
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Scraps: Defaced Barware, new hope for food-truck fans, a Share Our Strength bake sale, and more
Pete Gugni, beverage director of the Bedford, the Wicker Park barstaurant that Mark Steuer (Hot Chocolate, the Gage) is opening on Friday, is also behind Defaced Barware, a line of handcrafted bar tools. Gugni, a former jeweler, says it started when he made his girlfriend a spoon and took off from there, with orders coming […]