The Randolph Street restaurant is a reunion of sorts for the celebrity chefs, but it’s in some ways also a rebirth.
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Prosecutors drop charges against 15 men allegedly framed by dirty cop, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago could see “record” Thanksgiving traffic next week.
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Durbin compares Trump to former governor Rod Blagojevich, and other Chicago news
Also, Apple is almost 40 percent more valuable than Chicago.
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Intro’s first guest chef, C.J. Jacobson, brings west-coast sunshine to the midwest
The former Top Cheftestant gets Lettuce Entertain You’s new concept off to a running start.
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Modern Mexican galore, and other events
Mexican food gets mod and other things happening to eat and drink.
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Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale
Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale.
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Laughing Bird: Half-throttle Filipino in Lincoln Square
Top Chef alum Chrissy Camba’s twists on the food of the Philippines are ambitious but unsettling.
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Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?
Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?
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Siena Tavern spells Italian sbagliato
Another Italian food factory—this one from Top Cheftestant Fabio Viviani—occupies River North.
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Bar Pastoral offers lots of cheeses, makes it hard to Edam
Minor quibbles and major mishaps at a new Lakeview cheese and wine bar.
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Frog N Snail: who needs a world changer?
In this week’s Food & Drink: Dale Levitski’s casual, creative Frog N Snail and a sheep’s-milk push pop from Wit pastry chef Toni Roberts
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Frog N Snail leaps and slithers
Dale Levitski’s midwestern bistro Frog N Snail leaps and slithers
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A fried-chicken-eating contest and more food and drink events this week:
A Templeton Rye documentary, The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats, a survivalist’s supper, and more.
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At the Girl & the Goat, the hoopla’s justified
Stephanie Izard’s Girl & the Goat justifies the hoopla. Plus: above-average Chinese in Bucktown and new twists on an old Evanston Italian favorite.
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Under chef Dale Levitski, Sprout takes root
Sprout’s Top Chef makeover, masterful Neapolitan pizza, and the neighborhood restaurant every neighborhood deserves