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Bleader
May 7, 2015
Get the Freebird Broth at Ramen Takeya
A new ramen-ya from the folks behind Wasabi specializes in milky chicken broth.
By Mike Sula
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Ramen Takeya
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Wasabi
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Japanese food
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Cemitas Puebla
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Publican Quality Meats
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ramens
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Oiistar
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High Five Ramen
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Ramen San
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Furious Spoon
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Strings
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Slurping Turtle
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Santouka
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Publican Quality Meats
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Cemitas Puebla
Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient
Aug 8, 2014
Video
Key Ingredient: Takashi Yagihashi puts a Japanese spin on an Italian delicacy
Challenged to create a dish with bottarga, Yagihashi serves the cured fish roe over noodles.
By Julia Thiel
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Key Ingrdient
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Takashi Yagihachi
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bottarga
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Takashi
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Slurping Turtle
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Tabo Sushi
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Tony Mantuano
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Spiaggia
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dried roe sac
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Karasumi
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mentaiko
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udon
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John Hogan
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River Roast
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shiokara
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squid
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Video
Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient
Jul 24, 2014
Video
Key Ingredient: Tony Mantuano poaches salt cod
Challenged to create a dish with one of his grandmother's favorite ingredients, the Spiaggia chef buries it in truffles.
By Julia Thiel
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Key Ingredient
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Tony Mantuano
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Spiaggia
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Bar Toma
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Terzo Piano
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John Coletta
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Quartino
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Harold McGee
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On Food and Cooking
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baccala
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truffles
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Takashi Yagihashi
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Takashi
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Slurping Turtle
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Video
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Bleader
Mar 18, 2013
Turn your braised corned beef into corned beans
Don't throw out the braising liquid from your corned beef brisket.
By Mike Sula
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corned beef
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beans
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Saint Patrick's Day
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Ex-Cel Corned Beef
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Irish-American food
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Rancho Gordo
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Slurping Turtle
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Takashi Yagihashi
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Mike Sula on cooking
Arts & Culture
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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
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Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day
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Allium
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Kevin Hickey
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Baume & Brix
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Thomas Elliott Bowman
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Ben Roche
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Bistronomic
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Martial Noguier
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Boka
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Giuseppe Tentori
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Cafe des Architectes
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Greg Biggers
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Cafe Selmarie
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Cantina Laredo
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Cyrano's Farm Kitchen
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Deleece
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Henri
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Christopher Gawronski
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Ing
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Moto
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Jerry's Andersonville
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Maison Brasserie
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Perry Hendrix
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MK
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Nacional 27
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Pizza Rustica
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Prasino Wicker Park
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Quince
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Andy Motto
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Sepia
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Andrew Zimmerman
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Slurping Turtle
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Takashi Yagihashi
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Tavernita
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Zocalo
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Animal Attractions Breakfast
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baby gorillas
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Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
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Deep Love
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Drake Hotel
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ComedySportz Valentine's Weekend Celebration
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Dateless on Division: A Six Bar Valentine's Day PubCrawl
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Duets for My Valentine
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Chicago Dance Crash
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Athenaeum Theatre
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French With Me 3
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Strangeloop Theater
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I Love You I Think
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Tom Robison Gallery
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Chicago Theatre Week
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Jesse Garon Presley & the Branson Family
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Dead Native
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Dana Lynn & the Dirty Creeps
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Indiana Bandana
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Double Door
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Let's Make Out Stories of Awkward Love
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Webster's Wine Bar
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Letters/X
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Apollo Theater
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Don't Fret
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Johalla Projects
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Make Up Make Out
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Reuben Wu
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Ladytron
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Perfect Kiss
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Heaven Malone
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Beauty Bar
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Nerds at Heart Love Fest
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Rebel Bar
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Pink Frost
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Runnies
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Touched by Ghoul
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Melina Ausikaitis
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Old Black & Blue Eyes
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Gel Set
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Project Onward
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Vamos
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Rabble Rabble
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the Owl
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Logan Square
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The Whistler
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White Mystery
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Absolutely Not
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Twin Peaks
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Post Honeymoon
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Schubas
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 4, 2013
Sayonara, Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge
RIP Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge
By Kate Schmidt
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Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge
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Mike Sula
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Lure Izakaya Pub
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Union Sushi & Barbeque Grill
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River North restaurants
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Old Town restaurants
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Bob Roth
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Seijiro Matsumoto
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Annie Zheng
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Slurping Turtle
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Masaki
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Noon Hour Grill
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Yuzu Sushi & Robata Grill
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Chizakaya
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Yusho
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favorite restaurants of 2012
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Sumi Robata Bar
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 26, 2012
124 tasty things from 2012
I ate it all
By Mike Sula
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Slurping Turtle
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Bar Toma
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Goosefoot
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Three Floyd's Brewpub
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Katsu
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Nha Hang Viet Nam
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Nhu Lan Bakery
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Munster Donut
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Yusho
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Acadia
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Sheeba (RIP)
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Alan Lake
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Bread & Wine
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Sankalp
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Publican Quality Meats
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Hagen’s
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Urban Union
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Lake Langano
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RPM
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Bar Ombra
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Au Cheval
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Baconfest
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Cho Jung
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Allium
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Letherbee gin
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Nellcote
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The Nut House
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Balena
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Al Bawadi Grill
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Troquet
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Frog N Snail
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Monti’s
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Premise (R.I.P.)
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Spinzer Restaurant
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ScofflawPhil’s Last Stand
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Ma Gong La Po
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Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana
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Antique Taco
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Cuenca’s Bakery
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Kai Zan
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Graham Elliot Bistro
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Olga’s Deli
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Himshikar
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Smoking Goose’s Delaware Fireball
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Dragon Ranch
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Trenchermen
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Yvolina’s Tamales
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Savoy
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Spencer’s Jolly Posh Food
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Ghareeb Nawaz
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Wood
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Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf
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Best Naan
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P.E. Mullins
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Masaki
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Journeyman Distillery’s Featherbone Bourbon
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Bonsoiree
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28-year-old cheddar
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Covo Gyro Market
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Bare Knuckle Farm
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Butcher & Larder
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Andy Thai Kitchen
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Julien Fremont Cidre Brut par Nature
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Elizabeth
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Lao Ma La
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Valentino Pasta
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Wild Ophelia
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The Publican
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Homestyle Taste
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Northern City
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Masa Azul
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Badou
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La Sirena Clandestina
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Fat Rice Avec
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Reno
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Embeya
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Variations on a Theme
Arts & Culture
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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
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New Year's Eve
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Black Ensemble Theater
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The Jackie Wilson Story
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The Marvin Gaye Story
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One Name Only
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Bootlegger's Ball
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Moonshine Brewing Company
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Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular
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Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls
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Chemically Imbalanced Comedy
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
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Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo
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Greenhouse Theater Center
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Nerd Year's Eve
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Star Wars
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
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DANK Haus
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Feuerzangenbowle
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The Poseidon Adventure
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Music Box
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Morseland
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Slo 'Mo
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the Whistler
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Time Travel Spectacular
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Elastic
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Messing and the Wisemen
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Antony and the Tramps
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Airborne Toxic Event
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Metro
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Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires
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Lincoln Hall
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Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group
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Hideout
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Marked Men Bad Sports
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Empty Bottle
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Wanda Jackson
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Double Door
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Porter Robinson
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Congress Theater
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Beauty Bar
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Hood Internet
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Moon Boots
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Only Children
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The Castle
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Paul Oakenfold
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Evil Olive
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Porn and Chicken
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Funky Buddha Lounge
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The Mid
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The Shrine
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DJ B-Man
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Teedra Moses
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Spy Bar
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Kalendr
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Inphinity
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Gene Farris
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Acadia
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Big Jones
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Blackbird
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Hoppin' John
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Blackbird
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Chef David Posey
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Chilam Balam
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Natalie Oswald
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Deleece
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Due Lire Vino and Cucina
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Fork
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Tim Cottini
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Grass Fed
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Jerry's Andersonville
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Longman and Eagle
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Jared Wentworth
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Mercadito
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Ryan Poli
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Mercat a la Planxa
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Nana
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Park Grill
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People Tapas Lounge
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The Publican
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Brian Huston
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Senza
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Noah Sandoval
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Sepia
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Andrew Zimmerman
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Slurping Turtle
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Godzilla
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Takashi Yagihashi
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SmallBar Division
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Storefront Company
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Tesori
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Trenchermen
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Yusho
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Matthias Merges
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Zed 451
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Zocalo
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 12, 2012
One Bite: Katsu's kani ramen
Katsu, one of the best sushi restaurants in Chicago, also makes some of the best ramen
By Mike Sula
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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ramen
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kani ramen
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Katsu
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Slurping Turtle
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Takashi Yagihashi
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Santouka
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Kevin Pang
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Rob Lopata
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the PIGMON
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shoyu ramen
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Katsu Imamaura
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jampong
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 12, 2012
This week in Food & Drink
This week—January 12-18, 2012—in Food & Drink
By Kate Schmidt
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Food & Drink
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Slurping Turtle
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Takashi Yagihashi
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Takashi
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noodles
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izikayas
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Key Ingredient
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gold leaf
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Erling Wu-Bower
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the Publican
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Bryce Caron
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Blackbird
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Asian carp
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Sunda
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Roka Akor
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Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar
Food & Drink
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Restaurant Review
Aug 25, 2011
At Roka Akor, expense-account surf and turf
A pricey steak house/sushi temple pulls ahead of the neo-Japanese pack
By Mike Sula
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Roka Akor
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sashimi
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neo-Japanese
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chopsticks
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upselling
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sushi
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sashimi
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sakeGyu-Kaku
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Union Sushi & Barbecue
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Slurping Turtle
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Roka Akor Sushi & Steak
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Roka Akor Steak & Sushi
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