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Home » 42 Grams

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Posted inFood & Drink

42 Grams and the weight of culinary greatness

by Julia Thiel January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

In a new documentary, filmmaker Jack C. Newell captures the life cycle of chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s dearly departed Uptown restaurant.

Posted inFood & Drink

Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility

by Michael Gebert August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed itself into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?

Posted inBlogs

Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections’ voter database, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.

Posted inBlogs

Shot down again, Rod Blagojevich takes his sentencing appeal to the Supreme Court a second time, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, gas prices in Illinois are the lowest they’ve been in 12 years.

Posted inFood & Drink

Smyth is right at home among Chicago’s temples to high gastronomy

by Mike Sula October 13, 2016August 18, 2021

The fine-dining sibling to the Loyalist is worth a splurge.

Posted inBlogs

Jake Bickelhaupt of 42 Grams named one of Food & Wine’s best new chefs

by Michael Gebert June 15, 2015August 18, 2021

42 Grams’ Jake Bickelhaupt is one of Food and Wine‘s best new chefs for 2015.

Posted inBlogs

It was a crazy day in Chicago food! No fooling!

by Michael Gebert April 2, 2015August 18, 2021

The craziest things to happen around April 1 weren’t pranks.

Top: Dove's Luncheonette's chile rellenos, Parachute's boudin noir, Spicy Lao Thai's pad cha; bottom: New Asia's  pho ga, Joe Fish's risotto, 42 Grams' uni on brioche
Posted inFood & Drink

Our favorite restaurants of 2014

by Mike Sula December 22, 2014August 18, 2021

They weren’t all Italian. And they weren’t all in River North.

Posted inBlogs

The Michelin Guide is still your dad (and more food news)

by Michael Gebert November 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Pronouncing on Michelin’s announcements, the Chicago Film Festival returns, and other events in the food world.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best up-and-coming chef

by Chicago Reader June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Jake Bickelhaupt of 42 Grams

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Kitchen Table

by Michael Gebert June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Part dinner party, part live performance, it’s as intimate as you’ll get with the creation of a 15-course tasting menu.

A velvety tongue of uni is perched on a cylinder of brioche surrounded by a moat of foamed yuzu vinaigrette.
Posted inFood & Drink

The underground goes Uptown at 42 Grams

by Mike Sula April 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Former underground chef Jake Bickelhaupt steps into the spotlight with the Uptown fine-dining restaurant 42 Grams.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago magazine’s best, and the rest

by Michael Gebert April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

An alternative look at the past year on Chicago’s food scene

Posted inBlogs

Underground dining experience gets a real kitchen with 42 Grams

by Michael Gebert December 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Underground dinner Sous Rising will go street level with 42 Grams next month.

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