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Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2017
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Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news

Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation's top public high school in a new set of rankings.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Kenneth Wine, San Francisco, Northwestern University, Walter Payton College Prep, Niche, Northside College Prep, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Jones College Prep, Lane Tech, Chicago Police Department, police entrance exam, Rahm Emanuel, Malia Obama, Rumer Willis, Lorde, Killer Mike, Halsey, Ben Zobrist, Three Dots and a Dash, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Dixie, restaurant closings, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 28, 2016
Dixie’s peculiar fantasy of ‘evolutionary’ southern cuisine

Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dixie, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Takashi Yagihashi, Tru, Avenues, slaves, antebellum, southern, south, Bucktown, Tony Quartaro, Formento's

Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2015
Hot Doug returns (again!) for a hot dog festival

A hot dog festival, a barbecue festival, and more things happening in Chicago.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, MFK, Zagat, Sarah Freeman, Nick Kokonas, Windy City Smokeout, Lillie's Q, Smoque, Hot Doug, Doug Sohn

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2014
Here are the winners of Baconfest's Golden Rasher Awards

Also, a recipe for caramelized bacon with clams casino broth
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Baconfest Chicago, bacon, Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, Lillie's Q, Farmhouse, clams casino

Blogs, Bleader Jan 6, 2014
Mystery game meat, Quartino's octino, and more

A lot of events for this being the slow month for restaurants.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Next, Next Steakhouse, Found, Frontier, Quartino, Tanta, Atwood Cafe, Bistronomic, Nando Milano Trattoria, Links Tap Room, Lillie's Q

Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 7/13: West Fest, Windy City Smokeout, and Jerry's sixth anniversary

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, July 13
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, West Fest, Tortoise, Windy City Smokeout, Smoque, Lillie's Q, Bub City, Jerry's, Roommate

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2013
Suddenly, it's summer: More alfresco drinking and dining

Ten more spots with outdoor seating—now that it's nice out
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, alfresco dining, Cafe des Architectes, Bang Bang Pie Shop, Ada St., La Palapa Mariscos, La Cazuela, La Creperie, Lillie's Q, Simone's, Cafe Orchid, the "Mattress Breaker, " the Terrace at Trump

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 4/20: Record Store Day, Page One, and Picnic for Earth

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 20, 2013.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Record Store Day, Paramount, Grafton, Wisconsin, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, DePaul University, Page One: Chicago's Entertainment Writing Conference, Nature Conservatory, Picnic for Earth, Millennium Park, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Melissa Graham, Purple Asparagus, Blind Pilot

Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2013
Return to the Chicago French Market—and to Fumaré

The Montreal-style smoked meat is alone worth a trip, and coming soon to the market is Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Bread.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago French Market, Fumaré Meats & Deli, Montreal-style smoked meat, pastrami, Little Goat Diner, Little Goat Bread, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Pastoral, Wisma, John des Rosiers, Royce

Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2012
Sound Opinions BBQ and more food and drink events

An end of summer barbecue, a Gold Coast celebration, a restaurant opening, and more
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Socca, Green Acres Farms, Mick Klug, Taste of the Gold Coast, Terzo Piano, JDY Gourmet, Big Jones, Koval Distillery, Sound Opinions, Meatheads, Oak Park Micro Brew Review, Lillie's Q

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, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2010
Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Aja, Ann Sather, Bin 36, Bistro 110, C-House, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, Chicago Diner, The Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Q, Coco Pazzo, Custom House, David Burke's Primehouse, Deleece Grill Pub, Elate, Eve, The Fireside, Fireside, Francesca's on Chestnut, Francesca's, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Markethouse, Mercat a la Planxa, NoMi, Palette Bistro, Park Grill, Peninsula Hotel, Pensiero Ristorante, Prairie Fire, Prairie Grass Cafe, Restaurant Michael, Reza's, Sixteen, Spirit of Chicago, Tavern on Rush, 33 Club, Vermilion, Wave, W Chicago, Wave at W Chicago, Weber Grill, Zed 451, Fox & Obel, Lillie's Q, Smoke Daddy, Thanksgiving, Chicago thanksgiving specials, Chicago thanksgiving restaurants, Ann Sather Café, Coco Pazzo Cafe, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Peninsula Hotel, lobby, Avenues, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, NoMi Kitchen, The Smoke Daddy

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 16, 2010
The Cajun 'Wich

West Loop sandwich vets go NOLA at Mac and Mins; Mia Figlia, a trattoria from a Tizi Melloul vet; and fancy pancakes on Taylor Street at Stax Cafe. Plus: 13 southern restaurants
- By Mike Sula, Izidora Angel, and Anne Spiselman
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Mark Bires, Mindy Friedler, Jerry's, Mac and Min's, D'Amato's, La Farine, John Boudouvas, Tizi Melloul, Mia Figlia, Spiro Tsaldaris, Eppel's, Stax Cafe, Chris Barron, The Big Easy, Big Jones, Blue Bayou, Chuck's Southern Comforts Cafe & Voodoo Lounge, Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop, Heaven on Seven, Heaven on Seven, Lagniappe, A Creole Cajun Joynt, Lillie's Q, The Local Option, Maple Tree Inn, Shaw's Crab House, The Southern, Wishbone, Wishbone, Wishbone, Local Option

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Sep 9, 2010
New 'Cue

Surveying the recent barbecue boom, with reviews of Lillie's Q, the Pork Shoppe, and Rub
- By Mike Sula and Gary Wiviott
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Chicago barbecue restaurants, Lillie's Q Urban Barbecue, Pork Shoppe, Rub BBQ Company, Charlie McKenna, Slagel Family Farm, Jared Leonard, barbecue, BBQ, Lillie's Q, Rub's Backcountry Smokehouse

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Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news

Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation's top public high school in a new set of rankings.

Dixie’s peculiar fantasy of ‘evolutionary’ southern cuisine

Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.

Hot Doug returns (again!) for a hot dog festival

A hot dog festival, a barbecue festival, and more things happening in Chicago.

Here are the winners of Baconfest's Golden Rasher Awards

Also, a recipe for caramelized bacon with clams casino broth

Mystery game meat, Quartino's octino, and more

A lot of events for this being the slow month for restaurants.

Reader's Agenda Sat 7/13: West Fest, Windy City Smokeout, and Jerry's sixth anniversary

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, July 13

Suddenly, it's summer: More alfresco drinking and dining

Ten more spots with outdoor seating—now that it's nice out

Reader's Agenda Sat 4/20: Record Store Day, Page One, and Picnic for Earth

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 20, 2013.

Return to the Chicago French Market—and to Fumaré

The Montreal-style smoked meat is alone worth a trip, and coming soon to the market is Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Bread.

Sound Opinions BBQ and more food and drink events

An end of summer barbecue, a Gold Coast celebration, a restaurant opening, and more

110 Tasty Things From 2010

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

Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

The Cajun 'Wich

West Loop sandwich vets go NOLA at Mac and Mins; Mia Figlia, a trattoria from a Tizi Melloul vet; and fancy pancakes on Taylor Street at Stax Cafe. Plus: 13 southern restaurants

New 'Cue

Surveying the recent barbecue boom, with reviews of Lillie's Q, the Pork Shoppe, and Rub

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Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation's top public high school in a new set of rankings.

Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.

A hot dog festival, a barbecue festival, and more things happening in Chicago.

Also, a recipe for caramelized bacon with clams casino broth

A lot of events for this being the slow month for restaurants.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, July 13

Ten more spots with outdoor seating—now that it's nice out

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, April 20, 2013.

The Montreal-style smoked meat is alone worth a trip, and coming soon to the market is Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Bread.

An end of summer barbecue, a Gold Coast celebration, a restaurant opening, and more

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

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

West Loop sandwich vets go NOLA at Mac and Mins; Mia Figlia, a trattoria from a Tizi Melloul vet; and fancy pancakes on Taylor Street at Stax Cafe. Plus: 13 southern restaurants

Surveying the recent barbecue boom, with reviews of Lillie's Q, the Pork Shoppe, and Rub

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