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Posted inFood & Drink

Umamicue and Friends smoke out the neighborhood at the next Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula September 15, 2022September 19, 2022

The mad rush for limited walk-in orders begins at 5:30 PM this Monday, September 19, but you can secure your preorders for this barbecue supergroup right now.

Posted inAgenda

Barbecue, blues, and circus arts

by Salem Collo-Julin and Kerry Reid August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Windy City Smokeout kicks off a weekend of beer, barbecue, and bands representing both new faces in country music and some old favorites; tonight’s 9 PM headlining set by Willie Nelson and Family, his longtime touring and recording group is a great chance to see a master at work–accompanied by at least one actual Nelson […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Dhuaan BBQ Company smokes meat Desi-style

by Mike Sula March 11, 2021August 18, 2021

A weekly Pilsen pop-up is moving toward permanence.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 66

by Reader staff May 25, 2020August 23, 2022

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inFood & Drink

Christmas around the world

by Reader staff December 4, 2019August 18, 2021

Spend the holiday on a culinary trip around the globe without leaving Chicago.

Posted inMusic

The Chosen Few Picnic is the homegrown festival every Chicagoan should attend

by Leor Galil June 27, 2019August 18, 2021

If you’ve ever wished that more music festivals were like family picnics, then you need to go to this Jackson Park house-music blowout. In the late 80s, DJs and brothers Tony and Andre Hatchett and their families began hosting an annual Fourth of July reunion barbecue behind the Museum of Science and Industry. For the […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Smoke is in the air at the Slab BBQ and the Full Slab

by Mike Sula February 8, 2019August 18, 2021

Two new barbecue joints shore up south-side barbecue supremacy.

Posted inBlogs

Myron Mixon’s Smoke Show BBQ vs. Rylon’s Smokehouse is a no-contest barbecue showdown

by Mike Sula January 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Two new barbecue spots perpetuate low standards.

Posted inBlogs

Fox News’s barbecue food-list scandal shows the listicle’s pitfalls

by Michael Gebert August 12, 2015August 18, 2021

Fox News published a barbecue list that’s as white as a cream cheese sandwich at a D.A.R. tea.

Posted inBlogs

The good, the bad, and the really bad—a roundup of three newish barbecue spots

by Mike Sula September 18, 2014August 18, 2021

Mike Sula visits Bro-N-Law’s Bar-B-Que, Husky Hog Bar-B-Que, and the Last Pit Stop Barbecue

Posted inBlogs

Of brisket, oysters, and General Tso’s chicken at Old Crow Smokehouse

by Mike Sula February 27, 2014August 18, 2021

This barbecue warehouse in the shadow of Wrigley Field has nearly everything you could want except focus.

Posted inBlogs

Ben’s Bar-Be-Cue: On the (very) short list of the city’s greatest barbecue

by Mike Sula September 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Real low-and-slow Chicago barbecue from a New Orleans native, without any bullshit.

Posted inBlogs

Big chicken at Smalls Smoke Shack

by Mike Sula August 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The tiny Irving Park joint does some decent barbecue too.

Posted inBlogs

More barbecue for the dudes: Sweet Baby Ray’s comes to Wrigleyville

by Stefanie Wright May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

The suburban chain joins Wrigley BBQ and Milt’s Barbecue for the Perplexed in competing for the year-round crowd.

Baby back ribs at Lillie's Q Urban Barbecue
Posted inFood & Drink

New ‘Cue

by Mike Sula and Gary Wiviott September 9, 2010August 19, 2021

Surveying the recent barbecue boom, with reviews of Lillie’s Q Urban Barbecue, the Pork Shoppe, and Rub

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