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Posted inFood & Drink

42 Grams and the weight of culinary greatness

by Julia Thiel January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

In a new documentary, filmmaker Jack C. Newell captures the life cycle of chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s dearly departed Uptown restaurant.

Posted inFood & Drink

Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility

by Michael Gebert August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed itself into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?

Posted inFood & Drink

A former Schwa chef delivers audacious fine dining at Entente

by Mike Sula December 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Brian Fisher upends expectations in an unlikely spot: Lakeview.

Posted inFood & Drink

Smyth is right at home among Chicago’s temples to high gastronomy

by Mike Sula October 13, 2016August 18, 2021

The fine-dining sibling to the Loyalist is worth a splurge.

Posted inFood & Drink

Chef Noah Sandoval spreads his wings at Oriole

by Mike Sula April 26, 2016August 18, 2021

One of the most expensive restaurants in Chicago gets Mike Sula’s nod.

A velvety tongue of uni is perched on a cylinder of brioche surrounded by a moat of foamed yuzu vinaigrette.
Posted inFood & Drink

The underground goes Uptown at 42 Grams

by Mike Sula April 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Former underground chef Jake Bickelhaupt steps into the spotlight with the Uptown fine-dining restaurant 42 Grams.

Posted inBlogs

Underground dining experience gets a real kitchen with 42 Grams

by Michael Gebert December 11, 2013August 19, 2021

Underground dinner Sous Rising will go street level with 42 Grams next month.

Posted inBlogs

The art of French pastry and conversation at Bad Wolf

by Michael Gebert September 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Bad Wolf Coffee’s Jonathan Ory makes beautiful pastries, but his shop’s about more than that.

Posted inBlogs

Ryan McCaskey isn’t just a Michelin-starred burger guy, damn it

by Michael Gebert August 8, 2013August 19, 2021

How the Acadia chef-owner is aiming for acclaim with his high-end tasting menu.

Brandon Baltzley is a chef who's been as consumed with creation as with destruction.
Posted inFood & Drink

Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?

by Sarah Nardi June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?

The time I crashed a private dinner at Schwa honoring the drummer for Anthrax
Posted inFood & Drink

Sneaking into Schwa

by Anjali Pinto April 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Food Issue: Sneaking into Schwa

Posted inBlogs

On the restaurant scene: how maybe not to open one

by Kate Schmidt November 15, 2012August 19, 2021

Wanted: $117,325 in Kickstarter pledges, because “why not?”

Posted inBlogs

Nothing’s missing at wheat-free Senza

by Sam Worley November 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Gluttony’s for the gluten-free at this swank new spot on North Broadway

Salad of grilled mushrooms, 
young pine shoot gel, and acorn puree
Posted inFood & Drink

Into the woods, darkly, at Elizabeth

by Mike Sula October 31, 2012August 19, 2021

Iliana Regan’s Elizabeth Restaurant is the setting for a delicious, sometimes eerie fairy tale

Iliana Regan in her under-construction restaurant, Elizabeth
Posted inFood & Drink

Call of the wild

by Julia Thiel September 6, 2012August 19, 2021

An underground chef is going legit with her ambitious new restaurant—the first of its kind in Chicago.

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