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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 5, 2018
Bar Biscay is a trippy vision of a land far away

MFK vets and chef Johnny Anderes present the Basque bar of the future.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Bar Biscay, MFK, Johnny Anderes, Sari Zernich Worsham, Scott Worsham, Bom Bolla, Spanish cuisine, Bay of Biscay, Basque cuisine, Jeremy Leven, pinxtos, txikiteo, Spain, Bay of Biscay

Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2017
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Emanuel blames the CTA fare hike on state funding cuts, and other Chicago news

Also, how Mayor Rahm Emanuel benefits from Luis Gutierrez stepping down as congressman.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, O'Hare Express Train, Luis Gutierrez, Bernie Sanders, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Chicago Bulls, Nikola Mirotic, Bobby Portis, Pedway, Bar Biscay, MFK, restaurant openings, Joe Campagna, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2016
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Watch MFK bartender Roger Landes make a manhattan using seaweed

Challenged to make a drink with marine algae, Roger Landes of MFK pairs it with bourbon.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, seaweed cocktail, Roger Landes, Mfk, Cocktail Challenge, higiki seaweed, nori, seaweed syrup, black Manhattan, Prospero’s Manhattan, Video

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

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 14, 2015
Chicago magazine takes a solid look at a respectable restaurant year

The annual list of best new restaurants is out—but what's missing?
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago magazine, Jeff Ruby, Penny Pollack, RPM Steak, Mfk, Momotaro, Parachute, Salero, Intro, Community Tavern, Boltwood, Tete Charcuterie, Dove's Luncheonette

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2015
Wheel to Reel at Sportsman's Club makes audio geeks' analog dreams come true

Crate-digging DJs give Sportsman's Club's vintage reel-to-reel a workout during monthly Wheel to Reel events.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: You Are Here, Show Us Your..., Music, Food & Drink, You Are Here, Sportsman's Club, Uncanned Music, Scott McNiece, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, the Drifter, Formento's, Mott Street, Trenchermen, Xoco, Au Cheval, Sportsman's Club, reel-to-reel tape deck, analog, Sean Krainik, Lime House Building and Design, Analogue, Mfk, the Promontory

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2014
181 tasty things I ate in 2014

I ate it all.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Year in review, El Metro, Oak+Char, Kiko's, Ciao Bella, The Charlatan, Hal Mae Bo Ssam, Polak Eatery, Momotaro, Rice 'n Bread, Coppervine, Ceviche, Dove’s Luncheonette, RPM Steak, Tava, Alice’s Bar-B-Q, Salero, Maracas, Knockum Hill BBQ, Acanto, Mariano's, River Roast, Taqueria los Gallos #2, Bro-N-Law's Bar-B-Que, Bohemian House, Anita's Gumbo, Mfk, Pita Puff, Craft Pizza, Boltwood, Las Quecas, Más, Lao Pi BBQ, Parachute, The Jerk Taco Man, Top Notch Beefburger, High Five Ramen, Sze Chuan Cuisine, the Roost, El Habanero, Chef Ping, Laughing Bird, Joong Boo Market, New Asia, Kabobi Grill, Cocello, Joe Fish, Pearl Tavern, Lao Yu Ju, Jim Samata, Tête Charcuterie, Ani, Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, Baconfest, Gyros on the Spit, Bottlefork, Boka, Vienna Beef Store, Japonais by Morimoto, Kinmont, Baffo, Cremeria La Ordeña #2, Ina Pinkney, Spicy Thai Lao, Cellar Door Provisions, Bow & Stern Oyster Bar, Analogue, Cicchetti, Stella Barra Pizza, La Casa del Pan Bakery, Eataly, Summer House Santa Monica, the Dawson, Shake Shack, Jonathan Zaragoza

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 22, 2014
Our favorite restaurants of 2014

They weren't all Italian. And they weren't all in River North.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Year in Review 2014, favorite restaurants 2014, best restaurants 2014, Jerk Taco Man's Jamaican Jerk Shack, River North, Cicchetti, Mike Sheerin, Osteria Langhe, Cameron Grant, Joe Fish, Nico Osteria, Paul Kahan, One Off Hospitality, Dove's Luncheonette, Parachute, Beverly Kim, Johnny Costello, Boka, Lee Wolen, Momotaro, Japonais, Masaharu Morimoto, Jeff Pikus, Brendan Sodikoff, High Five Ramen, Green Street Smoked Meats, New Asia, Spicy Lao Thai, Nakhon Phanom, RPM Steak, Doug Psaltis, Nick Lacasse, Mfk, Thomas Rice, Kurt Guzowski, Tete Charcuterie, 42 Grams, Jake Bickelhaupt, Analogue, Alfredo Nogueira, Japonais by Morimoto, New Asia Restaurant, Spicy Thai Lao, Tête Charcuterie

Blogs, Bleader Oct 8, 2014
Mexican food meets Japanese food—and more things to read, eat, and drink

Also a cocktail class at CH Distillery, a home-brewer competition, and the history of French dining in Chicago.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Rick Bayless, Fred Despres, Lisa Despres, Arami, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, CH Distillery, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Louis Glunz, Hirter Bier, The Fountainhead, Two, Tom Van Lente, Brewery Vivant, Tete Charcuterie, Scott Walton, Zoe Nathan, Floriole Cafe, Grant Achatz, Sean Brock, David Burke Primehouse, Morsel, Scott Worsham, Mfk, Elizabeth, Between Bites

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 3, 2014
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It's not simple Spanish at West Loop's Salero

This new Randolph Row spot is an answer to Spanish minimalism.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Salero, Ashlee Aubin, Franco Gianni, Spanish, West Loop, Vera, Mfk, Randolph Row, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2014
MFK’s Scott Worsham: ‘Simple things are the hardest to do’

Lakeview restaurant MFK's concept is less Spanish food than Spanish simplicity.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mfk, Scott Worsham, Nick Lacasse, M.F.K. Fisher, Cal Pep

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 16, 2014
Recommended
MFK offers an underground refuge

The Spanish-focused seafood spot is a testament to virtuous simplicity.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, mfk., Nick Lacasse, M.F.K. Fisher, seafood, Spanish food, Lincoln Park, The Drawing Room, anchovies, toast, boquerones, white anchovies, fennel, peppers, fish, shrimp, chile oil, Indiana shrimp farms, octopus, grits, scallops, lemon, avocado, gazpacho, salads, papaya, cucumbers, snap peas, bouillabaisse, clams, cobia, salbitxada, sauces, ham, cheese, manchego, carrots, corn, elotes, fregola, pasta, peaches, mint, basil, seasonal cuisine, small plates, tapas, tapas bars, cocktails, wines, wine lists, biodynamic wines, steak, Mfk, Recommended

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Bar Biscay is a trippy vision of a land far away

MFK vets and chef Johnny Anderes present the Basque bar of the future.

Video
Emanuel blames the CTA fare hike on state funding cuts, and other Chicago news

Also, how Mayor Rahm Emanuel benefits from Luis Gutierrez stepping down as congressman.

Video
Watch MFK bartender Roger Landes make a manhattan using seaweed

Challenged to make a drink with marine algae, Roger Landes of MFK pairs it with bourbon.

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.

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

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

Chicago magazine takes a solid look at a respectable restaurant year

The annual list of best new restaurants is out—but what's missing?

Wheel to Reel at Sportsman's Club makes audio geeks' analog dreams come true

Crate-digging DJs give Sportsman's Club's vintage reel-to-reel a workout during monthly Wheel to Reel events.

181 tasty things I ate in 2014

I ate it all.

Our favorite restaurants of 2014

They weren't all Italian. And they weren't all in River North.

Mexican food meets Japanese food—and more things to read, eat, and drink

Also a cocktail class at CH Distillery, a home-brewer competition, and the history of French dining in Chicago.

Recommended
It's not simple Spanish at West Loop's Salero

This new Randolph Row spot is an answer to Spanish minimalism.

MFK’s Scott Worsham: ‘Simple things are the hardest to do’

Lakeview restaurant MFK's concept is less Spanish food than Spanish simplicity.

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MFK offers an underground refuge

The Spanish-focused seafood spot is a testament to virtuous simplicity.

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MFK vets and chef Johnny Anderes present the Basque bar of the future.

Also, how Mayor Rahm Emanuel benefits from Luis Gutierrez stepping down as congressman.

Challenged to make a drink with marine algae, Roger Landes of MFK pairs it with bourbon.

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

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

The annual list of best new restaurants is out—but what's missing?

Crate-digging DJs give Sportsman's Club's vintage reel-to-reel a workout during monthly Wheel to Reel events.

I ate it all.

They weren't all Italian. And they weren't all in River North.

Also a cocktail class at CH Distillery, a home-brewer competition, and the history of French dining in Chicago.

This new Randolph Row spot is an answer to Spanish minimalism.

Lakeview restaurant MFK's concept is less Spanish food than Spanish simplicity.

The Spanish-focused seafood spot is a testament to virtuous simplicity.

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