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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 14, 2014
Over the rail at Bow & Stern Oyster Bar

Come for the bivalves at West Town's new oyster bar, but then jump ship.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Bow & Stern Oyster Bar, West Town, oyster bars, oysters, seafood, Branch 27, Brian Greene, Savoy, surf-and-turf, salads, meat, pastrami-cured salmon, salmon, pickles, pork belly, scallops, red snapper, batter, winter salad, desserts, service, cioppino, mussels, prawns, clams, shrimp, key lime pie, dulce de leche cake, ice cream, wines

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 5, 2012
Clandestine cookery at La Sirena Clandestina

At John Manion's new restaurant, the mermaid mascot isn't its only elusive element. The flavor's missing too.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, La Sirena Clandestina, John Manion, Branch 27, Goose Island, Mas, Justin Anderson

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Feb 16, 2012
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: muddled caviar

The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Justin Anderson, Bradley Bolt, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina, Ernest Hemingway, Donshuunouo, Japan, caviar, Branch 27, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, best new restaurants, food trucks, Phillip Foss, Meatyballs Mobile, Matt Maroni, Gaztr-Wagon, Arami, Balsan, Big Star, Paul Kahan, Branch 27, John Manion, Girl & the Goat, Stephanie Izard, Henri, Kith & Kin, the Purple Pig, Ria, Sprout, Ceres' Table, Chilapan, Franks 'N' Dawgs, Gilt Bar, Ruxbin, the Southern, Vincent, Saigon Sisters, Key Ingredient, chef's challenge, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, geranium, Pollock's Cod, Acre, Pasticceria Natalina, Natalie Zarzour, Pipeworks Brewing Company

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2010
110 Tasty Things From 2010

What I ate this year that I can't forget.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Owen & Engine, Balsan, Branch 27, Sun Wah, Sprout, Cafe LaGuardia, Henri, Armi, Vincent, Kukulu Market, La Boulangerie, City Provisions Deli, Fina Estampa, J.P. Graziano, Pork Shopee, Lillie's Q, Meatyballs Mobile, Black Dog, Girl & the Goat, Ruby's Fast Food, Ruxbin, Buen Sabor, La Lagartija Taqueria, Taco Chino, Del Seoul, George's Kabab. Danny's Restaurant, Shawarma Inn, Taza Bakery, Kith & Kin, Sanabel Bakery, Ba Le, Roelli Cheese Haus' Dunbarton Blue, Cumin, Cookie Bar, Mapo Restaurant, Baylor watermelons, Floriole, Aripo's, Sable, The Whistler, The Drawing Room, Kovel Distillery, Aldino's, Jibek Jolu, Acre, Gilt Bar, Tao Ran Ju, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Pollo Vagabundo, Burton's Maple Syrup, Mick Klug Farms, Revolution Brewery, Longman & Eagle, Custom House, Ceres Table, Nella Pizzeria Napoletana, Phillip Foss, Lokal, Mac and Min's, Hearty, Chad Doll, Clint Rogers, Matty Eggleston, Eric Hay, Upland Cheese Company, Bar Deville, Avli Esiatorio, Torishin, Merla's Kitchen, This Little Piggy, Mama Bazell's, Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 16, 2010
The Best Restaurants of 2010

The Girl & the Goat, Kith & Kin, The Purple Pig, Big Star, and more
- By Mike Sula, Anne Spiselman, Martha Bayne, Kristina Meyer, and David Hammond
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Arami, Balsan, Big Star, Branch 27, Girl & the Goat, Henri, Kith & Kin, The Purple Pig, Ria, Sprout, Ceres' Table, Chilapan, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Gaztro-Wagon, Gilt Bar, Ruxbin, The Southern, Vincent

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 5/9

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Black Breath, Bottom Lounge, Macello, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Schubas, Chilam Balam, Please Give, Landmark's Century Centre, Crisp, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Vines on Clark, One Thing and Everything Else, Building Stage, The Motel Bar, The Pigeons, Swim Cafe, Branch 27

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Sunday 2/21

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Bela Fleck, Africa Project, Old Town School of Folk Music, Spacca Napoli, Neapolitan pizza, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Rosemont Theatre, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Mars, Shui Wah, Mixteco Grill, Ajami, Music Box, Spacca Napoli, Bijan's Bistro, Lunatic(a)s, Branch 27, Dummy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, TAC Quick

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

The Chicago Beer Society's first event, a vertical tasting of Bourbon County Stout, a wood stove cooking class, and more.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Beer Club, Chicago Restaurant Week, Bourbon County Stout, Long Room, Primrose Farm, wood stove cooking class, Mark Seaman, The Bittersweet History of Chocolate in France, Rick Belding, organic cultivation of backyard apple trees, National Margarita Day, Zocalo, Branch 27, Chimay

Blogs, 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, Chicago Cultural Center, Crofton on Wells, Devin Hoff, Elastic, 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, Prop Thtr, Kuma's Corner, Taqueria Traspasada, Robyn Okrant, Bistro Bordeaux, Wells Tower, Cafecito, James Kennedy, La Petite Folie

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2010
One Bite: Saucisse de Toulouse

Saucisse de Toulouse, pork sausages traditionally featured in cassoulet, is now available in Chicago at Provenance Food and Wine.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, saucisse de Toulouse, Cary Taylor, The Southern, Balsan, John Manion, Branch 27, poutine, cassoulet, Mado, Rob Levitt, Provenance Food and Wine, sausage, blogsherpa

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 28, 2009
What's New

A veggie-friendlier communal table, a great Greek leap, and a so-so bistro in a spectacular space
- By Julia Thiel, Mike Sula, and Martha Bayne
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Taxim, Branch 27, Grocery Bistro

Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2009
Seven new reviews this week

Taxim, Grocery Bistro, Iyanze, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Amelia's Bar & Grill, Birchwood Kitchen, Taxim, David Schneider, Grocery Bistro, Iyanze, Branch 27, Fredâ€™s at Barneys New York, Bull & Bear

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Over the rail at Bow & Stern Oyster Bar

Come for the bivalves at West Town's new oyster bar, but then jump ship.

Clandestine cookery at La Sirena Clandestina

At John Manion's new restaurant, the mermaid mascot isn't its only elusive element. The flavor's missing too.

Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: muddled caviar

The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway

This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

110 Tasty Things From 2010

What I ate this year that I can't forget.

The Best Restaurants of 2010

The Girl & the Goat, Kith & Kin, The Purple Pig, Big Star, and more

Dinner & a Show: Sunday 5/9

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Dinner & a Show: Sunday 2/21

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

This Week's Food and Drink Events

The Chicago Beer Society's first event, a vertical tasting of Bourbon County Stout, a wood stove cooking class, and more.

Dinner & a Show: Thursday 2/11

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

One Bite: Saucisse de Toulouse

Saucisse de Toulouse, pork sausages traditionally featured in cassoulet, is now available in Chicago at Provenance Food and Wine.

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A veggie-friendlier communal table, a great Greek leap, and a so-so bistro in a spectacular space

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Come for the bivalves at West Town's new oyster bar, but then jump ship.

At John Manion's new restaurant, the mermaid mascot isn't its only elusive element. The flavor's missing too.

The Bedford's Justin Anderson crafts an Asian-inspired tribute to Hemingway

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

What I ate this year that I can't forget.

The Girl & the Goat, Kith & Kin, The Purple Pig, Big Star, and more

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

The Chicago Beer Society's first event, a vertical tasting of Bourbon County Stout, a wood stove cooking class, and more.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Saucisse de Toulouse, pork sausages traditionally featured in cassoulet, is now available in Chicago at Provenance Food and Wine.

A veggie-friendlier communal table, a great Greek leap, and a so-so bistro in a spectacular space

Taxim, Grocery Bistro, Iyanze, and more

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