Taylor Hanna and Sebastian Vargo are masters of the fine art of low and slow fermentation. And they’re strict disciples of the Paul Masson Primary Principle: “We will sell no wine before its time.” So after a long hard day in the Vargo Brother Ferments underground caverns, putting up their signature G-Dilla Pickles, PowerKraut, collard […]
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Like a blazing fried chicken, Thommy’s Toddy Shop rises from the ashes at the Next Monday Night Foodball
The Colonel came out of retirement to make KFC at the Kedzie Inn. OK, Thom Padanilam does not have an honorific title from the Indian state of Kerala. Someday, probably, but for now he’s back in the game as the boss man of Thommy’s Toddy Shop, the pandemic-born Malayali food pop-up and podi peddler he […]
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The best new Chicago restaurants of the year
Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.
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Giant conquers the Fulton Market District at City Mouse
The restaurant anchoring the Ace Hotel is like a satellite for Jason Vincent and Ben Lustbader’s Logan Square mothership.
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At City Mouse, Giant conquers the Fulton Market District
The restaurant anchoring the Ace Hotel is like a satellite for Jason Vincent and Ben Lustbader’s Logan Square mothership.
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Chef Ben Lustbader of Giant makes bread with the ‘bacon of the sea’
Challenged to create a dish with dulse, Lustbader combines northern European and Asian flavors.
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Jason Vincent goes big at Giant
After a break, the former Nightwood chef is doing huge things in a little Logan Square spot.