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Posted inFood & Drink

Ina Mae Tavern’s Brian Jupiter turns some dry-ass chicken breast into the ultimate protein ball

by Mike Sula June 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Chef Jup needs fuel.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago chefs, restaurants lose out at James Beard Foundation Awards

by Reader staff May 7, 2018August 18, 2021

The city, last year was deemed to have the most outstanding restaurant in the country, made a less than impressive showing this year despite hosting the event.

Posted inFood & Drink

The best new Chicago restaurants of the year

by Mike Sula December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.

Posted inFood & Drink

Country clubs aren’t cool, but the food at Somerset is

by Mike Sula November 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Chef Lee Wolen opens the season in the Gold Coast at Boka Restaurant Group’s latest.

Posted inFood & Drink

Chef Diana Dávila pays tribute to her culinary mentor, Giuseppe Tentori

by Julia Thiel May 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The Mi Tocaya Antojería chef fondly recalls Tentori’s welcoming vibe—and the time he threw a scallop at her.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate’s ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.

Posted inFood & Drink

The private off-menu staff meals of Chicago’s top restaurants

by Chicago Reader October 13, 2016August 18, 2021

A behind-the-scenes look at how the city’s best restaurants and chefs feed their workers

Posted inFood & Drink

When Boka’s off-menu, Asian food rules

by Michael Gebert October 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Chef Lee Wolen and his staff indulge in a Korean feast in between prep and service.

Posted inBlogs

Alinea, Grace chef Curtis Duffy, and Land and Sea Dept. all wore Beards last night

by Mike Sula May 3, 2016August 18, 2021

James Beard Awards went to three Chicago chefs and restaurateurs during the 2016 ceremony at the Civic Opera House.

Posted inFood & Drink

Cold Storage might leave you cold

by Mike Sula February 29, 2016August 18, 2021

Mike Sula reviews Cold Storage, the Boka group’s new casual seafood spot.

Posted inFood & Drink

Save Cantina 1910 from ignorant Yelpers

by Mike Sula November 2, 2015August 18, 2021

Chef Diana Dávila is making imaginative, original Mexican food in Andersonville, a neighborhood that doesn’t always embrace culinary talent.

Posted inFood & Drink

Johnny’s Grill in Logan Square is a greasy spoon no more

by Mike Sula September 28, 2015August 18, 2021

Acclaimed pastry chef Sarah Jordan classes up the joint—mostly for the better.

Posted inBlogs

Celebrating the tomato, moules frites, Filipino culture, and other food events

by Michael Gebert September 11, 2015August 18, 2021

A tomato festival, a mussels festival, a Schnitzelfest, your chance to hang out at a Bocuse-style competition, a celebration of new Filipino cooking, and more.

Posted inFood & Drink

Play poobah at Cherry Circle Room

by Mike Sula July 24, 2015August 18, 2021

No longer a boys’ club, the restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a retreat from Michigan Avenue madness.

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.

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