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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
Meet Billy Pork, the father of Chicago's charcuterie revolution

A 77-year-old former sausage maker is behind all that salumi you're eating in restaurants.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2014, Billy Pork, charcuterie, Health Department, Quartino, John Coletta, Quartino, The Purple Pig, Publican Quality Meats, Perennial Virant, Vie, West Loop Salumi, Tete Charcuterie, Billy Nolen, Moo & Oink, HACCP, Billy G. Nolen Associates, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Missy Corey, Thomas Rice, Kurt Guzowski, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Sun Wah BBQ, Kelly Cheng, Local Foods Grocer & Distributor

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2013
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Jason Vincent is a Food & Wine best new chef and other food news bites

Russian sausage, hummus law, the return of Logan Square Kitchen, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Michael Ruhlman, Alec Mikhaylov, Alef Sausage Co., Bernard's Bar, Waldorf Astoria, hummus, Jason Vincent, Nightwood, Food & Wine, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Alinea, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2012
Chicago Diner set to open second location in Logan Square

The Chicago Diner is opening a second location in Logan Square
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Diner, Logan Square Kitchen, vegetarian, Dagwood, vegan, meatless, Logan Square

Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2012
Taste of Randolph and other food and drink events

A Father's Day goat roast, a pizza-filled fest, a farewell pot luck, and more.
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gino's East, Uncommon Ground, DANK-HAUS, Taste of Randolph, Chicago Pizza Fest, Logan Square Kitchen, Farewell Pot Luck, Red Door, Leinenkugel Brewing Co, The Plaza at The Park Grill, Chefs On The Grill, ENO Wine Room, Alpine Brand Sausages

Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2012
The bitter end of Logan Square Kitchen and other food news bites

The ever expanding Empire of Hu, a new cocktail video blog, the Grant "Actatz" scandal and more worthy food links
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ton Hu, Spring World, Lao Yunnan, Grant Achatz, Alinea, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, 5 Rabbits Brewery, CHicago Cocktail Chronicles, Chibbqking, Mickey-Lu-Bar-B-Q

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2012
Logan Square Kitchen to close next month

After three years and endless battles with city bureaucracy, Logan Square Kitchen will close next month
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Broken, Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, shared-use kitchen, shared kitchen, city bureaucracy, shared kitchen ordinance, health inspection

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2012
Trenchermen pops up at Logan Square Kitchen

This Sunday through Tuesday, Trenchermen, the forthcoming restaurant from Mike and Patrick Sheerin, pops up at Logan Square Kitchen
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Logan Square Kitchen, Trenchermen, Mike Sheerin, Patrick Sheerin, pop-up restaurants, Valentine's Day dining

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2011
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, New Chicago Brewing Company, the Plant, Jesse Edwin Evans, Samuel Evans, John Edel, Back of the Yards, Bubbly Dynamics, beer nerds, John Laffler, Goose Island Brewing Company, Jim Magas, Jess Straka (dba Anhalt), new Chicago breweries, brewery tours, weird beers, rare beers, Rustic House, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Key Ingredient, Daniel de Oliveira, GT Fish & Oyster, Perennial Virant, Matty Eggleston, Logan Square Kitchen, Half Acre Beer Company, Gaztro-Wagon, beer dinner, 4 Wheel Kitchen, food trucks, Asado Coffee, Square Donutz, pop-up restaurant, T's Bar, new Chicago restaurants, Etno Village Grill, Northdown Cafe and Taproom, Tolotzin Mexican Restaurant

Arts & Culture, Calendar Jul 14, 2011
The Reader Agenda

GBV, Tour de Fat, a book signing, and beer, beer, beer
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Special Event, Pitchfork Festival, Guided by Voices, Kayaking, Logan Square Kitchen, Tour de Fat, Green City Market, Bill Savage, Michael Harvey, Nicole Hollander, En Route, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center on Halsted, Silver Fork, Lillstreet Art Center, Two Brothers Brewing, Prairie Fire, Half Acre Brewery

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2011
A Break for Shared-use Kitchens

A shared-kitchen ordinance has been approved by the city's licensing committee.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, shared kitchens, licensing, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, food truck, food truck ordinance

Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2011
Reporting From FamilyFarmed: Financing Farm to Fork

Reporting from Financing Farm to Fork, day one of the FamilyFarmed Expo.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, FamilyFarmed Expo, Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm, organics, yogurt, Coca-Cola, Honest Tea, Coke, natural foods, local food, Financing Farm to Fork, Community Financing, microlending, CSA, Kickstarter, Food Business Financing, Farm Financing Opportunities, crowd-funding, Suzanne Keers, Local First Chicago, Lucy Tuck, IFF, St. Louis, Calvin Holmes, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Englewood, Growing Power, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, CCLF, Good Food Festival

Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A national coffee expo, a local food film screening, a Texas barbecue dinner, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Stems, West Town, tea pairing, Liif Tea, Kissel's Spiced Jam, the Great American Cheese Collection, Coffee Fest Chicago, Navy Pier, coffee, latte art, Coffee Fest, Alpana Singh, Check, Please!, champagne brunch, Chicago French Market, Alpana Pours: About Being a Woman, Loving Wine, and Having Great Relationships, Polar Beer Fest, Rock Bottom Brewery, strong beer, winter ale, Logan Square Kitchen, Robert Bates, Ingredients, local food, Matt Maroni, Gaztro-Wagon, Local Food Wisdom, Jim Javenkowski, Texas, Texas barbecue, Sheffield's, Founders, Destihl Triton Barley Wine, Emmett's Russian Imperial Stout, Half Acre, Thunder and Son Brown Ale

Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A strong beer tasting, a V-Day pastry market, a candy lecture, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bernie Laskowski, ChicaGourmets, Park Grill, Vintage Strong Beer Fest, Anchor Old Foghorn, Dogfish Head Immort Ale, Malheur Millennium, Delilah's, Morton Arboretum, Katherine Duncan, Katherine Anne Confections, Morton Arboretum, Valentine's Day, Valentine's cooking class, Kristine Subido, heart-healthy food, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, Logan Square Kitchen, Valentine's Day Pastry Market, Flour Cake and Pastry, Mayana Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Leslie Goddard, Sweet Home Chicago, candy capital of America, Naper Settlement, Valentine's brewing class, Marriott Hotel

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Delilah's, holiday beer tasting, Christmas, Three Floyds, Logan Square Kitchen, Christmas market, Mayana Chocolate, Celestial Kitchens, Flour Cake and Pastry, Floriole Bakery, Sweet Miss Givings, Tinycakes, Defloured, Fritz Pastry, ChicaGourmets, Jam, Jeffrey Mauro, Antonin Rodet, Seifried, Check, Please!, Cheese, Please!, Marion Street Cheese Market Cafe, Alpana Singh, Alpana Pours, Gale Gand, Chocolate and Vanilla, Corner Cooks, Uncommon Ground, Half Acre Beer Dinner, Gossamer Golden Ale, Half Acre Beer, Daisy Cutter Pale Ale, Dietzler Farm, Thunder and Sons Brown Ale, Slagel Family Farm, Louis John Slagel, Markethouse, Scott Walton, the Bluebird, Coniston, Meantime, Dark Hose, Great Lakes

Blogs, Bleader Nov 24, 2010
Logan Square Kitchen #WIN

The Zoning Board of Appeals has unanimously voted to restore Logan Square Kitchen's restaurant status, freeing it from an onerous parking-lot requirement.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Zoning Board of Appeals, City Hall, liquor license, PPA, shared-use kitchen

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2010
Logan Square Kitchen Goes to City Hall

Zina Murray's Logan Square makes a case before the Zoning Board of Appeals, with a crowd that turned out in force.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, shared-use kitchens, zoning, city bureaucracy

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2010
Logan Square Kitchen: Update

Zina Murray, owner of Logan Square Kitchen, has secured a hearing with the zoning board of appeals on Friday, November 19, and is seeking public support for her LEED-certified venture.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, zoning appeals, shared kitchens

Blogs, Bleader Sep 1, 2010
The Draft Shared-Kitchen Ordinance in All Its Glory

A draft shared-kitchen ordinance has dropped.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, shared kitchens, kitchen incubators, Alexis Leverenz. Kitchen Chicago, Zina Murray, Logan Square Kitchen, Splice Kitchen, Tonia Ojuluwayo, Walter Burnett

Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm tours, pop-up restaurants, butchering classes, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, The Wit Hotel, Indiana, ChicaGourmets, Vandermolen Blueberry Farm, Rensselaer, Rob's Cob, Belstra Milling Pork Farm, A Day in the Country, Mado, Rob Levitt, butchering, Slow Food Chicago, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, anniversary party, Potter's Lounge, Palmer House Hilton, Secret Spirits Society, vodka, Patrick Coyne, Phillip Foss, Kith and Kin, Spirited Dinner, David Carrier, Hum Spirits, Rare Tea Cellar, Ineeka Organic Tea, Ineeka Green Tea Bier, Hum Botanical Spirit, Pharoah's Lemon tea, An Evening in the B.U.F.F., Dogfish Head, Victory Brewing Company, Stone Brewing Company, the Bad Apple, Dogfish Head Beer Dinner, Gaslight Bar & Grille, Bill Kim, Jason Hammel, Logan Square Kitchen, pop-up restaurant, Urban Belly, Belly Shack, Lula Cafe, Nightwood

Blogs, Bleader May 28, 2010
Good News, Maybe, for Shared-Use Kitchens

An ordinance to address licensing for shared-use kitchens is in the preliminary stages.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, News, Clout City, Kitchen Chicago, Logan Square Kitchen, Splice Kitchen, Alexis Leverenz, Zina Murray, Tonia Ojuluwayo, Chicago Department of Public Health, shared-use kitchens

Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Pear grafting, a pastry market, lectures on Prohibition, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Slow Food Chicago, pear-grafting, Wright College, North Lawndale, Anchor Brewing Company, Fritz Maytag, Whole Foods Lincoln Park, Maytag blue cheese, York Creek, Junipero, Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, Provenance Food and Wine, Pizza D.O.C., Cafe Selmarie, American Legion Post #82, Annual Smelt Fry, all-you-can-eat, Peggy Notabaert Nature Museum, Logan Square Kitchen, Spring Pastry Market, Flour Cake and Pastry, Macaron Chicago, Katherine Anne Confections, Buzz: Killer Espresso, Rishi Tea, Waleed Al-Shamma, tea, Prohibition, Chicago History Museum, lecture, tour, pub crawl, John Russick, America Goes Dry, Al Capone, speakeasy, Craft Brewers Conference, Brasserie Jo, Twisted Spoke, Small Bar, Stone Brewing Co., Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard, Big Star, IPA, Reggie's Music Joint

News & Politics, Our Town Mar 18, 2010
Green Carts, Shared Kitchens, Backyard Chickens, and Whole Hogs

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Our Town, FamilyFarmed Expo, FamilyFarmed, CSAs, food policy, community-supported agriculture, Green Carts, Karen Karp, Sabrina Baronberg, Kathleen Merrigan, Sarah Eichberger, food security, Heartland Alliance, community gardens, shared-use kitchens, Kitchen Chicago, Alexis Leverenz, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Jim Javenkoski, Chapter 4-4-020, food license, snout-to-tail, artisanal charcuterie, Rob Levitt, Mado, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Ehran Ostrreicher, E & P Meats, Greg Gunthorp, Gunthorp Farms, Mike Sula, whole-animal cooking, offal, backyard chickens, Angelic Organics Learning Center, Martha Boyd, drinking locally, Half Acre, Koval Distillery, Metropolitan Brewery, Goose Island, Greg Hall, Adam Seger, Nacional 27, North Shore Distillery, Joy Neighbors, White Owl Winery, Brian Ellison, Death's Door Spirits, Washington Island

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A 77-year-old former sausage maker is behind all that salumi you're eating in restaurants.

Russian sausage, hummus law, the return of Logan Square Kitchen, and more

The Chicago Diner is opening a second location in Logan Square

A Father's Day goat roast, a pizza-filled fest, a farewell pot luck, and more.

The ever expanding Empire of Hu, a new cocktail video blog, the Grant "Actatz" scandal and more worthy food links

After three years and endless battles with city bureaucracy, Logan Square Kitchen will close next month

This Sunday through Tuesday, Trenchermen, the forthcoming restaurant from Mike and Patrick Sheerin, pops up at Logan Square Kitchen

Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

GBV, Tour de Fat, a book signing, and beer, beer, beer

A shared-kitchen ordinance has been approved by the city's licensing committee.

Reporting from Financing Farm to Fork, day one of the FamilyFarmed Expo.

A national coffee expo, a local food film screening, a Texas barbecue dinner, and more.

A strong beer tasting, a V-Day pastry market, a candy lecture, and more.

A pastry market, a holiday entree demonstration, and plenty of beer tastings.

The Zoning Board of Appeals has unanimously voted to restore Logan Square Kitchen's restaurant status, freeing it from an onerous parking-lot requirement.

Zina Murray's Logan Square makes a case before the Zoning Board of Appeals, with a crowd that turned out in force.

Zina Murray, owner of Logan Square Kitchen, has secured a hearing with the zoning board of appeals on Friday, November 19, and is seeking public support for her LEED-certified venture.

A draft shared-kitchen ordinance has dropped.

Farm tours, pop-up restaurants, butchering classes, and more.

An ordinance to address licensing for shared-use kitchens is in the preliminary stages.

Pear grafting, a pastry market, lectures on Prohibition, and more.

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo

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