T he Reader has covered food and restaurants in Chicago throughout its half-century existence, though not nearly as consistently or comprehensively as music, film, drama, or most of the other arts—certainly not every week when I came on as a starving editorial assistant way back in ’95. Back then there was a very occasional visual […]
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The pan-Asian S.K.Y. opens on Pilsen
Former Intro chef Stephen Gillanders’s vision alights on a gentrifying 18th Street.
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Emanuel won’t allow the Cubs to play more night games at Wrigley, and other Chicago news
Also, Kendrick Lamar popped up at his own West Loop pop-up shop.
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How much do celebrity chefs really matter to their restaurants?
Morimoto, Fabio, and the massively multiplayer celebrity restaurant
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This week in Food & Drink
In this week’s Food & Drink: Key Ingredient turtle, the reinvented Pump Room, Cocktail Challenge nopales
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No jacket required at the Pump Room
Can Ian Schrager and Jean-Georges Vongerichten “democratize” the Pump Room?