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Tag: Spiaggia
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Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate’s ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news
Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.
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Trump: If Rahm can’t solve Chicago’s gun violence crisis, he should ask for federal help, and other Chicago news
Also, former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy says Black Lives Matter is causing an increase in violent crime.
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Talking Taste Talks Chicago with Lula Cafe chef Jason Hammel
The upcoming food-centric conference features parties, meals, panel discussions, and chef demos.
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Chicago’s most essential pasta destination is Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio
Mike Sula reviews—and recommends—Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio.
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Key Ingredient: Takashi Yagihashi puts a Japanese spin on an Italian delicacy
Challenged to create a dish with bottarga, Yagihashi serves the cured fish roe over noodles.
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Key Ingredient: Tony Mantuano poaches salt cod
Challenged to create a dish with salt cod, Spiaggia chef Tony Mantuano buries it in truffles.
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Spiaggia ’14: Fine Italian food gets a reboot
Chicago’s original fine-dining Italian restaurant is spruced up for another 15 years.
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Restaurants in running for Beards, media not so much
The James Beard Foundation Awards announcements yesterday showed a scene that’s strong on one side, not very strong on the other.
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Meet the Chicago chefs who just got short-listed for the Beard Awards
This year’s James Beard Awards short list gets Chicago pretty well.
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Azzurra EnoTavola is the season’s Italian sleeper
Azzura EnoTavola offers simple, soulful Italian food from the folks behind Anteprima and Bar Ombra.
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Cicchetti opens, Parson’s for brunch, creole Christmas Eve, and more
Events in the coming week
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Blackbird almost wasn’t Blackbird, Tasting Table’s Open Market, and more
Blackbird’s history, chefs doing street food in a building, and more
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Notes from a food revolution in progress
Chipotle wants to show you it’s serious about sustainability, but online TV series Food Revolution Chicago seems to have joined the mainstream.
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No need for beef at Bavette’s, the ballpark Brandy Alexander, and more in this week’s Food & Drink
In this week’s Food & Drink: Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf, Cocktail Challenge yellow mustard, and new reviews of Bar Umbriago, Hash House A Go Go, Piccolo Sogno Due, and more