Switch to the mobile version of this page.

- Username
- View Profile
- Edit Profile
- Log Out
- Log in
- Create Account

The Chicago Reader

Articles

Loading...

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Nov 19, 2019
On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak

Everest is a stunning adventure; plus the return of Don Giovanni at the Lyric
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Performing Arts Review, Chicago Opera Theater, Everest, Aleko, Joby Talbot, Gene Scheer, Lidiya Yankovskaya, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Don Giovanni, Aleksey Bogdanov, Andrew Bidlack, Rachael Willis-Sorensen, Into Thin Air, Robert Falls, Zoie Reams, Zachary Nelson

Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2015
How Black Mass and Everest are similar in their use of ensemble acting

These two new American releases employ understated performances to heighten the intensity of a central spectacle.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, This Will Kill You, Black Mass, Everest, Johnny Depp, Josh Brolin, ensemble acting, Baltasar Kormakur

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2014
Video
Happy tenth to the city's best restaurant . . . in the suburbs

Paul Virant's Vie turns ten.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Vie, Paul Virant, Blackbird, Alinea, Charlie Trotter's, Frontera Grill, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Erwin Drechsler, Le Francais, Restaurant Michael, Michael Lachowicz, Jean Joho, Everest, The Radler, Table Donkey & Stick, Nathan Sears. Scott Manley, Video

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 19, 2013
Listen sustainably at Green Music Fest

This year's schedule includes Manchester Orchestra, Ha Ha Tonka, Joe Pug, and Into It. Over It.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Green Music Fest, Wicker Park, Damen, North and Schiller, House Call, Beat Kitchen, Subterranean, Manchester Orchestra, North Stage, Into It. Over It., Joie de Vivre, Everest, Brighton MA, Molehill, Talking Heads, This Must Be the Band, Future Monarchs, Carbon Tigers, Joe Pug, Ha Ha Tonka, Great Divide, the Western

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 6, 2013
At American Junkie, Kendal Duque makes hay from cliches

It's spendy sports bar food—and it's in River North—but it's not bad.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, River North, bar food, sports bars, bars, Kendal Duque, sliders, pork belly sliders, gastropubs, quail eggs, DJs, meat, Sepia, chain restaurants, Tru, Everest, NoMi, food cliches, flatbread, lobster, wild boar chili cheese fries, appetizers, small plates, pasta, chicken, fisherman's stew, wine, cocktails, beer, American Junkie

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 14, 2013
Drinks for everybody at Alpana Singh's Boarding House

River North quadruple-level wine bar is populist on a grand scale.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, River North, wine, WTTW, Everest, wine bars, Check, Please!, Alpana Singh, Christian Gosselin, Cafe des Architectes, Bistronomic, poutine, lobster poutine, steak tartare, cheese curds, poutine pizza, Julia Fitting, desserts, The Boarding House, Yelp

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 8, 2012
Image
Ye olde everything

Kendal Duque casts a wide net at City Tavern.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Mainstay Hospitality, simulated reality, Chicago Firehouse, Grace O'Malley's, colonies, Kendal Duque, Tru, Everest, NoMi, Sepia, Cuna, grilling, Peter Vestinos, City Tavern

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2011
Stars are falling

The Michelin Guide Chicago's starred restaurants have been announced.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Michelin Guide Chicago, Next Restaurant, Alinea, Charlie Trotter's, Ria, Blackbird, Boka, Bonsoiree, Courtright's, Everest, Graham Elliot, Longman & Eagle, L2O, Moto, Naha, Schwa, Seasons, Sepia, Spiaggia, Takashi, Topolobampo, Tru, Vie

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 9, 2010
Recommended in the Loop

From Everest to the Gage, turkey sandwiches to pheasant
- By Laura Levy Shatkin, David Hammond, Mike Sula, Kate Schmidt, Kathie Bergquist, Rob Christopher, Peter Sagal, Kristina Meyer, Anne Spiselman, and Ellen Joy
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Atwood Cafe, BenjYehuda, Cibo Matto, Epic Burger, Everest, The Gage, Henri, Jaffa Bagels, Noodles by Takashi Yagihashi, Roof, Russian Tea Time

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

A bee forum, a pig roast, a Jewish-French luncheon, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago French Market, Beaujolais nouveau, Everything Comes Into This World Hungry, Nance Klehm, ecology, soil, Joan Nathan, Jewish-French cuisine, Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Everest, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Greenbuild, Taste of Green chicago, Big Jones, the Publican, Poag Mahone's, Marmon Grand, Garfield Park Conservatory, bee forum, Dave Burns, Long Lane Honey Bee Farms, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Northwestern University, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania, beekeeping, Cary Taylor, the Southern, Jared Van Camp, Old Town Social, Shiner Bock, pig roast, Randy Zweiban, Province, Seedling Orchard, Three Floyds Brewing

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2010
The Michelin Betting Pool

Mike Sula's in on the Michelin Guide bet organized by Chicago mag dining critic Jeff Ruby.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jeff Ruby, Michelin Guide, Chicago Magazine, Alinea, Avenues, Les Nomades, Blackbird, Charlie Trotter's, Everest, L2O, Moto, NoMI, Ria, Sixteen, Spiaggia, Vie, Yelp

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A candy lecture, a seafood dinner, a mezcal tasting, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jean Joho, Everest, Mireille Guiliano, French Women Don't Get Fat, The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook, Everest, French cuisine, Alliance Française, Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, sustainability, North Pond, Bruce Sherman, Platinum Distributing, single malt scotch, tapas, Inovasi, Beth Kimmerle, candy, confection, Chocolate: the Sweet History, Candy: the Sweet History, Fannie May, Wrigley's, Brach's, Sweet Home Chicago, Heritage Prairie Farm, farm dinner, South American wine dinner, Terrazas, Lapostolle, West Town Tavern, Day of the Dead, Oaxaca, mezcal, Ilegal, Zocalo

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2010
2010 Beard Semifinalists Announced

Semifinalists for the James Beard Awards have been announced, and just like in spring, some perennials pop up.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, James Beard Awards, semifinalists, Chicago chefs, Donnie Madia, Rich Melman, Josh Adams, June restaurant, Paul Kahan, Jean Joho, Lettuce Entertain You, Peoria Heights, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Big Star, blogsherpa, Everest, Les Nomades, Cibo Matto, Pelago, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Alinea, NoMi, Brian Duncan, Bin 36, Alpana Singh, Spiaggia, Michael Carson, Schwa, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Koren Grieveson, Avec, Bill Kim, Urban Belly, Chris Nugent, Arun Sampanthavivat, Arun's, Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Giuseppe Tentori, Boka, Paul Virant, Vie

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 11, 2010
Sweet Specials

Chicago restaurants offering Valentine's Day dinner
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, NoMi, Valentine's Day, Charlie Trotter's, Athena, Balsan, Big Jones, Bistro 110, Bistro Bordeaux, Blind Faith Cafe, Brasserie Jo, C-House, Carnivale, Ceres' Table, Chen's, Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar, David Burke's Primehouse, Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen, Deleece, Deleece Grill Pub, DMK Burger Bar, Elate, Everest, Fiddlehead Cafe, Hearty, In Fine Spirits, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Knew, Koi Sushi & Chinese, Le Colonial, Marigold, The Money Shot, Nacional 27, Naha, N9ne Steak House, O'Donovan's, Osteria Via Stato, Park Grill, People Lounge, Petterino's, Quince, RB Grille, Rhapsody, Ria, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Sabor Saveur, Saluté Wine Bar, Sola, Sushi Taiyo, Tavern on Rush, Taxim, Tocco, Trader Vic's, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Vie, Zealous, Zocalo, Lush, Lush, Saluté Wine Bar, NoMi Kitchen

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday, 1/19

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Books, Necks, Thai Village, Floored, James Allen Smith, South Water Kitchen, Icarus, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Silver Spoon, Temple Grandin, Everest

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2009
Local food books: Jean Joho's Eiffel Tower Restaurant Cookbook

Jean Joho's first cookbook: for his restaurant in Vegas.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Brasserie Jo, Lettuce Entertain You, The Eiffel Tower Restaurant Cookbook, Jean Joho, Everest

Issue Cover

Browse by Issue

Other Searches