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Food & Drink
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Food & Drink Feature
Apr 9, 2021
Dough Something about anti-Asian violence and harassment
A locally launched national pastry fundraiser benefits bystander intervention training.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Food & Drink Feature
,
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
,
Dough Something
,
Beverly Kim
,
Parachute
,
Wherewithal
,
Sugargoat Sweets
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Floriole
,
Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits
,
kimchi
,
japchae
,
kimbap
,
yumsotang. Omma
Food & Drink
,
Food & Drink Feature
Jul 24, 2019
No unicorns were harmed in the making of Honey Butter Fried Chicken's soba noodle salad
But you have just a few chances this week to try it.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Food & Drink Feature
,
Food & Drink
,
Food Chain
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Camchi Kimchi
,
Tribecca's Cubano
,
Green City Market BBQ
,
Christine Cikowski
,
Cam Waron
,
Josh Kulp
,
soba noodles
,
Mom's
,
Politan Row
,
yoshoku
,
Kelly Ijichi
,
Randi Howry
,
Japanse noodles
,
Green City Market
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 14, 2017
The Planned Parenthood of Illinois bake sale sold out online before sales were even scheduled to begin
Thirteen Chicago restaurants have sold more than $37,000 worth of cookies to benefit women's health care.
By Jack Ladd
Tags:
News
,
Reproductive Rights
,
The Trump Era
,
Food & Drink
,
Planned Parenthood
,
health care
,
Justin Behlke
,
Planned Parenthood of Illinois Bake Sale
,
Lula Cafe
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Amanda Shepard
,
Christine Cikowski
,
Julie Lynn
,
cookie boxes
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 5, 2017
Video
Researchers: Chicago gun violence behaves like a disease, and other news
Also, some Danish ideas for staying sane this winter.
By Robin Amer
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News
,
gun violence
,
epidemiology
,
public health
,
Cure Violence
,
sanctuary cities
,
immigration
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
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Donald Trump
,
bed bugs
,
hygge
,
Denmark
,
Copenhagen
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 12, 2016
Video
The chefs at Honey Butter Fried Chicken make chicken wings with ‘a pop of ant’
Challenged to create a dish with ant eggs, Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp of Honey Butter Fried Chicken first had to find some.
By Julia Thiel
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Food & Drink
,
Key Ingredient
,
ant eggs
,
Christine Cikowski
,
Josh Kulp
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
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Key Ingredient
,
chicken wings
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 1, 2014
The city cracks down on underground chef Julia Pham
The darling of underground dining contemplates what to do now that the city has cracked down on the dinners she hosted in her apartment.
By Michael Gebert
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
,
Julia Pham
,
underground dining
,
Relish Underground Dining
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Ba Le
,
Double Happiness
,
Argyle Street
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 25, 2014
Where to get your Black Friday Bourbon County brews and more food news
Things that are happening that do not include marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
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Fork
,
Perennial Artisan Ales
,
312 Chicago
,
Atwood Restaurant
,
The Jimmy
,
Tre Soldi
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Goose Island
,
Bourbon County Stout
,
Timothy O'Toole's
,
The Red Line Tap
,
Pilot Light
,
Amy's Candy Bar
,
Zoolights
,
Gemini Bistro
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 27, 2014
Cook out with the man behind
The Meat Hook Meat Book
Tom Mylan, of Brooklyn's The Meat Hook, talks butchery over oddball cuts of steak at Honey Butter Fried Chicken.
By Michael Gebert
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
,
Tom Mylan
,
The Meat Hook Meat Book
,
Rob Levitt
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The Butcher & Larder
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 15, 2014
Chicago
magazine's best, and the rest
An alternative look at the past year on Chicago's food scene
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Chicago Magazine
,
Dusek's
,
42 Grams
,
Nico Osteria
,
Gogi
,
Stella Barra Pizzeria
,
Smoque
,
Spacca Napoli
,
The Butcher & Larder
,
Publican Quality Meats
,
Scooter's
,
Smalls Smoke Shack
,
Analogue
,
Chengdu Impression
,
Bartoli's
,
Red Hot Ranch
,
Cookies & Carnitas
,
Bad Wolf Coffee
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Hoosier Mama
,
Cellar Door Provisions
,
Chill Cafe
,
West Loop Salumi
,
Nduja Artisans
,
El Pollo Real
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 22, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Sat 3/22: The Salvagers' Ball,
Welcome to Night Vale Live
, and
The Dark Crystal
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Saturday, March 22
By Taylor Tolbert
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Arts
,
Rebuilding Exchange
,
Salvagers' Ball
,
Common Hoops
,
Low Down Brass Band
,
The Peasantry
,
Hot Chocolate
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Lagunitas Brewery
,
Night Vale
,
Welcome to Night Vale Live
,
Patio Theater
,
Jim Henson
,
Frank Oz
,
The Dark Crystal
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 14, 2014
So how was that cassoulet for 500, anyway?
Attending cassoulet dinner with the Sunday Dinner Club, at last.
By Michael Gebert
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Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Josh Kulp
,
Christine Cikowski
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 16, 2014
Making cassoulet for 500 at Sunday Dinner Club, Day Two
Cranking up the cassoulet assembly line at Sunday Dinner Club.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
underground dining
,
Josh Kulp
,
Christine Cikowski
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 15, 2014
Making cassoulet for 500 at Sunday Dinner Club, Day One
An underground dining club begins the long haul of making cassoulet.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
underground dining
,
Josh Kulp
,
Christine Cikowski
,
Alice Waters
,
Slagel Family Farm
,
Nueske
,
Big Fork
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 23, 2013
137 tasty things from 2013
I ate it all.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Smalls Smoke Shack
,
Oon
,
Izakaya Yume
,
Sozai Bonzai
,
Ramen Misoya
,
Yan Bang Cai
,
Juno
,
Ben Roche
,
J.P. Graziano
,
Bacolod Chicken Haus
,
Parson’s Chicken & Fish
,
Longman & Eagle
,
La Palapa
,
Kabocha
,
Rub’s Backcountry Smokehouse
,
Brindille
,
Rainbow Cuisine
,
Sauce and Bread Kitchen
,
Piranha Club
,
Taquito Kitchen
,
Lazzat
,
The Berkshire Room
,
Dave’s Red Hots
,
Karaoke House Nina
,
Danny’s Egghead Diner
,
Three Dots and a Dash
,
Siena Tavern
,
Rickshaw Republic
,
Barrelhouse Flat
,
Billy Sunday
,
The Whistler
,
Milt’s Barbecue for the Perplexed
,
Drumbar
,
La Placita de Durango
,
Sumi Robata Bar
,
Division Street Russian Baths
,
The Little Goat Table
,
Donkey and Stick
,
Pepper & Salt
,
The Plant
,
Ward Eight
,
Reno
,
Tio Luis
,
Mitsuwa
,
Mott St.
,
Grace
,
Oiistar
,
Gather
,
Dak Korean Chicken
,
Chengdu Expression
,
The Dawson
,
Publican Quality Meats
,
Michoacanito
,
Azzurra EnoTavola
,
Taqueria y Birrieria Morelia
,
Sing’s Noodle House
,
Sze Chuan Cuisine
,
The Chop Shop
,
Imani’s Original Bean Pie
,
Dusek’s
,
Gogi
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Cremeria La Ordeña
,
Tanta
,
Travelle
,
Sofi
,
Blackwood BBQ
,
Slow City Makgeolli
,
Yoland Cannon’s Mississippi Delta Hot Tamales
,
Ben’s Bar-Be-Que
,
West Loop Salumi Barbecue House
,
Nduja Artisans
,
La Quercia
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Nov 22, 2013
Recommended
The Chop Shop keeps it simple
Wicker Park's multidisciplinary butcher/bar/restaurant/performance space does a lot—and does a lot with a little.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Restaurant Reviews
,
The Chop Shop
,
fasting
,
restaurant reviews
,
meat
,
chicken
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Wicker Park
,
butcher shops
,
bars
,
performance spaces
,
Minelli Meat & Deli
,
Butcher & Larder
,
Publican Quality Meats
,
deli meats
,
cheese
,
antipasti
,
sausage
,
steak
,
pork chops
,
Italian sausage
,
chicken
,
salmon
,
burgers
,
gnocchi
,
Urban Union
,
rib eye steak
,
strip steak
,
potatoes
,
hanger steak
,
bacon
,
kohlrabi
,
brussels sprouts
,
shrimp
,
root vegetables
,
beer
,
charcuterie
,
duck
,
pancetta
,
pork
,
liver
,
root vegetables
,
sandwiches
,
Chop Shop
,
Recommended
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Nov 1, 2013
Blackfinn Ameripub: A restaurant for the antifoodie
Consider this chain outpost in River North an oasis from thinking too much about what you're eating.
By Aimee Levitt
Tags:
Restaurant Reviews
,
Blackfinn Ameripub
,
chain restaurants
,
LTHForum
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
thinking about food
,
River North
,
tourists
,
business travelers
,
beer
,
big-screen TVs
,
large menus
,
vegetarian options
,
gluten-free options
,
Austin, Texas
,
Washington, DC
,
Blackfinn American Grille
,
loud spaces
,
bars
,
wine
,
burgers
,
flatbreads
,
salads
,
barbecue
,
international cuisine
,
steaks
,
goat cheese
,
strawberries
,
pecans
,
chipotle queso dip
,
fish and chips
,
service
,
brussels sprouts
,
garlic mashed potatoes
,
chocolate cake
,
familiarity
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Oct 18, 2013
Life's too short and the line's too long at Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Avondale's long-awaited fried chicken shack is well intentioned but problematic.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Restaurant Reviews
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Avondale
,
fried chicken
,
Joshua Kulp
,
Christine Cikowski
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Prince's Hot Chicken
,
boneless chicken
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 14, 2013
Where do the bones from Honey Butter's fried chickens go?
A Q&A with Josh Kulp of Honey Butter Fried Chicken on poultry parts and other matters of import—like schmaltz-confited garlic mashed potatoes.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Josh Kulp
,
Christine Cikowski
,
whole-animal cookery
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 13, 2013
Tweeting: It's not just for fried chickens anymore!
Now we're reviewing restaurants before they open, and restaurants are serving before they open, too.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Sunday Dinner Club
,
Michael Nagrant
,
Theodore Hahn
,
Daily Candy
,
Twitter
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 26, 2013
Big chicken at Smalls Smoke Shack
The tiny Irving Park joint does some decent barbecue too.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Smalls Smoke Shack & More
,
barbecue
,
BBQ
,
fried chicken
,
Korean food
,
Filipino food
,
Brown Bag Lunch
,
Lost & Found Lounge
,
Parson's Chicken & Fish
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Food & Drink
,
Restaurant Review
Jun 24, 2013
Recommended
The Big Star of chicken shacks
Parson's Chicken & Fish is a summer party at a hipster Harold's—for now.
By Mike Sula
Tags:
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,
Parson's Chicken & Fish
,
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,
fish
,
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,
pollock
,
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,
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,
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,
oysters
,
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,
octopus
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bars
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,
Negroni slushy
,
michelada
,
Dip Unit
,
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Harold's Chicken Shack
,
YouTube
,
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,
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,
Big Jones
,
Honey Butter Fried Chicken
,
Logan Square
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,
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