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Home » Paul Virant

Tag: Paul Virant

Posted inFood & Drink

Bye Bye Blackbird

by Mike Sula July 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Farewell to one of Chicago’s most iconic restaurants.

Posted inFood & Drink

New Chicago bar patios and rooftops for outdoor drinking

by Julia Thiel May 18, 2016August 18, 2021

The season for alfresco imbibing returns.

Posted inBlogs

Windy City Smokeout and other alternate Tastes in Chicago

by Michael Gebert July 10, 2015August 18, 2021

Beer, BBQ and country music are on the bill at the Windy City Smokeout this weekend, among other culinary cultural events.

Posted inBlogs

Happy tenth to the city’s best restaurant . . . in the suburbs

by Michael Gebert August 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Paul Virant’s Vie turns ten.

Posted inBlogs

Paula, Lidia, and Ina at Lit Fest, Rick’s art meets plate, and more

by Michael Gebert June 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Things that are happening, from pie talk on stage to art coming down from the walls to be eaten

Posted inBlogs

Happy tenth to Boka Group, Alinea back in top ten, and other food news

by Michael Gebert April 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Boka’s ten, Alinea’s number nine, and Action Bronson is back and hungry.

Posted inBlogs

Restaurants in running for Beards, media not so much

by Michael Gebert March 19, 2014August 18, 2021

The James Beard Foundation Awards announcements yesterday showed a scene that’s strong on one side, not very strong on the other.

Posted inBlogs

Grub Street Chicago killed and other food news bites

by Mike Sula May 24, 2013August 19, 2021

Mexican Mennonite cheese, slingers, the bourbon shortage, and more

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Fri 5/3: Cinco de Mayo Festival, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, and Cremaster Cycle

by Hannah Lorenz May 3, 2013August 19, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, May 3.

Posted inBlogs

This way for durian: Announcing the Key Ingredient Cook-Off

by Kate Schmidt April 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Coming May 3: Twenty-six Chicago chefs, five ingredients, primo booze, and bucks for the Healthy Schools Campaign

From top: beef tongue, pheasant galantine, and blood sausage on the wanderteller ("hiker’s plate")
Posted inFood & Drink

Over-romanticizing the peasantry at Table, Donkey and Stick

by Mike Sula February 4, 2013August 18, 2021

Grimm-inspired alpine restaurant Table, Donkey and Stick serves as a cautionary tale.

Posted inBlogs

Vie’s Nathan Sears to open German “restaurant within a restaurant”

by Mike Sula September 27, 2012August 19, 2021

Vie’s chef de cuisine is going Deutsch

Posted inBlogs

From farm to fuss: Storefront Company

by Kate Schmidt May 24, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Wicker Park’s Storefront Company, Cocktail Challenge okra

Posted inBlogs

Paul Virant signs the Preservation Kitchen cookbook

by Julia Thiel May 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Tuesday at the Book Cellar, Vie chef Paul Virant signs and discusses his new cookbook, The Preservation Kitchen

Posted inBlogs

This week’s food and drink events

by Daniel Gerzina May 3, 2012August 19, 2021

A mystery-meat pinata, a pig roast, a Paul Virant book signing, and more

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