Now that the polls for Best of Chicago have closed I can say this without fear of tipping the scales of this venerable experiment in democracy: Funeral Potatoes are the great heroes of Monday Night Foodball. I’m in their corner for Best Meal Kits and Best Pandemic Pivot—which we’ll find out about on March 3—but […]
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Hold the Banana Phone for Monday Night Foodball
There’s been an earthshaking development in the current schedule for Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s weekly chef pop up series. Barbecue Life Coach Gary Wiviott has canceled his November 22 stand at the Kedzie Inn in order to, as they say, “spend more time with family.” Something like that. We’ll have him back next year […]
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Midwestern originals: A select list of regional food and drink
A listicle of what some might consider “midwestern food”
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Niles’s other Korean supermarket has a hidden food court full of treasures
From bone soup to Korean corn dogs, Assi Plaza is serving it.
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Listen closely to Jimmy Whispers
His street art and love songs have a powerful antiviolence subtext—and his Summer in Pain Festival benefits CeaseFire.
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Gossip Wolf: A shout-out for Jimmy Whispers
A shout-out for Jimmy Whispers, and Hannibal Buress hosts the new Tony Trimm mixtape