Much like last year (and the year before) I continued to look to the underground and gray market food economy as the place to spot the most interesting, creative, and groundbreaking chefs and foodlums in the city.
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Kimski at Kedzie, Family Holiday Community Musical, and Clickbait
Monday Night Foodball returns tonight with a special menu from chef Won Kim of Bridgeport’s Korean-Polish restaurant Kimski, who is back in town and in the kitchen after a well-deserved five-month sabbatical. Read Reader senior writer Mike Sula’s preview here and join in the delicious fun at Kedzie Inn (4100 N. Kedzie); walk-in orders start […]
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Preview a brave new Kimski at the next Monday Night Foodball
Won Kim does not care that your grandma hates his food. One month into a five-month sabbatical from Bridgeport’s Korean-Polish Kimski, and the chef is feeling fine. “I think I did a pretty good job trying to respect each culture,” he says. “I was downright fucking paranoid and scared to honor the babcias and the […]
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Chả Cá Nuggs takes a nose-to-tail fin approach to eating the invasive copi
The invasive fish formerly known as Asian carp was renamed “copi” earlier this summer by the Department of Natural Resources. Short for “copious,” the state hopes that a vaguely Mediterranean-sounding rebranding will entice consumers to eat more of the bony, obscenely prolific, freshwater filter feeders that have outcompeted native species for all that good Illinois […]
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It’s chicken and waffle night at Monday Night Foodball
The chickens roam freely over the pastures at Avrom Farm in Ripon, Wisconsin. But you might have spotted them in the wild this season at the Green City or Wicker Park farmers’ markets, where they nest on warm buckwheat waffles battered with their own eggs.
This Wednesday they’re flocking to Irving Park for Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s weekly pop-up chef series at the Kedzie Inn.
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Gemma Foods is Chicago’s next pasta juggernaut
Former Formento’s chef Tony Quartaro’s fresh handmade and extruded shapes aren’t just for his neighbors anymore.
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Thommy’s Toddy Shop has your Malayali condiment fix
A Superkhana International line cook’s pickle and popcorn seasoning side hustle
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Tony B’s Steak Chips, you were a mistake
Tony Balestreri’s meat snacks were inspired by jazz cabbage.
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Stay pizza-positive with Crust Fund Pizza
Food writer John Carruthers auctions his tavern-style pies for social justice.
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Adobo Loko is taking special requests
Filipino street food chef Rob Menor sees his future in a cannabis cloud kitchen.
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Marz Community Kitchen is the future
Restaurants should embrace community food stability during patio season, and beyond
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Soup season is nigh at Souper Bowl 3 Peat
Kimski Chef Won Kim hosts a superstar lineup of more than soup cooks.
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Thattu, the city’s only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit
There’s a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.
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Filipino meets Cuban at Bayan Ko
A snug Ravenswood mom-and-pop with postcolonial synergy.
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How this got made: the award-winning 2017 Best of Chicago issue cover
The Reader‘s graphic designer and former director of photography and two sign painters explain how they created and photographed a mural in just 12 days.