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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 8, 2019
Cooking for Good Times is Paul Kahan's last cookbook

It's a party at Paul's.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Booze, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Paul Kahan, Cooking for Good Times, Cheers to the Publican One Off Hospitality, The Publican, Avec, Blackbird

Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2018
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.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, Dana Salls Cree, Dan Salls, Quiote, Blackbird Michael Ciapciak, Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits, Alinea, Blackbird, Avec, One Off Hospitality, ice cream, Hello My Name Is Ice Cream, popsicles

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 21, 2018
Recommended
Andersonville’s Passerotto is a tale of two peninsulas

One Off Hospitality vet Jennifer Kim’s unlikely union of Korean and Italian is seamless and inspired.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, ndersonville, Passerotto, little sparrow, italian-korean, hwe, sundubu, Gwangju, South Korea, Korean food, ja jiang mian, Korean-American, Koji BBQ, David Chang, Jennifer Kim, One Off Hospitality, Avec, Nico Osteria, Bill Kim, Urban Belly, Belly Q, Beverly Kim, Parachute, Edward Kim, Mott St., David Park, Hanbun, Snaggletooth, Bill Montaigne, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 14, 2018
Recommended
Under chef Erling Wu-Bower, Pacific Standard Time is now

The River North restaurant from Underscore (and One Off Hospitality) presents a distinctive vision of a west-coast oasis in the midwest.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Pacific Standard Time, California cuisine, Erling Wu-Bower, One Off Hospitality, Paul Kahan, Underscore Hospitality, the Publican, Avec, PQM, Nico Osteria, Cosmo Goss, #MeToo movement, Shaya, pita bread, Stuart Brioza, Steve Henson, ranch dressing, Hidden Valley Ranch dre, Recommended

News & Politics, Politics Mar 14, 2018
Know thy mayor: A few of Rahm's favorite things

Mayor Emanuel's picks for reading, dining, and recreation, from fly fishing to Faust to Four Moon Tavern
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: Politics, Four Moon Tavern, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Stories, favorite things, Four Moon Tavern, The Gift Theatre, Parachute, Robinson's No. 1 Ribs, Manny's Deli, Theater on the Lake, Avec, S.K.Y., Billy Sunday, The Up Room, Chicago Riverwalk, fly fishing, Montana, dinner and a movie, movie and drinks, swimming, yoga, ballet dancing, going to the Final Four, Dark and Stormy, Battleship, checkers, red wine, Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, Goethe: Life as a Work of Art, Rüdiger Safranski, Goethe, Faust, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, Daniel Mendelsohn, The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America, Lawrence Goodwyn, The Plot Against America, Philip Roth, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond, Ben Austen, High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Housing, George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo

Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2018
Gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives’s ad offends both sides of the aisle, and other Chicago news

Also, attorney general candidate Scott Drury believes Madigan thought he was wearing a wire during a meeting.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Jeanne Ives, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Teachers Union, LGBT issues, immigration issues, abortion, Erika Harold, Arthur Jones, Holocaust, Nazis, Neo Nazis, Dan Lipinski, Scott Drury, Mike Madigan, Election 2018, Union League Club, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Alshon Jeffery, Avec, Blackbird

Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2017
Calder and Koons at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Chicago Design Week, iO's bilingual comedy show Generation LatinX, and more goings-on October 23-26
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, einstein's nightmare, chicago design week, reunion, panic at the honky tonk, steve heisler, annoyance theatre, io theater, generation latinx, down with monuments, greek island wine dinner, avec, perry hendrix

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 5, 2016
Recommended
Jason Vincent goes big at Giant

After a break, the former Nightwood chef is doing huge things in a little Logan Square spot.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Giant, Jason Vincent, Mike Sula, Avec, Josh Perlman, Ben Lustbader, Sink, Swim, Scofflaw, Good Humor, Travis Bickle, Lula Cafe, Seinfeld, You Fuck My Wine, Albariño, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2015
Video
Things the Winchester learned in the fire

Ukrainian Village's the Winchester is trying to come back from a fire by being a better neighborhood restaurant.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, The Winchester, Greg Bastien, Ukrainian Village, Sepia, Avec, Koren Grieveson, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, Perennial Virant, Next, La Sirena Clandestina, Lila Cafe, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2015
Dove's Luncheonette makes a diner burger

A traditional luncheonette item joins the Tex-Mex menu as a special.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Dove's Luncheonette, One Off Hospitality, Dennis Bernard, Big Star, Avec, The Publican, Vie

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 24, 2014
At the Kitchen Chicago, Avec vet Johnny Anderes takes charge

The Colorado minichain has parachuted into a stunning space on the river.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Kitchen Chicago, Avec, Johnny Anderes, Reno, Telegraph Wine Bar, Reid Murdoch Building, Claire Smith, Kitchen Chicago

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 5, 2014
What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?

Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestle, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, chefs, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney, Homaro Cantu, food industry, food brands, Nestlé, Kraft, Lean Cuisine, snackpicks.com, Kellogg's, recipes, Alinea, Nick Kokonas, restaurant chefs, chefs, Trio, recipe development, brainstorming, focus groups, product evaluations, United Airlines, McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, National Pork Board, Dairy Management Inc., Tony Mantuano, Nutrisystem, Quaker, Burger King, test kitchens, marketing, frozen food, Lean Cuisine's Culinary Roundtable, Lucien Vendôme, Nestle's Stouffer's Hotels, consulting, product development, chef technologists, mass production, Donnie Madia, Topolobampo, 7-Layer Burrito, One Off Hospitality, Blackbird, Avec, Big Star, The Violet Hour, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Nico Osteria, Claudia Sutherland, ideation, flavor, ingredients, research and development, food science, menus, creativity, Kraft Foods, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder, nondisclosure agreements, Harry Crane, Le Titi De Paris, airline food, Kendall College, Kantha Shelke, processed foods, transparency, Corvus Blue, research, Healthy Choice, Cargill, Land O'Lakes, Hillshire Farm, avocado, Seana Monahan, avocado, chocolate, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Charlie Trotter's, Cuisine Solutions, Gate Gourmet, food manufacturing, sous vide method, Thomas Keler, Daniel Boulud, Charlie Trotter, PolyScience, Philip Preston, immersion circulators, Moto, Cantu Designs, General Mills, Hampton Creek Foods, Chris Jones, Whole Foods, Just Mayo, prototypes

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2014
Nico Osteria's Erling Wu-Bower talks his Italian method

The chef of Nico Osteria on the beautiful simplicity of Italian cuisine and seafood.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Erling Wu-Bower, Nico Osteria, One Off Hospitality, Paul Kahan, Avec, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Alice Waters, Paul Bertolli, James Beard Foundation Awards

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 1, 2014
Recommended
At Paul Kahan's Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang

Can rusticity thrive inside a refined Gold Coast hotel? You betcha.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Nico Osteria, One Off Hospitality Group, Gold Coast, hotels, Big Star, Blackbird, Avec, The Publican, burgers, Erling Wu-Bower, Italian restaurants, rusticity, Thompson Hotel, bars, bourbons, Pappy Van Winkle, kitchen counter seating, mussels, ciabatta, salt, Rick Bayless, bucatini, squid ink, sardines, fish, triangolini, menus, fettunta, bruschetta, starters, pastas, entrees, crudo, octopus, crab, sformato, sunchokes, lobster, branzino, service, turnips, greens, wine lists, Italian wines, Greek wines, Karydas Xinomavro, meat, pork belly, swordfish, sartu di riso, arancini, risotto balls, Amanda Rockman, desserts, affogato, gelato, sorbet, cocktails, Recommended

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 17, 2013
The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve 2013, Black Ensemble Theater New Year's Eve Celebration, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, Bootlegger's Ball, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, First Night Evanston, 1st Ward and Chop Shop, Ignite the Night, iO Theater's New Year's Eve, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Mr. Olsen's New Year's Rockin' Neighborhood, New Year's Eve at the DANK Haus, Moulin Rouge, Music Box, New Year's Eve Revolution, Official Playboy New Year's Eve Soiree, Pleasure Principle, Baathhaus, Big Dipper, Crowbar, Death, Dessa, Roky Erickson, Hounds of Baskerville, Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys, Girl Group Chicago, Jimmy Eat World, Smoking Popes, Lawrence Arms, Black Joe Lewis, Local H, Motion City Soundtrack, Mucca Pazza, Oozing Wound, Magic Milk, Jimmy Whispers, The Castle, Club Foot, Enclave, Estate Ultra Bar, The Fifty/50, Funky Buddha Lounge, Headquarters Beercade, Howl at the Moon, The Mid, the Palace, Spy Bar, Three Dots and a Dash, The Underground, Vertigo Sky Lounge, Acadia, Ada St., Avec, Big Jones, Boarding House, CH Distillery, Chilam Bilham, Coutnry Barbeque, The Drawing Room, Due Lire, Dusek's, Fork, Homestead, Hot Chocolate, La Sirena Clandestina, Le Colonial, Longman & Eagle, Lula Cafe, Mercadito, Rodan, Senza, SmallBar Dvision, Table, Donkey & Stick, Tesori, Travelle, Trenchermen, Yusho

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Chef

Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, chef, Stephanie Izard, The Girl & the Goat, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Girl & the Goat, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2012
Koren Grieveson splits Avec and other food news bites

Food trucks for sale, small barrel whiskey sucks, and other food-related outrages
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Koren Grieveson, Avec, Lao Sze Chuan, Tony Hu, Lao Mala, Lure Izakaya, Marigold, Food Truck Freak, Sepia, Josh Pearson, whiskey

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jan 26, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: Asian carp

In this week's chef-to-chef challenge, Blackbird's pastry chef makes a fishy dessert
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, asian carp, Bryce Caron, asian carp fillet, carp fishing, Blackbird, Avec, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2011
Ready, set, roll your eyes: It's Michelin Guide time

Le sigh: French tire maker Michelin dropped its 2011 Bib Gourmand list this morning.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Michelin Guide Chicago 2011, Ann Sather, Arami, Avec, Belly Shack, Bistronomic, the Bristol, Browntrout, Ceresâ€™ Table, Cumin, De Cero, Deca, DeColores, Fogon, Frontera Grill, Gemini Bistro, Gilt Bar, Girl & the Goat, Green Zebra, GT Fish & Oyster, Han 202, Hopleaf, Jaipur, Jin Thai, Kabul House, La Creperie, La Petite Folie, Lao Sze Chuan, Los Nopales, Lula Cafe, M. Henry, Maudeâ€™s Liquor Bar, Mexique, Mixteco Grill, Mundial Cocina Mestiza, Nana, Nightwood, Opart Thai House, Owen & Engine, Paramount Room, Perennial Virant, the Publican, the Purple Pig, Raj Darbar, Riccardo Trattoria, Sen, Smak-Tak, Smoque BBQ, Sol de Mexico, Spacca Napoli, Taste of Peru, Thai Village, Twin Anchors, Urban Belly, West Town Tavern, Xni-Pec, Yolo

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 18, 2011
Recommended
At Telegraph: wine on the line

But it's the menu at this Logan Square wine bar that truly shines
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Telegraph Wine Bar, Logan Square, Bluebird, Jeremy Quinn, John Anderes, Avec, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An ancient beer tasting, a chili cook-off, a paella party, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Fernando Beteta, If It Grows Together It Goes Together, wine dinner, Fox & Obel, Empty Bowls, Lillstreet Art Center, First Slice Pie Cafe, CHIRP Radio, art auction, food drive, the Publican, Hannah's Bretzel, Three Floyds Brewing, Blackbird, Avec, La Taberna Tapas on Halsted, National Paella Day, Enrique Cortez, paella, chili cook-off, Chicago Fire Department, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Rock Bottom Brewery, the Bluebird, ancient beer, Greater Chicago Food Depository

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jan 6, 2011
The Missing Mural

Artist Tyrue "Slang" Jones cries foul after his Violet Hour painting vanishes.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Tyrue "Slang" Jones, Violet Hour, Tyrue Jones, Donnie Madia, Terry Alexander, Peter Garfield, Blackbird, Avec, Big Star, Danny's Tavern, the Publican, Sonotheque, Ray "CRO" Noland, Ray Noland, Emily Woodworth, Nick Goettling, Slang, The Violet Hour, murals

Blogs, Bleader Oct 28, 2010
Openings & Closings

Recent openings, Avec's reopening, and an unexpected closing.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Avec, May Street Market, Alex Cheswick, Ole Hardwood, competition-style barbecue, Three Aces, Taylor Street, Matt Troost, Le Fleur de Lis, Creole food, Richland Center, Lao You Ju, Kylin Teppanyaki, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, food courts

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 26, 2010
In the Neighborhood

Randolph Row and Fulton Market
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Avec, Blackbird, Carnivale, De Cero, Dragonfly Mandarin, Jaipur, La Mediterranee, Moto, Nia, Otom, Pasha, The Publican, Red Light, Veerasway, Vivo, Ing

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Country Chef Challenge, Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Blackbird, Avec, Patrick Fahy, Shanghai Terrace, Ivan Yuen, Chicago French Market, Frietkoten, beer, frites, Prohibition, Speakeasy Throwback, fundraiser, Shawn Koch, Death's Door Spirits, Koval Distillery, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton, Peterson Garden Project, victory gardens, WW II, Vinejoy, urban gardening, community gardens, Kathy Skutecki, Chris Stoye, Celeste Dolan, Alison O'Konis, One SixtyBlue, farm tour, farm dinner, Dietzler Farms, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, Veggie Fest, Gluten-free Vegetarian, Indian Delights, Vegetarian Power Burgers, Sant Rajinder Singh, Spiritual Well Being and the Vegetarian Diet, Science of Spirituality, Naperville, Introduction to Permaculture, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Midwest Permaculture, Bill Wilson, Transitioning Into a More Permanent-Culture, Hum Botanical Spirit, Spirited Dinner, Mercat a la Planxa, Michael Fiorello, Adam Seger, The New Urban Farmer, Downtown Farmstand, Mark Schneider, Dave Snyder, culinary conversations, organic farming

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