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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 9, 2017
Ronero is a rum bar with a pan-South American culinary vision

Chef Cory Morris is at once creative and compelling, familiar and formulaic.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Ronero, Cory Morris, Jose Garces, Nils Westland, Rural Society, Rockit Bar & Grill, Mercat a la Planxa, Rural Society, Nellcôte

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2016
Things to do in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day

Why not get out in the city and enjoy Thanksgiving for a change?
- By Jack Ladd
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Food & Drink, Bistronomic, Cafe Des Architectes, Farmhouse Tavern, Mercat a La Planxa, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Moonlight, Loving, Allied, Doctor Strange, Arrival, Bleed for This, Christkindl Market, McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, Turkey Day 5K, Turkey Day Run, McCormick Tribune Ice Rink

Blogs, Bleader Nov 21, 2016
Thanksgiving dinners, 24-hour improv fest, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Friendsgiving, Dr. Strangelove at the Is It Still Funny? series, and more happenings from November 21-24.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, 24 Hours: You Can Always Come Home, Second City, Ladylike, Cafe Mustache, the Girl Talk, Hideout, R.J. Nelson, Cliff Dwellers Club, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Music Box Theatre, Friendsgiving, Chop Shop, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thanksgiving, Bistronomic, Cafe Des Architectes, Farmhouse Tavern, Mercat a La Planxa, Ruxbin

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 9, 2016
The Spanish Square is a nostalgic love letter to Spain

An Andalusian expat’s Lakeview eatery would be at home on a corner in Seville.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Spanish Square, Mara Baer, Manuel Moreno, Lakeview, Mfk, Vera, Salero, Mercat a la Planxa, The Spanish Square

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 24, 2015
Recommended
Don't miss Sociale

The South Loop Spanish restaurant is hiding some real kitchen talent.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Sociale, Mark Sabbe, John McLean, Bom Bolla, Mercat a la Planxa, Cafe Press, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2015
Video
A Blackstone Hotel chef experiments with 'the most metal of the spices'

Challenged to make a dish with blade mace, Aaron McKay, executive chef at the Blackstone Hotel, created a two-course meal with a cocktail pairing.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, blade mace, mace, nutmeg, Aaron McKay, Blackstone Hotel, Mercat a la Planxa, potted meat, osso bucco, Blades of Glory cocktail, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 17, 2015
Recommended
Jose Garces's Rural Society is more than a cow palace

The Chicago-born Iron Chef returns home with an Argentine steak house.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Rural Society, Jose Garces, Loews Chicago Hotel, Mercat a la Planxa, La Exposición Rural, parrilla, Cory Morris, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2015
Oak + Char chef Joseph Heppe isn't a prodigy—he's a pro

How a chef's career path led him from Hardee's to "modern midwestern" cuisine in River North.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Joseph Heppe, Art Mendoza, Oak + Char, Vermilion, Mercat a la Planxa, Untitled, Maneet Chauhan, Jose Garces, modern midwestern

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 15, 2014
At Oak + Char, former Untitled chef Joseph Heppe steps into the firelight

But this nebulous concept is further obscured by uneven execution.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Oak + Char, Joseph Heppe, Untitled, Mercat a la Planxa, Vermilion, Graham Elliot

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 21, 2012
New Year's Eve Guide 2012

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 1, 2012
Alone and unsure at Untitled

Hopeless service subverts grand ambitions at this massive "speakeasy"
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Cotton Club, speakeasy, Prohibition, River North, Joseph Heppe, Mercat a la Planxa, Vemilion, Rick Bayless, whiskey, Matthew Lipsky, Untitled

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2012
A barman departeth, a newcomer chef shines

In this week's Food & Drink: Michael Kornick and David Morton's new barstaurant, Ada St.; Key Ingredient colatura; tried-and-true spots for small plates
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ada St., Michael Kornick, David Morton, Tim Lacey, Charles Joly, the Drawing Room, Ripasso, DMK Burger Bar, Fish Bar, Zoe Schor, small plates, colatura, Meg Colleran, Terzo Piano, Sarah Grueneberg, Spiaggia, Amanda Rockman, Balena, the Bristol, Bodega N. 5, Mercat a la Planxa, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, La Taberna Tapas on Halsted

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

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Country Chef Challenge, Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Blackbird, Avec, Patrick Fahy, Shanghai Terrace, Ivan Yuen, Chicago French Market, Frietkoten, beer, frites, Prohibition, Speakeasy Throwback, fundraiser, Shawn Koch, Death's Door Spirits, Koval Distillery, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton, Peterson Garden Project, victory gardens, WW II, Vinejoy, urban gardening, community gardens, Kathy Skutecki, Chris Stoye, Celeste Dolan, Alison O'Konis, One SixtyBlue, farm tour, farm dinner, Dietzler Farms, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, Veggie Fest, Gluten-free Vegetarian, Indian Delights, Vegetarian Power Burgers, Sant Rajinder Singh, Spiritual Well Being and the Vegetarian Diet, Science of Spirituality, Naperville, Introduction to Permaculture, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Midwest Permaculture, Bill Wilson, Transitioning Into a More Permanent-Culture, Hum Botanical Spirit, Spirited Dinner, Mercat a la Planxa, Michael Fiorello, Adam Seger, The New Urban Farmer, Downtown Farmstand, Mark Schneider, Dave Snyder, culinary conversations, organic farming

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 13, 2008
Food Issue 2008: Best New Chicago Restaurants

From home-style Iranian in Rogers Park to haute cuisine a la Trump, our critics' favorite new places so far this year
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Birrieria Zaragoza, Cafecito, L2O, Mado, Masouleh, Mercat a la Planxa, Sixteen, Takashi, Viaggio Ristorante & Lounge

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2008
L2O: Esquire's restaurant of the year

Three Chicago restaurants make Esquire's list of the best restaurants of 2008.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Mike Sula, Esquire, Takashi, L2O, Laurent Gras, Helen Rosner, Best restaurants 2008, Mercat a la Planxa, Chicago Menu Pages, Jose Garces, Takashi Yagahashi

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Chef Cory Morris is at once creative and compelling, familiar and formulaic.

Why not get out in the city and enjoy Thanksgiving for a change?

Friendsgiving, Dr. Strangelove at the Is It Still Funny? series, and more happenings from November 21-24.

An Andalusian expat’s Lakeview eatery would be at home on a corner in Seville.

The South Loop Spanish restaurant is hiding some real kitchen talent.

Challenged to make a dish with blade mace, Aaron McKay, executive chef at the Blackstone Hotel, created a two-course meal with a cocktail pairing.

The Chicago-born Iron Chef returns home with an Argentine steak house.

How a chef's career path led him from Hardee's to "modern midwestern" cuisine in River North.

But this nebulous concept is further obscured by uneven execution.

Our picks for the best places to be when the ball drops

Hopeless service subverts grand ambitions at this massive "speakeasy"

In this week's Food & Drink: Michael Kornick and David Morton's new barstaurant, Ada St.; Key Ingredient colatura; tried-and-true spots for small plates

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.

From home-style Iranian in Rogers Park to haute cuisine a la Trump, our critics' favorite new places so far this year

Three Chicago restaurants make Esquire's list of the best restaurants of 2008.

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