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Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2017
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Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections’ voter database, and other Chicago news

Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Mike Quigley, Russia, hacking, Illinois State Board of Elections, Sun-Times, Reader, Tronc, Edwin Eisendrath, Neil Bluhm, Chicago Federation of Labor, O'Hare International Airport, scorpions, Mexico City, Aeromexico, Michelin, Michelin Guide, 42 Grams, Graham Elliot, Moto, Charlie Trotter's, Avenues, restaurant closings, AFL-CIO, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Michael T. Carrigan, Bottled Blonde, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2016
More than 50 people murdered, nearly 300 shot in January, Rahm's approval rating at a new low, and other Chicago news

Also, cops blame shooting spike on "ACLU effect," and a fitting tribute to restaurant pioneer Moto.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, winter weather, gun violence, shootings, Chicago Police Department, ACLU, Rahm Emanuel, Laquan McDonald, Moto

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jan 27, 2016
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A requiem for the Midwestern Diner's long-form food coverage

Inspired by the in-depth journalism of Grantland and the Dissolve, Vincent Labriola gave Chicago chefs and bartenders the chance to speak their minds at length. Was his site doomed from the start?
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Midwestern Diner, Vincent Labriola, Grantland, Dissolve, Michael Dean Reynolds, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Moto, Homaro Cantu, Fugazi, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 1, 2015
Bucktown barstaurant Presidio channels San Francisco—sort of

There's no cioppino or sourdough on the menu at the loungy new spot.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Presidio, Bucktown, Dogma Group, Clint Rogers, San Francisco, the Dawson, Alex Renshaw, Drumbar, Brian Sturgulewski, Bordel, Shaun Connolly, Moto, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, Nightwood

Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2015
Remembering chef Homaro Cantu through his writing

Looking back at the life and autobiographical essays of the late chef Homaro Cantu of Moto
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: RIP, Food & Drink, News, Homaro Cantu, Moto, Ing, Berrista, Charlie Trotter, Reggie Watkins

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 4, 2014
A Moto vet takes his turn at Lincoln Park's Coppervine

But on its third chef in less than a year, this pairings-focused spot still hasn't found its way.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Coppervine, Moto, Michael Taus, Don Sritong, David Wang, Chip Barnes

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2014
Jean Banchet nominees show a scene that's doing just fine, thank you

The Jean Banchet awards are announced, and show that our scene is still about where real people eat.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jean Banchet awards, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Grace, L2O, Boka, Lee Wolen, Genie Kwon, Momotaro, Moto, El Ideas, Chris Pandel, The Bristol, Balena, Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice, Parachute, Tete Charcuterie, The Radler, Salero, Arthur Hon, Sepia, Liz Mendez, Vera, Senza, Sixteen at Trump, Megan Miller, Baker Miller, Jonathan Ory, Bad Wolf Coffee, Owen & Engine, Dusek's, A10, La Sirena Clandestina, Alinea, Ryan Sutton

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2014
What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ina Pinkney, Ina's, Baume & Brix, Moto, Kabocha, Oon, Fat Rice, Embeya, Brendan Sodikoff, Dillman's, Sam Goldwyn, The Refinery, Lawrence Letrero, Mike Sula, The Savoy, Brian Greene, Big Star, Storefront Company, Bib Gourmand, The Purple Pig, Cecilio Rodriguez, TMIP, Telegraph, Webster's Wine Bar, Pecking Order, Kristine Subido, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, The Radler, Analogue

Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2014
Plating the night: Sixteen chef Thomas Lents on his "Night and Day" conceptual menu

Chef Thomas Lents of Sixteen in the Trump Tower talks about how he conceives his conceptual tasting menus.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Sixteen, Thomas Lents, Alinea, Next, Moto, Trump Tower

Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2014
Boka chef Lee Wolen: 'I'm a simple eater'

The new Boka chef talks about how his development led him to a restaurant he used to eat at.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Lee Wolen, Boka, Boka Group, Kevin Boehm, Rob Katz, Giuseppe Scurato, Giuseppe Tentori, Carl Shelton, Ryan Poli, The French Laundry, Eleven Madison Park, Moto

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 28, 2014
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Chef Lee Wolen reboots Boka

The decade-old restaurant and flagship of the Boka group maintains its relevance.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boka, Lincoln Park, Lee Wolen, loup de mer, capers, artichoke hearts, broth, octopus, tonkotsu, The Lobby, Peninsula Hotel, chicken, Eleven Madison Park, Moto, Butter, Boka Restaurant Group, appetizers, menus, cauliflower soup, curry oil, cream, ham, broccoli, salads, eggs, Parmesan cheese, cheese, ham, almonds, ravioli, onion soup, blood sausage, arctic char, potatoes, pears, Meyer lemon, salt-cod, fish, ricotta gnudi, sturgeon, entrees, lamb, monkfish, beans, scallops, desserts, Genie Kwon, pastry chefs, chefs, sesame cake, custard, yuzu, buckwheat, pineapple, cheesecake, Recommended

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 5, 2014
What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?

Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestle, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, chefs, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney, Homaro Cantu, food industry, food brands, Nestlé, Kraft, Lean Cuisine, snackpicks.com, Kellogg's, recipes, Alinea, Nick Kokonas, restaurant chefs, chefs, Trio, recipe development, brainstorming, focus groups, product evaluations, United Airlines, McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, National Pork Board, Dairy Management Inc., Tony Mantuano, Nutrisystem, Quaker, Burger King, test kitchens, marketing, frozen food, Lean Cuisine's Culinary Roundtable, Lucien Vendôme, Nestle's Stouffer's Hotels, consulting, product development, chef technologists, mass production, Donnie Madia, Topolobampo, 7-Layer Burrito, One Off Hospitality, Blackbird, Avec, Big Star, The Violet Hour, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Nico Osteria, Claudia Sutherland, ideation, flavor, ingredients, research and development, food science, menus, creativity, Kraft Foods, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder, nondisclosure agreements, Harry Crane, Le Titi De Paris, airline food, Kendall College, Kantha Shelke, processed foods, transparency, Corvus Blue, research, Healthy Choice, Cargill, Land O'Lakes, Hillshire Farm, avocado, Seana Monahan, avocado, chocolate, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Charlie Trotter's, Cuisine Solutions, Gate Gourmet, food manufacturing, sous vide method, Thomas Keler, Daniel Boulud, Charlie Trotter, PolyScience, Philip Preston, immersion circulators, Moto, Cantu Designs, General Mills, Hampton Creek Foods, Chris Jones, Whole Foods, Just Mayo, prototypes

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 1, 2013
Juno dreams of sushi

B.K. Park's post-Arami comeback is a work in progress.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Juno, sushi, B.K. Park, Arami, Jason Chan, Urban Union, Tamaki Gold, rice, nigiri, maki, seafood, uni nigiri, urchins, urchin gonads, fish, Kai Zan, Masaki, Merlo La Salumeria, Lincoln Park, sushi bars, sashimi, presentation, maki, tuna, eel, tamago roll, uramaki, crab, avocado, asparagus, flounder, seaweed, lobster, temaki, yellowtail, salmon, Moto, Fat Rice, halibut, sunchoke, octopus, artichoke, lemon, edamame, ramen, duck confit, pork bely, egg, noodles, service, otoro, unagi, bluefin tuna, Jeffrey Hedin, Leopold, king crab, appetizers

Arts & Culture, Valentine's Day Feb 7, 2013
Valentine's Day Guide 2013

Our picks for the best places to be on the most romantic day of the year
- Tags: Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day, Allium, Kevin Hickey, Baume & Brix, Thomas Elliott Bowman, Ben Roche, Bistronomic, Martial Noguier, Boka, Giuseppe Tentori, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Cafe Selmarie, Cantina Laredo, Cyrano's Farm Kitchen, Deleece, Henri, Christopher Gawronski, Ing, Moto, Jerry's Andersonville, Maison Brasserie, Perry Hendrix, MK, Nacional 27, Pizza Rustica, Prasino Wicker Park, Quince, Andy Motto, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Takashi Yagihashi, Tavernita, Zocalo, Animal Attractions Breakfast, baby gorillas, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Deep Love, Drake Hotel, ComedySportz Valentine's Weekend Celebration, Dateless on Division: A Six Bar Valentine's Day PubCrawl, Duets for My Valentine, Chicago Dance Crash, Athenaeum Theatre, French With Me 3, Strangeloop Theater, I Love You I Think, Tom Robison Gallery, Chicago Theatre Week, Jesse Garon Presley & the Branson Family, Dead Native, Dana Lynn & the Dirty Creeps, Indiana Bandana, Double Door, Let's Make Out Stories of Awkward Love, Webster's Wine Bar, Letters/X, Apollo Theater, Don't Fret, Johalla Projects, Make Up Make Out, Reuben Wu, Ladytron, Perfect Kiss, Heaven Malone, Beauty Bar, Nerds at Heart Love Fest, Rebel Bar, Pink Frost, Runnies, Touched by Ghoul, Melina Ausikaitis, Old Black & Blue Eyes, Gel Set, Project Onward, Vamos, Rabble Rabble, the Owl, Logan Square, The Whistler, White Mystery, Absolutely Not, Twin Peaks, Post Honeymoon, Schubas

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 1/4: Shatner's World, the Interview Show, and Ian's Party

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 4, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mark Bazer, Hideout, The Interview Show, Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Moto, Homaro Cantu, Henry Wishcamper, Other Desert Cities, The Stone Chromatics, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, William Shatner, Paramount Theatre, The Transformed Man, Ian's Party, The Arrivals, The House that Gloria Vanderbilt, and Dr. Manhattan, Township, Quenchers, cheap beer

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 28, 2012
No rocket science at Baume & Brix

Moto/Ing vets go sweet, savory, and simpler
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, science food, molecular gastronomy, Homaro Cantu, Baume & Brix, Thomas Bowman, Ben Roche, Otom, Ing restaurant, Roche, Moto, Nate Park, restaurant names

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2012
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Slagel launches the Chicken Freedom Project, and other food news bites

A Waffleizer book, a possible Tramonto comeback, Cantu's new cooking show, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Slagel Farms, The Waffleizer, Rick Tramonto, food trucks, Limburger, Chalet Cheese, Homaro Cantu, Moto, ING, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2012
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Someone boosted Charlie Trotter's wine, and other food news bites

A meat grinder mishap, Aztec boobs, the death of a deli, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Homaro Cantu, Moto, ING, Elizabeth, Real Tenochtitlan, Charlie Trotter, Ashkenaz Deli, Glenn's Diner, Scott Noorman, Christie's, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 12, 2012
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The Jewel is on the block and other food news bites

Flamin' Hot Cheetos, death by cockroach, Leela's Thai cookbook, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, Jewel-Osco, Shesimmers, Allen Brothers, Joncarl Lachman, Homaro Cantu, ING, Moto, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2012
Boom, bust, and Berwyn on this week's restaurant scene

On the restaurant scene: Moto descendant Baume & Brix opens, the modern Korean Bonsoiree closes, Berwyn's Autre Monde reopens
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Baume & Brix, Homaro Cantu, Moto, Otom, ING, Ben Roche, Thomas Bowman, Nate Park, the Grid, Bonsoiree, Logan Square, Shin Thompson, Michelin-starred restaurants, Beverly Kim, Johnny Clark, Korean royal cuisine, Matty Colston, Autre Monde, Berwyn

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2012
A new food truck ordinance is introduced and other food news bites

GEB ousts the Hound, chef shuffling, pork skin noodle and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, The Aviary, The Drawing Room, Charles Joly, Craig Shoettler, Graham Elliott. G.E.B., Stever Dolinsky, Shesimmers, Chirs Jones, Moto, B.K. Park, Arami, Ty Fujimura, Acadia, The Bedford, Michael Simon, Lynn House, Blackbird

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2011
Stars are falling

The Michelin Guide Chicago's starred restaurants have been announced.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Michelin Guide Chicago, Next Restaurant, Alinea, Charlie Trotter's, Ria, Blackbird, Boka, Bonsoiree, Courtright's, Everest, Graham Elliot, Longman & Eagle, L2O, Moto, Naha, Schwa, Seasons, Sepia, Spiaggia, Takashi, Topolobampo, Tru, Vie

Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: The Aviary, Key Ingredient pork cheeks, neighborhood food councils, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Achatz and Kokonas's the Aviary, Key Ingredient pork cheeks, neighborhood food councils, more Fulton Market restaurants
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, The Aviary, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Craig Schoettler, Next Restaurant, cocktails, Key Ingredient, Marianne Sundquist, In Fine Spirits, pork cheeks, gnocchi, Abra Berens, Bareknuckle Farm, yinzhen silver needle white tea, neighborhood food councils, Rahm Emanuel, Homaro Cantu, Ing, Moto, the Publican, Haymarket Pub & Brewery

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 26, 2011
Next, Ing, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, and other Fulton Market restaurants
- By Kathie Bergquist, Julia Thiel, Mike Sula, and Martha Bayne
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Next, Carnivale, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Ing, Moto, The Publican

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2011
Announcing SugarSlam 2011: "Whisks of Fury"
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bake and Destroy, Natalie Slater, SugarSlam 2011, WWE, Beth Phoenix, Mike Edison, Ben Roche, Moto, bake-offs

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