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- Music, Music Review Jul 20, 2020
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Chicago music mastermind Nnamdï reflects our absurd world with the gorgeously strange Krazy Karl
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2018
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Pretty Cool Ice Cream is the anti-Happy Place
Pastry chef Dana Salls Cree's novelty ice cream shop is a genuine antidote for end-time anxiety.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jan 23, 2018
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42 Grams and the weight of culinary greatness
In a new documentary, filmmaker Jack C. Newell captures the life cycle of chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s dearly departed Uptown restaurant.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2017
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Police close Kenneka Jenkins investigation but for some photos of her body ‘raise more questions than answers,’ and other Chicago news
Also, a Republican state representative is considering running against Rauner.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 9, 2017
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Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility
Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?
- Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2017
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The Obamas will reveal more details about their presidential center Wednesday, and other Chicago news
Also, an analysis of how the "Laquan effect" has changed Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2016
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How Rauner's millions of dollars in campaign contributions are being spent in legislative races, and other Chicago news
Also, 26 Chicago restaurants earned stars in the new Michelin guide.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 13, 2016
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Smyth is right at home among Chicago’s temples to high gastronomy
The fine-dining sibling to the Loyalist is worth a splurge.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2016
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The private off-menu staff meals of Chicago’s top restaurants
A behind-the-scenes look at how the city’s best restaurants and chefs feed their workers
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 13, 2016
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Before the doors open at Alinea, molecular gastronomy is verboten
Grant Achatz's flagship serves simple, well-executed food during staff meals.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 30, 2016
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The Loyalist injects culinary purpose into everyday menu items
In the West Loop, John Shields and Karen Urie Shields’s casual subterranean answer to the Smyth holds its own.
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2016
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Best fancy restaurant
- Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2016
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Alinea, Grace chef Curtis Duffy, and Land and Sea Dept. all wore Beards last night
James Beard Awards went to three Chicago chefs and restaurateurs during the 2016 ceremony at the Civic Opera House.
- Food & Drink, Bar Review Apr 19, 2016
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Milk Room isn’t just for booze nerds
The ticketed eight-seat bar inside the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel offers a singular experience: a history lesson via vintage spirits.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 2, 2016
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Ravenswood's Band of Bohemia needs some practice
The "culinary brewhouse" from a team of Alinea and El Ideas vets is long on technique, short on soul.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 15, 2015
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1871 Dairy brings Chicago milk back from the dead
Illinois's dairy heritage has been resurrected by a former pencil pusher who just wanted healthy milk for his family.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Rick Bayless's Cruz Blanca and more brewpubs opening this fall in Chicago
New options for spots to drink beer this fall include Corridor Brewing & Provisions, Like Minds Brewery, Band of Bohemia, and Bixi.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 24, 2015
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Play poobah at Cherry Circle Room
No longer a boys' club, the restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a retreat from Michigan Avenue madness.
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 23, 2015
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An Alinea vet to the rescue at Lincoln Park's White Oak Tavern & Inn
John Asbaty's simple, real food livens up this neighborhood's dining dead zone.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2015
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Next Bistro introduces chalkboard specials—at a price
The place built on prepaid tasting menus experiments with ordering off the chalkboard.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2014
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Next goes back to its beginnings in its fifth season
Two cheers for the newly announced 2015 menus at Next
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
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Thirty of Chicago's most important moments in food
Nearly two centuries of Chicago's culinary milestones, from its first lunch counter to its first Olive Garden
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2014
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Jean Banchet nominees show a scene that's doing just fine, thank you
The Jean Banchet awards are announced, and show that our scene is still about where real people eat.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2014
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The guy who gave us Grant Achatz
Looking back at Trio with owner Henry Adaniya, as Next serves its tribute menu to Grant Achatz's start
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 3, 2014
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Grant Achatz has a Trio class reunion at Next
Next and the Aviary hold a reunion for graduates of Grant Achatz's first restaurant, Trio.
