Farewell to one of Chicago’s most iconic restaurants.
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Phillip Foss in El
The restless innovator and Michelin-starred chef bares his soul in a new graphic novel.
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How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining
A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.
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Lettuce now praise Richard Melman, one of the greatest innovators in Chicago food history
Melman’s Lettuce Entertain You chain did just as much as Charlie Trotter to make Chicago a center for innovative cuisine, the Reader‘s Elizabeth M. Tamny argued back in 2006.
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Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot’s Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?
The Randolph Street restaurant is a reunion of sorts for the celebrity chefs, but it’s in some ways also a rebirth.
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Police officers elect new union president, and other Chicago news
Also, the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane at O’Hare reportedly suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, and had his nose broken.
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Ixcateco Grill is a breath of fresh cilantro in Albany Park
A longtime Bayless vet brings midscale southern Mexican to a neighborhood rife with taquerias, tamaleros, and chicken joints.
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Remembering chef Homaro Cantu through his writing
Looking back at the life and autobiographical essays of the late chef Homaro Cantu of Moto
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What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?
Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestlé, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
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A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus
A10, Matthias Merges’s much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, gets a B minus for now.
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Underground dining experience gets a real kitchen with 42 Grams
Underground dinner Sous Rising will go street level with 42 Grams next month.
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Steaks at Next, pizza back at Burt’s, and more
Next serves steak, Lee Wolen to Boka, Burt’s pizza is back, a Mangalitsa pig dinner benefit at Lula Cafe, and more.
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Keeping an eye on Michelin Day so you don’t have to
Watching the latest Michelin ratings unfold throughout the day
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All hands turn out to cover the death of Charlie Trotter
On the coverage of the death of Charlie Trotter
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Charlie Trotter dead at 54
The chef who created Chicago’s fine dining scene has died.