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Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2015
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Things the Winchester learned in the fire

Ukrainian Village's the Winchester is trying to come back from a fire by being a better neighborhood restaurant.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, The Winchester, Greg Bastien, Ukrainian Village, Sepia, Avec, Koren Grieveson, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, Perennial Virant, Next, La Sirena Clandestina, Lila Cafe, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 2, 2014
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River North hot spot Tavernita abruptly closes

Mercadito had culinary ambitions for Chicago—as long as they didn't interfere with assembly-line drinking.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mercadito Hospitality, Alfredo Sandoval, Patricio Sandoval, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, Barcito, Perennial, Mercadito Chicago, Tippling Bros., Mercadito Fish, Little Market Brasserie, Little Goat Diner, Guillermo Tellez, Video

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

Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2013
Ryan Poli doesn't want to be a story anymore

Why Ryan Poli is leaving Mercadito for parts unknown
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ryan Poli, Mercadito, Tavernita, Little Market Brasserie

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Burger Night

Publican Quality Meats
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, burger night, Publican Quality Meats, Weihenstephaner, Half Acre, Eagle Rare Single Barrel, Ryan Poli, Critics' Picks

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Dec 26, 2012
Got yak phlegm?

From disappearing cocoa-nib consomme to escaped eels, it was a lively year for Key Ingredient, our ongoing series of chef-to-chef challenges
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, yak phlegm, balut, bamboo worms, natto, huitlacoche, chicken gizzards, dende oil, bee pollen, catch collagen, sea cucumbers, cattails, ambergris, sperm whales, Blair Herridge, Browntrout, Bailey's Irish Cream, Brandon Baltzley, Crux, flour, Chris Curren, Stout Barrel House, Bryce Caron, Blackbird, Asian carp, Ben Sheagren, Hopleaf, John Anderes, TelegraphErling Wu-Bower, Publican, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, eel

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, Key Ingredient Nov 26, 2012
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Key Ingredient: sea cucumber

Matthias Merges of Yusho fries up some slimy echinoderms
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, sea cucumber, cooking, Matthias Merges, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, collagen, Yusho, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2012
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Ryan Poli and the Case of the Escaping Eel

Bocuse makes a break for it
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, eel, Key Ingredient, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Nov 12, 2012
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Key Ingredient: Eel

Ryan Poli of Tavernita skewers the slippery fish
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, eel, Ryan Poli, Chris Curren, eel stew, Greg Bastien, Tavernita, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 28, 2012
At Urban Union, a touch too light (and too heavy)

The small plates at this Taylor Street spot look better on paper
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Jason Chan, Michael Shrader, Ryan Poli, Jeremiah Tower, the Publican, minimalist cooking, Mitsu Nozaki, Urban Union

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
Barcito: a place to be seen, not heard

Ryan Poli's Barcito in the restaurant Tavernita is just as noisy as its parent, with slightly better food.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Tavernita, Barcito, review, Ryan Poli, pintxos, tapas, Spanish

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
This week in Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Tavernita, Cocktail Challenge Kraft cheese powder packet, River North Mexican
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Tavernita, Ryan Poli, Patricio Sandoval, Alfredo Sandoval, Barcita, Steve Carrow, Naha, Kraft macaroni and cheese, Derek Alexander, Longman & Eagle, baby formula, Cantina Laredo, Dos Diablos, Rick Bayles, Topolobampo, Frontera Grill, Xoco, Tortas Frontera

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 29, 2012
Too much distortion at Tavernita

You can't hear the music over the noise at Ryan Poli's Spanish dream
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Ryan Poli, Patricio Sandoval, Alfredo Sandoval, Tavernita

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A Tequila Corralejo dinner, Rock Bottom's Rockfest, a historic pub crawl in Hegewisch, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Marigold, Adam Seger, Hum Do, Hum Botanical Spirits, Juan Luis, Cena Michoacana con Tequilo Corralejo, Tequila Corralejo, tequila, tamales, mole verde Michoacano, Fuego Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar, Rockfest, Rock Bottom Brewery, Golden Bung Hammer, Chris Rafferty, Tea 101, Sweet Cakes, Slow Food Chicago, Rishi Tea, tea, Jam, prix fixe, wine dinner, Jeffrey Mauro, ChicaGourmets, Ryan Poli, Perennial, food allergens, allergen-free, Liza Williams, Safe and Sound Dinners, Lisa Cooks Allergen Free, Shedd Aquarium, Right Bite, sustainable seafood, horticulture, gardening, Christine Nye, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Landmarks Illinois, Hegewisch, pub crawl, historic preservation

Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

An all-beer edition, including a chili cook-off with Dogfish Head, New Beer's Eve, and lots of events in honor of the Craft Brewers Conference and Stone Brewing Company's arrival in Chicago.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Giuseppe Tentori, Ryan Poli, Stephanie Izard, Kurt Guzowski, Chili Cook-Off and Keg Parkty, Landmark Grill + Lounge, Dogfish Head, Stone Brewing Company, Stone beer, Craft Brewers Conference, Chicago History Museum, New Beer's Eve, Sam Calagione, Nick Floyd, Dogfloydapalooza, Bottom Lounge

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

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2009
Outstanding in the Field announces local dinners

The "traveling culinary carnival" comes to the Chicago area.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Ryan Poli, Brian Huston, Outstanding in the Field, Kinnikinnick Farm, Seedling Orchard, Stephanie Izard, Randy Zweiban

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2008
What's New: the opposite of HoJo

This week in food & drink: hotel restaurants not just for tourists.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Mike Sula, Julia Thiel, Texas de Brazil, C-House, Marcus Samuelsson, Perennial, Ryan Poli, Marc Burger, Ajasteak, Anne Spiselman

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Ukrainian Village's the Winchester is trying to come back from a fire by being a better neighborhood restaurant.

Mercadito had culinary ambitions for Chicago—as long as they didn't interfere with assembly-line drinking.

The new Boka chef talks about how his development led him to a restaurant he used to eat at.

Why Ryan Poli is leaving Mercadito for parts unknown

Publican Quality Meats

From disappearing cocoa-nib consomme to escaped eels, it was a lively year for Key Ingredient, our ongoing series of chef-to-chef challenges

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

Matthias Merges of Yusho fries up some slimy echinoderms

Bocuse makes a break for it

Ryan Poli of Tavernita skewers the slippery fish

The small plates at this Taylor Street spot look better on paper

Ryan Poli's Barcito in the restaurant Tavernita is just as noisy as its parent, with slightly better food.

In this week's Food & Drink: Tavernita, Cocktail Challenge Kraft cheese powder packet, River North Mexican

You can't hear the music over the noise at Ryan Poli's Spanish dream

A Tequila Corralejo dinner, Rock Bottom's Rockfest, a historic pub crawl in Hegewisch, and more.

An all-beer edition, including a chili cook-off with Dogfish Head, New Beer's Eve, and lots of events in honor of the Craft Brewers Conference and Stone Brewing Company's arrival in Chicago.

Upcoming special dinners from local chefs who've invested in rare Mangalista pigs being raised on Stan Schutte's downstate farm.

The "traveling culinary carnival" comes to the Chicago area.

This week in food & drink: hotel restaurants not just for tourists.

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