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Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2013
Andrew Brochu alights at the Monarch

The itinerant chef returns to high-caliber bar food.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Andrew Borchu, The Monarch, El Idea's, Alinea, Kith & Kin, Graham Elliot, Bar Food

Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2011
This week in Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: El Ideas, Key Ingredient grass jelly, 12 gastropubs
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Phillip Foss, Lockwood, Meatyballs Mobile, El Ideas, Andrew Brochu, Kith & Kin, Key Ingredient, grass jelly, Michael McGill, Old Oak Tap, Rodney Staton, calves' liver, the Ogden, the Bedford, Frontier, Brian Jupiter, the Portage

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 23, 2011
Recommended
At Phillip Foss's El Ideas, balls to all that

The chef ditches food trucking and says hello again to fine dining
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Phillip Foss, Andrew Brochu, Alinea, Kith & Kin, Lockwood, Bill Talbott, food trucks, Meatyballs Mobile, testicles, bull testicle sandwich, El Ideas, Recommended

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 Aug 19, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Art-inspired cuisine, a pig roast, African flavors, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Seven Generations Ahead, Micro Brew Review, zero-waste, Frosting, The Get, Justice Prevails!, craft beer, microbreweries, Flavors of Africa, Sikia, Washburne Culinary Institute, Kennedy-King College, wild salmon charmoula, ground nute stew, Chicagourmets, Goose Island, pig roast, Slow Food Chicago, Jared Wentworth, Longman & Eagle, Rob Leavitt, Mado, David Carrier, Kith & Kin, Stephanie Samuels, Angel Food Bakery, Festival di Napoli Due, Spacca Napolia, pizza, Ginny Sykes, Robert Scarola

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 24, 2010
Critics' Picks
Best New Neighborhood Restaurant

Kith & Kin
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Fountainhead, Kith & Kin, Longman & Eagle, Gilt Bar, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 4/22

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Swashbuckle, Reggie's Rock Club, Three Happiness, Throne of Blood, Gene Siskel Film Center, Bijan's Bistro, Ricky, Facets, Kith & Kin, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, Bolat African Cuisine, Chaste, Trap Door Theatre, Jane's

Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2010
Video
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 5/19

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Reckless Records, the Shrine, Happy Chef Dim Sum, Shuttle, Empty Bottle, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Women Without Men, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Gage, Children of Invention, Facets, Kith & Kin, Lourdes, Music Box, Tango Sur, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 5/7

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, The Dials, Dials, Beat Kitchen, Turquoise Cafe, Johann Johannsson, Lincoln Hall, Kith & Kin, The Frame Quartet, Ken Vandermark, Chef Luciano, Gourmet Fish, Please Give, Landmark's Century Centre, Erwin, Next, Epiphany Episcopal Church, The Publican

Blogs, Bleader Apr 23, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 4/23

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Céu, Kith & Kin, Drop the Lime, Luca Venezia, Green Dolphin, Smart Bar, Vines on Clark, Peter Brötzmann & Hamid Drake, Mike Reed's People, Places & Things, Hideout, Everything Strange and New, Facets, Floriole Cafe & Bakery, Legacy Festival, Congo Square Theatre Company, August Wilson, The Piano Lesson, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, The Dining Room at Kendall College

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 15, 2010
Beyond Pub Grub

Thirteen bars with standout food
- By Kate Schmidt, David Hammond, Heather Kenny, Anne Spiselman, Rob Christopher, Martha Bayne, Mike Sula, Anne Spiselman, and Laura Levy Shatkin
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge, Big Star, Cooper's, Cuna, The Gage, In Fine Spirits, Kith & Kin, Old Oak Tap, Old Town Social, People Lounge, The Purple Pig, The Southern, Volo Restaurant Wine Bar, Between Peruvian Cafe & Lounge

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 4/2

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Visual Art, Food & Drink, The Chicago Aldermen Project, 50 Aldermen/50 Artists, Johalla Projects, The Bluebird, Daniel Everett, Museum of Contemporary Art, MCA, New Artists/New Work, Silver Spoon, The Interview Show, Mark Bazer, Steve James, No Crossover, Kid Sister, The Southern, High on Fire, Lincoln Hall, Kith & Kin, Dillinger Escape Plan, South Coast, Mid-August Lunch, Music Box, Deleece

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 2/20

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Chicago Underground Duo, Hideout, Lokal, Parade, Jacques Tati, Gene Siskel Film Center, Xoco, Facets, Day of the Dead, Kith & Kin, Agami, Leo's Coney Island, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, Eleven City Diner, The Cabinet, Redmoon Theater, Habana Libre

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 18, 2010
Better Bar Food

Eleven gastropubs, from the Bad Apple to the Publican
- By Mike Sula, Martha Bayne, and Rob Christopher
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, brewpub, beer, gastropub, bar food, Chicago bars, best Chicago gastropubs, best Chicago bar food, The Bad Apple, The Bluebird, The Bristol, English, the Gage, Goose Island, Goose Island Brewpub, Kith & Kin, Old Town Social, the Publican, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Hopleaf

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Friday 2/12

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Books, Congorock, Smart Bar, Matsuya, Keith Jarrett, Symphony Center, The Gage, Still Bill, Facets, Kith & Kin, Singin' in the Rain, Gene Siskel Film Center, La Madia, Jay Ryan, Joe Meno, Book Cellar, Dorado Restaurant, Determination, Prop Thtr, RhinoFest, Red Apple, Wiggerlover (White Boy + Black Dad = Grey Areas), South Water Kitchen, Chicago Cultural Center

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 2/3

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Books, Magda Mayas, Tony Buck, Projekt Transmit, Hideout, Jane's, Slap Shot, Lincoln Hall, The 3-Penny Was Here, Kith & Kin, Odd Man Out, The Third Man, Music Box, Southport Grocery & Cafe, RUI: Reading Under the Influence, Bolat African Cuisine

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 21, 2010
Recommended
Under chef Dale Levitski, Sprout takes root

Plus: Nella's masterful Neapolitan and Kith & Kin
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Sprout, Nella Pizzeria Napoletana, Dale Levitski, Top Chef, Sara Nguyen, Spacca Napoli, Nella Grassano, Scott Harris, Kith and Kin, David Carrier, Andrew Brochu, Bakin' and Eggs, Conoce Mi Panama, Crepe Crave, Katakana and Koko Sushi Bar, Lokal, Melanthios Greek Char House, RB Grille, Sweet Station, Theatre Cafe, Kith & Kin, Francesca's Pizzeria Napoletana, Recommended

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The itinerant chef returns to high-caliber bar food.

In this week's Food & Drink: El Ideas, Key Ingredient grass jelly, 12 gastropubs

The chef ditches food trucking and says hello again to fine dining

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

Art-inspired cuisine, a pig roast, African flavors, and more.

Kith & Kin

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Thirteen bars with standout food

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Eleven gastropubs, from the Bad Apple to the Publican

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Plus: Nella's masterful Neapolitan and Kith & Kin

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