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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 17, 2018
Recommended
Filipino meets Cuban at Bayan Ko

A snug Ravenswood mom-and-pop with postcolonial synergy.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Bayan Ko, Filipino, Cuban, Raquel Quadreny, Lawrence Letrero, Sable, Untitled, Perennial, Karyn's on Green, the Refinery, Tribute, pancit luglug, pancit palabok, kare kare, oxtail, bagoong alamang, lechon kawali, pinakbet, ropa vieja, cubano, halo halo, Revise CMW, Kimski, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Sep 17, 2015
Video
A warming, refreshing, award-winning fall cocktail recipe from Sable

Everyone was a winner at the Reader's Fall Cocktail Challenge—but not everyone got a prize.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Booze, Cocktail Challenge, Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Chicago Reader, Sable, John Stanton, Cold Comfort, Public House, old-fashioned, walnuts, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 1, 2014
Recommended
Evanston's Boltwood is unpredictable—and that's not a complaint

Ex-Publican chef de cuisine Brian Huston goes home.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boltwood, Brian Huston, Evanston, The Publican, John Kim, Brothers K Coffeehouse, oysters, olives, peppers, nuts, toast, sable, ricotta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bar snacks, snacks, wines, cocktails, Few Spirits, squid, menus, vegetables, kohlrabi, fish, seafood, palm sugar, butter, squid, cauliflower, potatoes, pumpkin seeds, steak, chiles, cantaloupe, blue cheese, cheese, anchovies, eggplant, cashews, beets, pistachio, culantro, grapefruit, salads, avocado, pea shoots, garlic, schmaltz, loup de mer, zucchini, meatballs, lamb, shrimp, desserts, pies, sorbet, gelato, Recommended

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Dec 23, 2013
2013: Ballsy babes, potted meat, and bartenders who can tackle just about anything

The third year of the Reader's Cocktail Challenge brought nonfoodstuffs and the nastiest ingredient yet.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, All Hallows' Eve, Rachael Smith, Bar DeVille, Cocktail Challenge, Mike Ryan, Sable, Jay Schroeder, Red Door, Rick Bayless, Alex Renshaw, Drumbar, Mary Rose Braun, Blackbird, Lone Wolf, Austin Skiles, the Aviary, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Micah Melton, Jason Cevallos, The Office, GEB, Dave Michalowski

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2013
Coming soon: The Reader's Cocktail Challenge, live

At this fall drinks event on October 4, 20 of Chicago finest barkeeps play dealer's choice.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Booze, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Reader, Cocktail Challenge, State & Lake, Mike Ryan, Sable, Paul McGee, Three Dots and a Dash, La Sirena Clandestina, Justin Anderson, Nahm Kim, Sunda, Karl Fernandez, Old Town Pour House, Dave Michalowski, Fischman's Liquors & Tap, Danielle Lewis, GT Fish & Oyster, Jessica Tessendorf, Barrelhouse Flat, Mike Sula, Catherine De Orio, Check, Please! theboozehound.com, Todd Appel, Brandon Phillips, the Drawing Room, Vlad Masillion, RM Champagne Salon, Joel Gardner, Lula Cafe

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 28, 2013
One bourbon, one scotch, and 20 new hipster bars

A forthcoming Logan Square venture from two Violet Hour vets is about to open in a neighborhood that’s looking increasingly like Wicker Park.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Analogue bar, Henry Prendergast, Robert Haynes, Logan Square, Violet Hour, Wicker Park, cocktail lounge, Aviary, Barrelhouse Flat, Sable, The Drawing Room, Bar DeVille, Drumbar, Whistler, Weegee's Lounge, Scofflaw, Longman & Eagle, Billy Sunday, whiskey smash, Paul McGee, Three Dots and a Dash, Bonny's, Helen's Two Way Lounge, Paul Lynn Miller, Radler, Chicago Distilling Company, Land and Sea Dept., Parson's Chicken and Fish, Parts & Labor, Prindiville, West Town, Ukrainian Village, Pulaski Park, Noble Square, Whirlaway Lounge, Maria Jaimes, Rainbo, Danny's, Gold Star, The Charleston, Alfredo Nogueria

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Jul 18, 2013
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: Goat cheese

The Aviary's Micah Melton makes "the anti-blueberry smoothie."
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, cocktails, dairy, goat cheese, Josh "Sonic" Relkin, Sable, Alinea, Micah Melton, Primo Taglio chevre, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, blueberries, North Shore Distillery, Mediterranean, Dave Michalowski, Graham Elliot Bistro, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Jun 24, 2013
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: Sweet potato

Ingi Sigurdsson of Terrace at Trump strives to avoid "the pumpkin pie effect."
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Ingi Sigurdsson, Barrelhouse Flat, Mark Brinker, Terrace at Trump, Aviary, Josh "Sonic" Relkin, Sable, capers, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Mar 29, 2013
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: Chalk

Sable bartender Alex Renshaw brings applejack for the teacher.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Sable, Alex Renshaw, chalk, Campari, Cynar, grapefruit juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, Cruzan Black Strap rum, Laird's Straight Apple Brandy, Scofflaw, Sable Kitchen & Bar, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Mar 15, 2013
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: Balsamic vinegar

Lisa Selman of Little Market Brasserie crafts a tequila-based eye-opener with unfermented grapes.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, balsamic vinegar, wine, unfermented grapes, oak, juniper, Italy, Middle Ages, Balena, Natalia Cardenas, Lisa Selman, Little Market Brasserie, tequila, ginger syrup, mole bitters, Pico Piquin, kosher salt, apricot-peach preserves, lemon juice, Alex Renshaw, Sable, chalk, Sable Kitchen & Bar, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jun 12, 2012
One Sip: cocktails with ginger syrup

Ginger syrup and its many uses (mostly cocktails)
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cooking, One Sip, Food Chain, Food & Drink, ginger syrup, cachaca, caipirinha, lemon, lime, mint, brandy, Sleepyhead, orange, whiskey smash, bourbon, Sable

Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2012
Take a sip: the fat-washed Barded Black Bird

Make your own fat-washed scotch cocktail with the recipe for Reader's Baconfest 2012 cocktail challenge winner.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: One Sip, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Zach Piper, The Venture Mixologist, Barded Blackbird, Baconfest 2012, Cocktail challenge, cocktails, bacon, Black Grouse, scotch, Sable, Mike Ryan, Stephen Cole, The Barrelhouse Flat, Amaro Ramazotti, The Bitter Truth E**X**R

Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2012
Video
We want your bacon cocktails (with video!)

Enter the Reader's Bacon Cocktail Challenge and enjoy the world premiere of the new Baconfest 2012 video
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Baconfest, Mike Ryan, Stephen Cole, Sable, Barrelhouse Flat, cocktails, bacon, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2011
More best bites and sips of 2011

More notable bites and drinks from 2011
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mike Sula, best restaurants 2011, Inovasi, John des Rosiers, Antico, Brad Schiedler, Matt Maroni, GaztroWagon, Royal Coffee, Ethiopian breakfast, Sable, Mike Ryan, Glenwood Sunday Market, Sweet Attila's, the Growling Rabbit, MorSo, Choo, GT Fish & Oyster, Boka Restaurant Group, Benjamin Schiller, Mark Mendez, Liz Mendez, Vera, Barbari

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2011
133 tasty things from 2011

I ate it all
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Tamales Garibay, the Florentine, H Mart, Prince Creperie Cafe, the Sodfather, Chez Violette, MingHin Cuisine, Butcher & Larder, Leopold, La Taberna Tapas, Ruby's, Bistronomic, Paris Club, Leader Bar, Frontier, Ing, Lure Izakaya Pub, Birrieria Zaragoza, Cafe des Architectes, GT Fish & Oyster, Next Restaurant, Paris 1906, Tour of Thailand, Childhood, Underground Meats, Nostrano, Aviary, the Molecular Collective, Paul McGee, the Whistler, Goose Island Madame Rose, La Chaparrita, the Bedford, Pleasant House Bakery, Golden Pacific Market, Aroy Thai, Harvesttime Foods, Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Rancho Mateo, Humboldt Park Puerto Rican Fest, Lemonhart 151, Mike Ryan, Sable, Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar, Rustic House, Black Sheep, NoMi Kitchen, Autre Monde, Wisconsin State Fair, Telegraph Wine Bar, Al Dente, Roots Handmade Pizza, Masa Azul, Lao Hunan, Michael Jordan's Steak House, the Pump Room, Tozi Korean BBQ, Cai Fine Dining and Banquet, Maude's Liquor Bar, Phoenix tofu, Three Aces, Harvard Sportsmen's Club, Wat Dhammaram Songkran, 2007 Black Slate Porrera, Vera, Almawal, El Ideas, Snack Planet, JoongBoo Market, Nha Hang Viet Nam, Nathan Sears, Baconfest, Mick Klug Farm, Ripasso, jicama stick, Victor Mejia, Tortas Frontera, Matty Eggleston, Perennial Virant, Barrelhouse Flat, Ben Schiller, Jason Turley, Bar DeVille

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Oct 6, 2011
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: fenugreek

India meets Michigan in a smoky drink
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Henri, Clint Rogers, fenugreek, Sable, Sterling Field, cocktail challenge, recipe, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2011
Take a sip: Mike Ryan's Teacup River

Sable's chief bartender shares his recipe for an horchata-based cocktail made with Lemon Hart 151 overproof rum
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ed Hamilton, Ministry of Rum, Mike Ryan, Sable, cocktails, tiki, Teacup River, horchata, rum, demerara, Guyana, recipes, Violet Hour, Hotel Palomar, Lemon Hart 151, El Dorado rum

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 30, 2011
Rum Runner

How Ed Hamilton smuggled his way to the top of the Ministry of Rum
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Ed Hamilton, Ministry of Rum, ministryofrum.com, Lemon Hart 151, Paul McGee, the Whistler, Jeff Berry, King Cocktail Dale DeGroff, Mike Ryan, Sable, rum

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Garlic Mustard, Cafe des Architectes, Key Ingredient Dried Shrimp, a New Cocktail Challenge, and More

This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Garlic mustard, invasive plants, Mike Ryan, Sable, Iliana Regan, foraging, Key Ingredient, dried shrimp, Carlos Gaytan, Mexique, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Martial Noguier, Bistronomic, Defaced Barware, Pete Guigni, the Bedford, Mark Steuer, Gabe Klein, Chicago Department of Transportation, food trucks, Rahm Emanuel, On the Fly, Smartkarts, Smartkafes, licensing, Scott Waguespack, Jim Graziano, J.P. Graziano, Green City Market, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Share Our Strength, child hunger, bake sale, raffle

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2011
What Iliana Regan Can Do With Garlic Mustard Greens

Iliana Reagan's recipes for garlic mustard.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Iliana Regan, One Sister, garlic mustard, Jennifer Moran, Mike Ryan, Sable, invasive plants, weeds, herbs

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2010
110 Tasty Things From 2010

What I ate this year that I can't forget.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Owen & Engine, Balsan, Branch 27, Sun Wah, Sprout, Cafe LaGuardia, Henri, Armi, Vincent, Kukulu Market, La Boulangerie, City Provisions Deli, Fina Estampa, J.P. Graziano, Pork Shopee, Lillie's Q, Meatyballs Mobile, Black Dog, Girl & the Goat, Ruby's Fast Food, Ruxbin, Buen Sabor, La Lagartija Taqueria, Taco Chino, Del Seoul, George's Kabab. Danny's Restaurant, Shawarma Inn, Taza Bakery, Kith & Kin, Sanabel Bakery, Ba Le, Roelli Cheese Haus' Dunbarton Blue, Cumin, Cookie Bar, Mapo Restaurant, Baylor watermelons, Floriole, Aripo's, Sable, The Whistler, The Drawing Room, Kovel Distillery, Aldino's, Jibek Jolu, Acre, Gilt Bar, Tao Ran Ju, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Pollo Vagabundo, Burton's Maple Syrup, Mick Klug Farms, Revolution Brewery, Longman & Eagle, Custom House, Ceres Table, Nella Pizzeria Napoletana, Phillip Foss, Lokal, Mac and Min's, Hearty, Chad Doll, Clint Rogers, Matty Eggleston, Eric Hay, Upland Cheese Company, Bar Deville, Avli Esiatorio, Torishin, Merla's Kitchen, This Little Piggy, Mama Bazell's, Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2010
Fifteen New Reviews This Week

Reviews of Sable, Benny's Chop House, Masu Izakaya, and 12 more recent openings.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Accanto, Ciao Napoli Pizzeria, Corner 41 Bar & Grill, Dee's Place, Delhi 6, Elly's Pancake House, Geisha Sushi & Lounge, Got Spaghetti?, J. Wellington's, Leo's Coney Island of Chicago, M Burger, Sable, Benny's Chop House, Aldino's, Masu Izakaya

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