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The "seafood aquarium" is Shin Thompson's answer to the ever-popular steak house showstopper known as the seafood tower.

Eastern promises at Kabocha

by Mike Sula June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Kabocha, Shin Thompson’s “Japanese brasserie,” delivers half the time.

The "seafood aquarium" is Shin Thompson's answer to the ever-popular steak house showstopper known as the seafood tower.

Eastern promises at Kabocha

by Mike Sula June 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Kabocha, Shin Thompson’s “Japanese brasserie,” delivers half the time.

Fried dough pufflets with truffle-honeyed sheets of prosciutto and a creamy lump of stracchino cheese

Siena Tavern spells Italian sbagliato

by Mike Sula March 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Another Italian food factory—this one from Top Cheftestant Fabio Viviani—occupies River North.