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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jul 3, 2020
Bye Bye Blackbird

Farewell to one of Chicago's most iconic restaurants.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Blackbird, Paul Kahan, One Off Hospitality, Mike Sheerin, Charlie Trotter, Nate Sears, Jason Hammel, Paul Virant, Mario Batali, Eighth Blackbird, mulefoot, Whole Hog Project, Taco Bell, Reader Recipes, Geno Bahena, Mis Moles, Bite Café, Mindy’s Hot Chocolate, Jeri’s Grill, La Fontanella, Chubby Wieners

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 10, 2017
At Trench, Jared Wentworth has reimagined Trenchermen as a crowd-pleaser

The Longman & Eagle and Dusek’s chef plays it relatively safe with a meaty menu in Wicker Park.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Trench, Trenchermen, Jared Wentworth, Heisler Hospitality, Wicker Park, Longman & Eagle, Dusek's, Bad Hunter, Angela Diaz, Owen & Engine, Patrick Sheerin, Mike Sheerin

Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
Embeya chef Mike Sheerin reimagines dumplings at Packed in Hyde Park
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Fall Arts, Fall Preview 2015, Packed, Mike Sheerin, Embeya, Hyde Park

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2015
Chicago's next food trend: Mission Chinese

Chef-driven, moderately priced Asian food is quickly becoming our next hot thing.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina, Asian food, Owen & Engine, Bo Fowler, Fat Rice, Parachute, Beverly Kim, Johnny Clark, Crissy Camba, Maddy's Dumplings, Packed, Mike Sheerin, Mission Chinese

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

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Dish That Should Have Been on Next's Steak Menu

Cicchetti's steak tartare
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, Dish That Should Have Been on Next's Steak Menu, Cicchetti, steak tartare, Mike Sheerin, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2013
Cicchetti opens, Parson's for brunch, creole Christmas Eve, and more

Events in the coming week
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Parson's, Dose Market, Cicchetti, Mike Sheerin, Dan Rosenthal, Spiaggia, The Fountainhead, Found, Ward Eight, Blaze Pizza, Porkchop, Vie, Osteria Via Stato, Big Jones, Letizia's Fiore, Enoteca Roma, Telegraph, The French Laundry

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2013
This way for durian: Announcing the Key Ingredient Cook-Off

Coming May 3: Twenty-six Chicago chefs, five ingredients, primo booze, and bucks for the Healthy Schools Campaign
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Julia Thiel, Michael Gebert, Mike Sula, Grant Achatz, klupak kluwas, durian, Malort, millet, bananas, flour, rabbit lungs, bamboo worms, duck tongues, sea cucumber, Healthy Schools Campaign, Ryan LaRoche, NoMi Kitchen, Paul Virant, Vie, Perennial Virant, David Posey, Blackbird, Phillip Foss, El Ideas, Chris Pandel, the Bristol, Balena, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Old Town Social, Paula Haney, Hoosier Mama Pie, Patrick Sheerin, Mike Sheerin, Trenchermen, Brooklyn Brewery, City Winery, Tenzing Wine & Spirits, Scofflaw, Bridgeport Art Center

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 26, 2012
My favorite restaurants of 2012

Philly cheese steaks, foraged fairy tales, former Portuguese colonies, and more from a not-so-calamitous year
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Year in Review 2012, Monti's, Philly cheese steaks, Yusho, Brian Runge, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Balena, Marty Fosse, Bar Ombra, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, Nella Grassano, Arami, B.K. Park, Scott Malloy, Masaki, Kai Zan, Carlo Vizconde, Melvin Vizconde, Andy Aroonrasameruang, TAC Quick, Andy's Thai Kitchen, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Carriage House, Brendan Sodikoff, Au Cheval, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, Mike Sheerin, Pat Sheerin, Trenchermen, Acadia, Ryan McCaskey, Iliana Regan, Elizabeth Restaurant, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf

Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2012
Secret ingredient: sake lees

Marinate fish with the solid, fermented dregs of the sake brewing process
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, sake lees, shio koji, Mitsuwa, Japanese food, Trenchermen. Wylie Dufresne, Mike Sheerin, Trenchermen, Mike Sula on cooking

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2012
Head-scratching, intriguing Trenchermen and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Mike and Pat Sheerin's Trenchermen, Key Ingredient mochiko
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Trenchermen, Wicker Park restaurants, Mike Sheerin, Pat Sheerin, Blackbird, Signature Room at the 95th, Tona Palomino, Key Ingredient, Ray Stanis, mochiko, Nellcote, Ben Sheagren, Hopleaf

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 22, 2012
Recommended
Study in contrasts

Brothers Pat and Mike Sheerin excel at the unusual and conceptual at Trenchermen
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Pat Sheerin, Mike Sheerin, Kevin Heisner, Matt Eisler, steampunk, cuttlefish, donuts, Tona Palomino, Trenchermen, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week's events.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Frasca Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Beehive Cheese Company, Jason Ring, Pat Ford, Eno Wine Room, Maxwell Street, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Goose Island, Metropolitan Brewing, Dark Lord Day, Pilsen Social Club, House of Glunz, Domaine de Lancyre, Domaine Cabirau, Bistrot Margot, Pastoral, Chicago French Market, Stephanie Izard, Mike Sheerin, Saturday Night Live, Nora Dunn, Project Runway, Peach Carr, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Lane Alexander, Paul Kahan, Publican Quality Meats, Mayne Stage Theater, Charlie Trotter's, Chicagogourmet, David Downie, River East Arts Center.

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 Oct 25, 2011
This week's food and drink events

A cheffy online auction benefitting Green City Market, a Koval Distillery tasting menu at the Edgewater Uncommon Ground
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Green City Market Junior Board, online auction, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Goose Island Brewing Company, Jared Rouben, Stephanie Izard, Old Town Social, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Mike Sheerin, the Trenchermen, Schwa

Blogs, Bleader Apr 1, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Wild Animals and Oysters, Blackbird at 14, Stephanie Izard Goes "Badass" With Key Ingredient Confectioners' Sugar, Eight More New Restaurants, and More

In this week's food and drink: Whole animals, wild game, and oysters at Frontier, Blackbird at 14, Key Ingredient confectioners' sugar, a recipe for oden, and reviews of eight new restaurants
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Brian Jupiter, Frontier, game, whole animal cookery, Butcher & Larder, Blackbird, David Posey, Mike Sheerin, Paul Kahan, Patrick Fahy, Beard awards, Alinea, Stephanie Izard, Mark Steuer, Key Ingredient, confectioners' sugar, Girl & the Goat, Randy Zweiban, Province, tamarind, Oden, Bia for Mia, Fork, Gosu, Kai Sushi, Kanela Breakfast Club, Leader Bar, Prix Fixe, Restaurant Buen Gusto

Blogs, Bleader Feb 25, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Craft Distillers, Key Ingredient Beef Tendon, Wasabi, a Shake-Up at Green City Market, and More
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mike Sula, Omnivorous, craft distilling, Paul Hletko, Few Spirits, Miriam Matasar, Brendon Engel, Lula Cafe, Koval Distillery, Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, Kay Ingredient, Grant Achatz, Paul Virant, Curtis Duffy, Mike Sheerin, Chris Pandel, Greg Biggers, beef tendon, Cafe des Architectes, Lyle Allen, Green City Market, Baconfest, Wasabi, Hiromich Sasaki, WGN, Nick Digilio

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Haitian on Howard, Grahamwich, Key Ingredient guaje seeds, an empanada express, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Chez Violette, Grahamwich, Key Ingredient guaje seeds, 5411 Empanadas, ten more recent openings
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chez Violette, Haitian food, Violette Adrien, Grahamwich, Graham Elliot, Key Ingredient, guaje seeds, Mike Sheerin, Three Floyds Brewpub, Patrick Sheerin, 5411 Empanadas, food trucks, the Trencherman, the Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Marissa Guggiana, Primal Cuts: Cooking With America's Best Butchers, Deborah Krasner, Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat, D'Vine Affair, Quartino, Taco Joint Urban Taqueria and Cantina, Zocalo, Edgar Castaneda

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jan 27, 2011
Video
Guaje Seeds

From pod to streusel
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Mike Sheerin, Patrick Sheerin, The Trencherman, guaje seeds, hops pellets, streusel, recipes, Three Floyds Brewpub, Video

Food & Drink, Morsels Jan 27, 2011
Turnovers on Wheels

Three Argentines plan to launch an empanada food truck. Plus: the Trencherman, Taco Joint, and more.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Morsels, The Butcher & Larder, Three Floyds Brewpub, Quartino, D'Vine Affair, Catholic Charities, Patrick W. Fagan, Chicago Wine School, Ambria, Bob Bansberg, wine, Taco Joint, Edgar Castaneda, Zocalo, Rob Levitt, Deborah Krasner, Mike Sheerin, Mindy Segal, The Trencherman, 5411 Empanadas, Hot Chocolate, food trucks, empanadas, book signings, Nicolas Ibarzabal, Kitchen Chicago, Marissa Guggiana, Union League Club

Blogs, Bleader Jan 21, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: The Making of a Belgian Gastropub, Key Ingredient Natto, Recent Openings, and More

In this week's Food & Drink: the West Town Belgian restaurant Leopold, Inovasi, Key Ingredient natto, recent openings, West Town restaurants, and chimney cakes.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Leopold, Jeffrey Hedin, Witts, Inovasi, John des Rosiers, Wisma, Key Ingredient, natto, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Three Floyds Brewpub, guaje seeds, the Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Public House, Bia for Mia, Mel Markon, West Town, Habana Libre, Coalfire, La Farine, Chimney Cake island, chimney cakes

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength, childhood hunger, fundraiser, Mindy Segal, Rick Bayless, street food, Stella Artois, Goose Island, Aragon Ballroom, Sunday Dinner, Josh Kulp, Christine Cikowski, farm dinner, Angelic Organics, Green Grocer, Death's Door Spirits, The Real Jane Martin, Spiaggia, Nichols Farm and Orchard, bocce, bus ride, croquet, wine dinner, Maverick Wine Company, Ras Dashen, Quickfire Challenge, Top Chef Masters, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp, Spertus Institute, Spertus Kosher Catering, Laura Frankel, Jewish Cooking for All Seasons, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, Carnivale, caipirinhas, Caipirinhas 101, Carnivale University, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Philip Foss, Lockwood, Todd Stein, Cibo Matto, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, wild arctic char, Cherry Creek Winery, North Shore Distillery

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

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2010
Congratulations, Mike Sheerin

Mike Sheerin will be announced as one of Food and Wine's best new chefs later today.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Food and Wine, Best New Chefs, Paul Kahan

Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2009
The Mangalitsas are coming

Upcoming special dinners from local chefs who've invested in rare Mangalista pigs being raised on Stan Schutte's downstate farm.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Wooly Pigs, Mangalitsas, pigs, Stan Schutte, Perennial, Ryan Poli, Paul Virant, Vie, Boka, Giuseppe Tentori, Stephanie Izard, The Drunken Goat, Chris Pandel, The Bristol, Pat Sheerin, The Signature Room at the 95th, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, blogsherpa

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