Will organizing the wine list by terroir at Vera make it easier or harder to get a wine you’ll love?
Tag: Mark Mendez
In vino Vera: Two years of Mark and Liz Mendez’s Spanish wine bar
The husband and wife reflect on what they’ve learned running their West Loop restaurant.
Takito Kitchen steers the taqueria into new territory
Takito Kitchen steers the taqueria into new territory.
The peasant’s party at Balena
With Balena, the Boka Group comes late to pan-Italia, but it’s worth the wait
This week’s food and drink events
The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick’s Day specials, and more.
This week in Food & Drink: Best restaurants 2011
Our critics’ eight favorite restaurants from 2011, along with ten honorable mentions
This week in Food & Drink
In this week’s Food & Drink: Mark and Elizabeth Mendez’s Vera, Key Ingredient cod milt, Cocktail Challenge kimchi
Vera: a celebration of Spanish simplicity
Vera, the little Spanish wine bar from longtime Mark and Liz Mendez, celebrates simplicity.
A first look at Vera Chicago
A first look at Vera, the new West Loop Spanish wine bar chef Mark Mendez (ex-Carnivale) and his wife, Liz.
Key Ingredient: Abalone
The Butcher & Larder’s Rob Levitt steams up sea snails
This week in Food & Drink: Filipino treats, Telegraph Wine Bar, Key Ingredient tomato leaves, and more
This week in Food & Drink: Rowie’s Bakery, Telegraph Wine Bar, Key Ingredient tomato leaves, Cocktail Challenge, Logan Square restaurants
This week in Food & Drink: Next’s Tour of Thailand, Key Ingredient milkweed, recommended new restaurants
This week’s Food & Drink: Mike Sula reviews Next, Carnivale chef David Dworshak takes on milkweed in Key Ingredient, plus Bodega N. 5, Marmalade, and five more new restaurants.