Elizabeth Archives - Chicago Reader

Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility

by Michael Gebert August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed itself into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?

Blogs

Emanuel’s pushing for undocumented immigrants and the homeless to get city-issued IDs, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd March 30, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an alderman wants to spend $25 million on programs to prevent gang and gun violence over the summer.

Food & Drink

Smyth is right at home among Chicago’s temples to high gastronomy

by Mike Sula October 13, 2016August 18, 2021

The fine-dining sibling to the Loyalist is worth a splurge.

Food & Drink

Milk Room isn’t just for booze nerds

by Julia Thiel April 19, 2016August 18, 2021

The ticketed eight-seat bar inside the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel offers a history lesson via vintage spirits.

Food & Drink

Iliana Regan makes more magic at Bunny, the Micro Bakery

by Mike Sula March 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Mike Sula reviews the Lakeview bakery by Chicago’s only magical-realist chef.

Blogs

Bunny the Micro Bakery and Wunder POP set to launch on May 22

by Michael Gebert April 6, 2015August 18, 2021

Elizabeth chef Iliana Regan’s new bakery and pop-up space are set to open later this spring.

Blogs

‘I want to learn from this guy’—Iliana Regan appoints chef de cuisine at Elizabeth

by Michael Gebert March 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Iliana Regan kicks herself upstairs and names a San Francisco-trained chef the chef de cuisine of Elizabeth.

Blogs

Tiki drink classes, a sustainable seafood dinner, and more food stuff to do and read

by Michael Gebert March 19, 2015August 18, 2021

Adam Seger teaches tiki drinks, Good Beer Hunting gets interviewed, a Moody Tongue beer dinner, secret weapons and more.

Blogs

Elizabeth gets companions, 5 Loaves gets a shock, and more food news

by Michael Gebert March 4, 2015August 18, 2021

Elizabeth’s doughnut and pop-up space, help out a south-side gem, El Ideas smells like teen spirit, and Nico Osteria wishes it was in Tijuana eating barbecued iguana.

Food & Drink

Four of our favorite spots for house-made pickles and jams

by Chicago Reader November 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Read about Café des Architectes chef Greg Biggers’s in-house charcuterie and cheese-making programs. Perennial Virant 1840 N. Lincoln perennialchicago.com Paul Virant popularized preservation among Chicago chefs (and wrote the cookbook on it, 2012’s Preservation Kitchen). The basement kitchen at his Lincoln Park restaurant is lined with shelves of jams and pickled vegetables. Big Jones 5347 […]

Blogs