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six people pose for a photo in a messy restaurant kitchen
Posted inFood & Drink

The chef underground ain’t dead yet

by Mike Sula December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Much like last year (and the year before) I continued to look to the underground and gray market food economy as the place to spot the most interesting, creative, and groundbreaking chefs and foodlums in the city. 

Posted inFood & Drink

Umamicue and Friends smoke out the neighborhood at the next Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula September 15, 2022September 19, 2022

The mad rush for limited walk-in orders begins at 5:30 PM this Monday, September 19, but you can secure your preorders for this barbecue supergroup right now.

Congee set by Thattu and Maa Maa Dei
Posted inFood & Drink

Thattu and Maa Maa Dei unite for a congee collab at Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula February 22, 2022June 27, 2022

Congee is for when you’re sick. Congee is for when you’re cold. Congee is for when you need to immerse yourself in the warm womblike comfort of a steamy bowl of rice porridge. Or if you’re Margaret Pak of Thattu or Jaye Fong of Maa Maa Dei, congee is for anytime. Pak eats Keralan congee, […]

Funeral Potatoes drinking chocolate
Posted inFood & Drink

It’s revenge of Funeral Potatoes at Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula February 3, 2022June 27, 2022

Now that the polls for Best of Chicago have closed I can say this without fear of tipping the scales of this venerable experiment in democracy: Funeral Potatoes are the great heroes of Monday Night Foodball. I’m in their corner for Best Meal Kits and Best Pandemic Pivot—which we’ll find out about on March 3—but […]

Paulina's Pigskin at Monday Night Foodball
Posted inFood & Drink

Here’s season two of Monday Night Foodball

by Mike Sula January 14, 2022June 27, 2022

Monday Night Foodball has been on a holiday hiatus for more than a month, and I’m soooooo bored. I can’t spend another Monday night pacing the empty, echoing void of the Kedzie Inn, balancing imaginary plates of curried lamb ddukboki, Cambodian fried chicken sandwiches, and pimento cheese hash brown jalapeno poppers, plaintively calling out your […]

Coco Podi and Tomato Thokku, Thommy's Toddy Shop
Posted inFood & Drink

Thommy’s Toddy Shop has your Malayali condiment fix

by Mike Sula March 24, 2021August 18, 2021

A Superkhana International line cook’s pickle and popcorn seasoning side hustle

Posted inFood & Drink

Soup season is nigh at Souper Bowl 3 Peat

by Mike Sula December 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Kimski Chef Won Kim hosts a superstar lineup of more than soup cooks.

Bumbu Roux
Posted inFood & Drink

Indonesian and creole are in tune at Bumbu Roux

by Mike Sula June 27, 2019October 27, 2021

At Politan Row, Chris Reed of the Rice Table is cooking from his parents’ different traditions.

Posted inFood & Drink

Thattu, the city’s only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit

by Mike Sula June 13, 2019August 18, 2021

There’s a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.

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