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Posted inFood & Drink

Get you some good gumbo from Bumbu Roux at Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula October 27, 2021June 27, 2022

The pandemic was no match for Bumbu Roux, Chris Reed’s melodious Indonesian-Creole food combo. He and his mom Priscilla-Jane were approaching the one-year mark at Politan Row, serving up blackened catfish, […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Fifolet is the Cajun-creole restaurant Chicago is missing

by Mike Sula December 30, 2016August 18, 2021

But the city still deserves better than this workmanlike West Town spot.

Posted inBlogs

The gumbo’s got personality at Anita’s Gumbo in Avalon Park

by Mike Sula August 18, 2014August 18, 2021

From this small south-side storefront emerges gumbo of great powers.

Posted inBlogs

Keep it nacreous at Pearl Tavern

by Mike Sula May 20, 2014August 18, 2021

The Loop’s new oyster bar has a way with some bivalves. But not all of them.

Octopus and potato salad, with chunks of house-made "Spam," sweet crunchy beans, and spicy pickled brussels sprouts
Posted inFood & Drink

Bottlefork: A fine chef meets the Dec

by Mike Sula April 4, 2014August 18, 2021

At Rockit Ranch’s Bottlefork, a fine chef meets the Dec

The cheesesteak at Monti's
Posted inFood & Drink

Philly redeemed at Monti’s

by Mike Sula June 6, 2012August 19, 2021

Monti’s does right by the ignoble cheesesteak

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