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Home » potatoes

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Garlic toast mounted with thick coils of pickled herring, pickled onions, and julienned apples
Posted inFood & Drink

‘Modern’ Polish food at Mount Prospect’s Qulinarnia

by Mike Sula August 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Mount Prospect’s Qulinaria tries to spiff up meat and potatoes.

A salad of roasted beets, spiced pistachio, and grapefruit is set atop a cool avocado puree.
Posted inFood & Drink

Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint

by Mike Sula August 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint

Handmade orecchiette with fennel sausage, kale, and slivers of toasted garlic
Posted inFood & Drink

Brendan Sodikoff’s new Italian spot enters a crowded field

by Mike Sula May 30, 2014August 18, 2021

Cocello, Brendan Sodikoff’s new Italian spot, enters a crowded field.

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

Silky fillet of loup de mer and tender rings of calamari, garnished with artichoke hearts and capers and buoyed by blood orange preserves
Posted inFood & Drink

Chef Lee Wolen reboots Boka

by Mike Sula March 28, 2014August 18, 2021

The decade-old restaurant and flagship of the Boka group maintains its relevance.

Smoked knockwurst (foreground) and seared boarwurst with house hefeweizen
Posted inFood & Drink

The Radler offers an upscale twist on German comfort food in Logan Square

by Julia Thiel January 17, 2014August 18, 2021

The Radler offers an upscale twist on German comfort food in Logan Square.

The boudin noir—blood sausage with pickled squid tentacles, braised cabbage, and ink vinaigrette—stole the show.
Posted inFood & Drink

A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus

by Mara Shalhoup December 27, 2013August 18, 2021

A10, Matthias Merges’s much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, gets a B minus for now.

You can make a satisfying night out by picking over some of the nearly two dozen small-plate options.
Posted inFood & Drink

Azzurra EnoTavola is the season’s Italian sleeper

by Mike Sula December 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Azzura EnoTavola offers simple, soulful Italian food from the folks behind Anteprima and Bar Ombra.

One-stop Chop Shop offers hot and cold sandwiches, deli items, and lovely cuts of meat during retail hours, and a streamlined steak house menu in the dining room upstairs.
Posted inFood & Drink

The Chop Shop keeps it simple

by Mike Sula November 22, 2013August 19, 2021

The Chop Shop’s multidisciplinary butcher/bar/restaurant/performance space does a lot—and does a lot with a little.

Top, right: Dusek's meticulously restored dining room; bottom: fillet of flaky hake is half-submerged in a powerfully rich, buttery chowder.
Posted inFood & Drink

Bohemian rhapsody at Dusek’s

by Mike Sula November 15, 2013August 19, 2021

Dusek’s borrows a few tricks from Longman & Eagle—but it’s its own thing, too.

Juicy and succulent, Tanta's pollo a la brasa is one of the best versions in town.
Posted inFood & Drink

Tanta: Peruvian time is nigh

by Mike Sula October 4, 2013August 19, 2021

Tanta: Peruvian time is nigh.

The Hokkaido-style kome ramen, with its rice-and-soybean miso base, produces the deepest, most full-bodied broth on the menu.
Posted inFood & Drink

Ramen Misoya: Sometimes the suburbs are superior

by Mike Sula August 2, 2013August 19, 2021

Ramen Misoya, a Japanese chain, makes some of the best ramen in the region.

Local Foods Grocer cofounders Andrew Lutsey and Dave Rand, in the warehouse they hope to open to the public, are working to clear the hurdles that keep locally grown produce from being more widely available.
Posted inFood & Drink

Locavorism Inc.

by Mike Sula May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Can a new business increase the amount of local food we eat?

Posted inBlogs

Reporting From FamilyFarmed: Yes, We Can!

by Sam Worley March 19, 2011August 19, 2021

How to preserve food, courtesy of panelists at the FamilyFarmed Expo.

Posted inBlogs

Recipe: Viktorija Todorovska’s Tiella

by Mike Sula March 17, 2011August 19, 2021

In this week’s Omnivorous: a local Macedonian takes on Puglian food.

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