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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.

Food & 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.

Food & 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, […]

Food & 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

Food & 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 […]