Farewell to one of Chicago’s most iconic restaurants.
Tag: Mike Sheerin
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At Trench, Jared Wentworth has reimagined Trenchermen as a crowd-pleaser
The Longman & Eagle and Dusek’s chef plays it relatively safe with a meaty menu in Wicker Park.
Posted inArts & Culture
Embeya chef Mike Sheerin reimagines dumplings at Packed in Hyde Park
Former BLACKBIRD and current Embeya chef Mike Sheerin is out to prove that pretty much anything can go inside a dumpling. At his fast-casual counter-service dumpling-and-bao-haus Packed, set to open this month in Hyde Park at 1321 E. 57th, Sheerin draws from an arsenal of more than 50 different recipes. Dumplings and bao will rotate […]
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Chicago’s next food trend: Mission Chinese
Chef-driven, moderately priced Asian food is quickly becoming our next hot thing.
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Our favorite restaurants of 2014
They weren’t all Italian. And they weren’t all in River North.
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Best Dish That Should Have Been on Next’s Steak Menu
A fine example of half-traditional, half-modernist Frankencharcuterie
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Cicchetti opens, Parson’s for brunch, creole Christmas Eve, and more
Events in the coming week
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This way for durian: Announcing the Key Ingredient Cook-Off
Coming May 3: Twenty-six Chicago chefs, five ingredients, primo booze, and bucks for the Healthy Schools Campaign
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My favorite restaurants of 2012
My favorite restaurants of 2012, from Philly cheese steaks to foraged fairy tales
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Secret ingredient: sake lees
Marinate fish with the solid, fermented dregs of the sake brewing process
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Head-scratching, intriguing Trenchermen and more in this week’s Food & Drink
In this week’s Food & Drink: Mike and Pat Sheerin’s Trenchermen, Key Ingredient mochiko
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Study in contrasts
Brothers Pat and Mike Sheerin excel at the unusual and conceptual at Trenchermen
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This week’s food and drink events
Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week’s events.
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Trenchermen pops up at Logan Square Kitchen
This Sunday through Tuesday, Trenchermen, the forthcoming restaurant from Mike and Patrick Sheerin, pops up at Logan Square Kitchen
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This week’s food and drink events
A cheffy online auction benefitting Green City Market, a Koval Distillery tasting menu at the Edgewater Uncommon Ground