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A server pours turmeric-infused curry over king, oyster, and enoki mushrooms; hearts of palm; and sunchokes.
Posted inFood & Drink

Edgewater’s Herb wants to ‘redefine’ Thai

by Mike Sula July 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Edgewater’s Herb wants to “redefine” Thai

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.

Soupy risotto, the grains perfectly distinct, sweetened with sun-dried tomatoes and crowned by fat grilled shrimp
Posted inFood & Drink

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers

by Mike Sula May 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers.

Flaky cups of pastry cradling warm sweet custard, capped with liquefied foie gras
Posted inFood & Drink

Trendy and traditional don’t mix at downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha

by Mike Sula May 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha is a house divided.

Whole roasted branzino needs nothing but a shaved-fennel salad to showcase its beauty and deliciousness.
Posted inFood & Drink

Baffo tries to bring a bit of Mario Batali’s Babbo to the midwest

by Mike Sula March 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Eataly’s fine-dining restaurant would benefit from a higher dose of simplicity.

Bow & Stern's masterfully shucked oysters are flown in from waters on both coasts.
Posted inFood & Drink

Over the rail at Bow & Stern Oyster Bar

by Mike Sula February 14, 2014August 18, 2021

Come for the bivalves at West Town’s new oyster bar, but then jump ship.

You can easily get lost in the squid-ink bucatini—in a good way.
Posted inFood & Drink

At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang

by Mara Shalhoup February 1, 2014August 18, 2021

At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide.

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.

An island of the familiar in the middle of a strange city
Posted inFood & Drink

Blackfinn Ameripub: A restaurant for the antifoodie

by Aimee Levitt November 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Consider this chain outpost in River North an oasis from thinking too much about what you’re eating.

A selection of “seacuterie” includes whitefish rillettes, thinly sliced octopus carpaccio, and a “bouillabaisse” aspic bombe in which bits of shellfish are suspended.
Posted inFood & Drink

Travelle is all over the Mediterranean

by Mike Sula September 27, 2013August 19, 2021

Travelle, Tim Graham’s restaurant in the Langham hotel, covers too much of the map.

Chunks of underfried, greasy sole fillet are given barely a sprinkling of magic Sichuan peppercorns.
Posted inFood & Drink

Lao 18: It ain’t Chinatown anymore

by Mike Sula August 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Tony Hu’s latest might be the best Chinese restaurant in River North, but it’s the worst in his empire.

"Smoked sashimi" is a bit of Moto-esque drama.
Posted inFood & Drink

Juno dreams of sushi

by Mike Sula July 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Juno, the post-Arami comeback from B.K. Park, is a work in progress.

Fermented apples and lichen
Posted inFood & Drink

The Next level of vegan

by Kevin Warwick June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Next’s Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?

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