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Blogs
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Bleader
Sep 15, 2011
In this week's restaurant listings: bistros
In this week's restaurant listings: bistros
By Kate Schmidt
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Bijan's Bistro
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Bistro Campagne
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Bistrot Margot
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Cyrano's Bistro & Wine Bar
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Koda Bistro
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the Stained Glass Bistro
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Didier Durand
,
Bistro Voltaire
Food & Drink
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Restaurant Review
Jul 7, 2011
Five spots for Bastille Day
By Anne Spiselman and Mike Sula
Tags:
Restaurant Reviews
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Bistronomic
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Henri
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Cafe des Architectes
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Paris Club
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 11, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: French Food Edition, Salatino's, Valentine's
In this week's Food & Drink: a French bonanza (Maude's Liquor Bar, Paris Club, Bistronomic, spots for French fare), Mike Sula on Salatino's, and Jason McLeod taking the Key Ingredient chef challenge with asafetida.
By Kate Schmidt
Tags:
Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Maude's Liquor Bar
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Brendan Sodikoff
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Jeff Pikus
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Gilt Bar
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Salatino's
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Scott Harris
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Jimmy Bannos Sr.
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Gennaro's
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Mary Jo Gennaro
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Key Ingredient
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Jason McLeod
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Ria
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Balsan
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Hotel Elysian
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asafetida
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Chris Pandel
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the Bristol
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jujubes
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Martial Noguier
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Bistronomic
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R.J. and Jarrod Melman
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Paris Club
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Henri
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Dirk Flanigan
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LM Restaurant
Food & Drink
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Food & Drink News
Feb 3, 2011
Valentine's Day Specials (2011)
Where Cupidity reigns
Tags:
Food & Drink News
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Valentine's Day
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restaurant listings
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specials
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Balsan
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The Bento Box
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Big Jones
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Blokes & Birds
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Boka
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The Bristol
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Ceres' Table
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Chizakaya
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The Gage
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Girl & the Goat
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Graham Elliot
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Hearty
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Jacky's on Prairie
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Henri
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Los Moles
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Marigold
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Mercadito Chicago
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Morton Arboretum
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Nana
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People Lounge
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Prairie Fire
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Province
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Ria
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Saigon Sisters
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Shokran
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Sixteen
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SushiSamba Rio
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Swissotel Chicago
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Taxim
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312 Chicago
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Uncommon Ground on Devon
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Uncommon Ground
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Vie
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West Town Tavern
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 5, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink
This week in Food & Drink: Les Nomades chef Chris Nugent's artful bonbons and neighborhood French bistros.
By Kate Schmidt
Tags:
Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Chris Nugent
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Les Nomades
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Chris Nugent Chocolates
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bonbons
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French restaurants
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Koda
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Frank Mnuk
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Va Pensiero
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LM Restaurant
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LM Cafe
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Chicago French Market
Blogs
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Bleader
May 29, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 5/29
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
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Chicagoland
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Food Chain
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Film
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Music
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Food & Drink
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Performing Arts
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Arts
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Andre Williams
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Dirty Diamonds
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Schubas
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Andalous
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Blowoff
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Bob Mould
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Richard Morel
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Moxie
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Brute Force
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Bank of America Cinema
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Taqueria Amigo Chino
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Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
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Court Theatre
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Medici on 57th
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Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry!
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Piccolo Theater
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Bistro Bordeaux
Blogs
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Bleader
May 20, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday 5/20
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
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Food Chain
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Film
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Music
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Food & Drink
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Performing Arts
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Arts
,
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
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Copernicus Theater
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Smak-Tak
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Arbouretum
,
Pontiak
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Hideout
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The Southern
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Jane Smiley
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Harold Washington Library Center
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Cafecito
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Crime and Punishment
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Jonathan Eig
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Robert K. Elder
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McCormick Tribune Center
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Bistro Bordeaux
,
Sun Stand Thou Still
,
Stage Left Theatre
,
Ka-Tet Theatre
,
Vines on Clark
,
Neverwhere
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Lifeline Theatre
,
Sahara Kabob
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Ikiru
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Sable Kitchen & Bar
,
Mike Ryan
,
Violet Hour
Blogs
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Bleader
May 5, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 5/5
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
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Food Chain
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Lit & Lectures
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Film
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Books
,
Gundecha Brothers
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Old Town School of Folk Music
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Dorado Restaurant
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Chicago Anarchist Film Festival
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Saint Paul's Cultural Center
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Birchwood Kitchen
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The Magic Cabaret
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Merlo la Salumeria
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Partnership of the Picture and the Word
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Bistro Bordeaux
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 3, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 4/3
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
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Food Chain
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Film
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Xiu Xiu
,
Raj Darbar
,
Point Break Live!
,
90 Miles Cuban Cafe
,
Waking Sleeping Beauty
,
River East 21
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Fox & Obel
,
The Atrium Wine Bar
,
Magical Exploding Boy
,
Next Theatre Company
,
Bistro Bordeaux
,
New Rock Theater
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 23, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 2/23
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Food Chain
,
Lit & Lectures
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Books
,
Basia Bulat
,
Schubas
,
Julius Meinl
,
Masters of Persian Music
,
Symphony Center
,
Trattoria No. 10
,
30% Chance of Hailey
,
iO
,
Cullen's Bar & Grill
,
Where the Arts Meet
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Alex Kotlowitz
,
Steve James
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Martha Nussbaum
,
Cedars Mediterranean Kitchen
,
Thaw: A Night of Hot Winter Ballyhoo
,
Links Hall
,
Coalfire
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 11, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Thursday 2/11
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Chicagoland
,
Food Chain
,
Film
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Nicole Mitchell
,
Black Earth Ensemble
,
Mother Earth
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Chicago Cultural Center
,
Crofton on Wells
,
Devin Hoff
,
Elastic
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Kuma's Corner
,
The Fireman's Ball
,
Museum of Contemporary Photography
,
Chicago Curry House
,
The Cabinet
,
Redmoon Theater
,
Branch 27
,
Decline of Ballooning and Madame X Paints Haydn Red
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Prop Thtr
,
Kuma's Corner
,
Taqueria Traspasada
,
Robyn Okrant
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Wells Tower
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Cafecito
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James Kennedy
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La Petite Folie
Food & Drink
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Restaurant Review
Feb 11, 2010
Sweet Specials
Chicago restaurants offering Valentine's Day dinner
By
Reader
staff
Tags:
Restaurant Reviews
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NoMi
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Valentine's Day
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Charlie Trotter's
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Athena
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Balsan
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Big Jones
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Bistro 110
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Blind Faith Cafe
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Brasserie Jo
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C-House
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Carnivale
,
Ceres' Table
,
Chen's
,
Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar
,
David Burke's Primehouse
,
Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen
,
Deleece
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Deleece Grill Pub
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DMK Burger Bar
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Elate
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Everest
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Fiddlehead Cafe
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Hearty
,
In Fine Spirits
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Jacky's on Prairie
,
Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club
,
Knew
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Koi Sushi & Chinese
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Le Colonial
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Marigold
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The Money Shot
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Nacional 27
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Naha
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N9ne Steak House
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O'Donovan's
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Osteria Via Stato
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Park Grill
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People Lounge
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Petterino's
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Quince
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RB Grille
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Rhapsody
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Ria
,
Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar
,
Sabor Saveur
,
Saluté Wine Bar
,
Sola
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Sushi Taiyo
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Tavern on Rush
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Taxim
,
Tocco
,
Trader Vic's
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Uncommon Ground on Devon
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Vie
,
Zealous
,
Zocalo
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Lush
,
Lush
,
Saluté Wine Bar
,
NoMi Kitchen
Food & Drink
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Restaurant Review
Feb 4, 2010
Haute Hotel Cuisine
Even without Charlie Trotter, the Elysian Hotel opens two terrific new restaurants. Plus: the return of Sepia's Kendal Duque and eight more openings
By Martha Bayne, Mike Sula, and Anne Spiselman
Tags:
Restaurant Review
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Ria
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Elysian Hotel
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Jason McCleod
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Marco Pierre White
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Balsan
,
Danny Grant
,
Charlie Trotter
,
Kendal Duque
,
Bistro Bordeaux
,
La Bombonera
,
Fonda del Mar
,
Jibek Jolu
,
Mr. Brown's Lounge
,
Nohea Cafe
,
Shabuka Indian Grill
,
State Street Pizza Company
,
Cuna
,
Curried
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 18, 2009
Too New to Review
New restaurant openings including Bistro Bordeaux, Cuna, and Ceres' Table.
By Kate Schmidt
Tags:
Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Bistro Bordeaux
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Frank Mnuk
,
Kendal Duque
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Cuna
,
Giuseppe Scurato
,
Ceres' Table
,
new restaurants
,
blogsherpa
,
Epic
,
Balsan
,
Ria
,
Kith and Kin
,
Mr. Brown's Lounge
,
Nohea Cafe
,
Park Place
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