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Home » chorizo

Tag: chorizo

Posted inBlogs

Watch a Johnny’s Grill chef make chorizo with ‘wheat meat’

by Julia Thiel September 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with vital wheat gluten, Sarah Jordan whips up a seitan chorizo that would please even nonvegetarians.

The pastor taco is swamped by an avalanche of pineapple relish.
Posted inFood & Drink

Más makes Mexican with more and more and more . . .

by Mike Sula July 22, 2014August 18, 2021

At Más, a new Mexican spot in West Loop, more isn’t better.

Octopus and potato salad, with chunks of house-made "Spam," sweet crunchy beans, and spicy pickled brussels sprouts
Posted inFood & Drink

Bottlefork: A fine chef meets the Dec

by Mike Sula April 4, 2014August 18, 2021

At Rockit Ranch’s Bottlefork, a fine chef meets the Dec

Posted inBlogs

Thanks to Cremeria La Ordeña #2, Albany Park is now the mole capital of Chicago

by Mike Sula March 10, 2014August 18, 2021

A great southwest-side Guerrerense grocery has opened a north-side location.

Cremeria La Ordeña's owners work for Mi Costeñita, the wholesale importer of Mexican chiles, spices, candies, and snacks.
Posted inFood & Drink

Cremeria La Ordeña: Where the shelves are stocked with Mexican cheese, moles, and toasted grasshoppers

by Mike Sula October 14, 2013August 19, 2021

A southwest-side corner store where the shelves are stocked with cheese, moles, and toasted grasshoppers

Sweetly glazed and grilled tangles of octopus tentacles
Posted inFood & Drink

The audacity of long-awaited southeast Asian restaurant Oon

by Mike Sula August 16, 2013August 19, 2021

Oon, Matt Eversman’s follow-up to Saigon Sisters, is ballsy but restrained.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Late-Night Fast-Food Spot Without Shame

by Luca Cimarusti June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The best place in town to stop at after an epic beer sesh

Posted inBlogs

One bite: chorizo

by Julia Thiel February 28, 2012August 19, 2021

Spanish-style chorizo from Publican Quality Meats.

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