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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 13, 2020
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Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit

It’s Shin Thompson’s pivot to Japanese soul food, from a virtual kitchen.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Japanese food, curry, Shin Thompson, Furious Spoon, ramen, Avondale, Avondale Foods, Bonsoiree, Kabocha, Mitsuwa Marketplace, Liga Sigal, ghost kitchen, cloud kitchen, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2017
Stella’s Batting Cages hits it out of the park with Major League Baseball snack foods—and sushi

Robin Choi chefs up a suburban snack bar.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Stellas Batting Cages, baseballs, street food, sushi, Korean food, softball, fries, hot dogs, poutine corn dogs, fried chicken soft-shell crab, pork belly, burgers, Robin Choi, Kabocha, Japonais by Morimoto, Yusho, Boka group, Dokku, Randa Shin, Furious Spoon

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2014
What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ina Pinkney, Ina's, Baume & Brix, Moto, Kabocha, Oon, Fat Rice, Embeya, Brendan Sodikoff, Dillman's, Sam Goldwyn, The Refinery, Lawrence Letrero, Mike Sula, The Savoy, Brian Greene, Big Star, Storefront Company, Bib Gourmand, The Purple Pig, Cecilio Rodriguez, TMIP, Telegraph, Webster's Wine Bar, Pecking Order, Kristine Subido, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, The Radler, Analogue

Arts & Culture, Valentine's Day Feb 12, 2014
Things to do on Valentine's Day that aren't awful

If you insist on being romantic . . .
- Tags: Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day, A10, Atwood Cafe, Big Jones, Blind Faith Cafe, Cicchetti, vegetarian options, Cyrano's Farm Kitchen, Embeya, Endgrain, Geja's Cafe, Homestead on the Roof, Kabocha, Parson's Chicken & Fish, Taxim, Telegraph Wine Bar, Tesori, Trencherman, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Chicago Reader, parties, comedy, improv, underwear, date night, dating, singles, The Queers, dances, dance nights, wine, couples

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 Aug 16, 2013
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The audacity of long-awaited southeast Asian restaurant Oon

Matt Eversman's follow-up to Saigon Sisters is ballsy but restrained.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Oon, French Market, banh mi, Saigon Sisters, Matt Eversman, southeast Asian cuisine, Vietnamese cuisine, fusion cuisine, Randolph Street, prawn, spices, scallions, pan-Asian restaurants, Embeye, Kabocha, Vu Sua, lemon, kumquat, mustard greens, sea creatures, seafood, octopus, chorizo, platings, foie pho, pho, bean sprouts, duck, rice noodles, broth, Thai basil, Argyle Street, udon noodles, crab, mushrooms, mint, dashi, desserts, rice paper, pork belly, spring rolls, curry, mussels, coconut broth, rice paper, bao, formality, betel leaves, pork, figs, apricot, potato, hoisin sauce, shallots, daikon, papaya, mango, fish sauce, oyster sauce, maitake mushrooms, vegetarian options, cocktails, sake, wine, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 3, 2013
Eastern promises at Kabocha

Shin Thompson's "Japanese brasserie" delivers half the time.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Shin Thompson, seafood, Japanese restaurants, brasseries, raw bars, sashimi, moriawase, tuna hamachi carpaccio, scallops, motoyaki, appetizers, crab, ponzu, Wagyu beef, beef, beef tartare, umeboshi, porcinis, tofu, carrots, lentils, duck, pot stickers, dumplings, rabbit, overcooked meat, pork, parsnips, snapper, shabu shabu, dashi, mirin, desserts, ice cream, chocolate truffles, wine lists, cocktails, beer, sake, Japanese whiskeys, whiskeys, bars, restaurants, West Loop, Kabocha

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Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit

It’s Shin Thompson’s pivot to Japanese soul food, from a virtual kitchen.

Stella’s Batting Cages hits it out of the park with Major League Baseball snack foods—and sushi

Robin Choi chefs up a suburban snack bar.

What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.

Things to do on Valentine's Day that aren't awful

If you insist on being romantic . . .

137 tasty things from 2013

I ate it all.

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The audacity of long-awaited southeast Asian restaurant Oon

Matt Eversman's follow-up to Saigon Sisters is ballsy but restrained.

Eastern promises at Kabocha

Shin Thompson's "Japanese brasserie" delivers half the time.

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Recommended Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit

It’s Shin Thompson’s pivot to Japanese soul food, from a virtual kitchen.

Stella’s Batting Cages hits it out of the park with Major League Baseball snack foods—and sushi

Robin Choi chefs up a suburban snack bar.

What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.

Things to do on Valentine's Day that aren't awful

If you insist on being romantic . . .

137 tasty things from 2013

I ate it all.

Recommended The audacity of long-awaited southeast Asian restaurant Oon

Matt Eversman's follow-up to Saigon Sisters is ballsy but restrained.

Eastern promises at Kabocha

Shin Thompson's "Japanese brasserie" delivers half the time.

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Bokuchan’s ghost curry holds up in transit

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The audacity of long-awaited southeast Asian restaurant Oon