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Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2018
The Memorial Day Parade and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

Bike the Drive and more goings-on 5/25-5/28.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Music, Film, bike the drive, bonnie jones, experimental sound studio, memorial day parade, breezy radio, smoke daddy, sen morimoto, cannonball, empty bottle, mayfestiversary, dovetail, begyle, max clarke, cut worms, lincoln hall, the laramie project, factory theater, lgbtq, first reformed ethan hawke, the book of maggie, nox arca, dj quik, arie crown theater

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 17, 2018
Recommended
With antique spirits and goat brats, Mordecai brings fine dining to Rickettsville

Chef Matthias Merges's restaurant is the latest to open in the Hotel Zachary, across from Wrigley Field.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Mordecai restaurant, Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville, Wrigleyville restaurants, baseball, Matthias Merges, Folkart Management, Tom Ricketts, Ricketts family, Rickettsvilee, Big Star, Boka Restaurant Group, Smoke Daddy, Dutch and Doc's, Arthur J. Gallagher and Co., Gallagher company, Alex Bachman, Sole Agent, Jared Wentworth, Regards to Edith, Alexander Willis, chocolate-Fernet sundae, goat bratwurst, Hotel Zachary, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2018
How Mordecai chef-owner Matthias Merges helped transform modern fine dining

A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Archive Dive, Food & Drink, Technology, Matthias Merges, Mordecai, fine dining, Chicago fine dining, Big Star, Hotel Zachary, Wrigley Field, Smoke Daddy, Folkart Management, Gideon Sweet, Graham Elliot, Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter's, Cuisine Solutions, immersion circulator, sous vide cooking, PolyScience, Philip Preston, Niles, Grant Achatz, Rick Bayless, Paul Kahan, Homaro Cantu, Chris Jones, Just Mayo, One Off Hospitality, Blackbird, the Publican, Nico

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 7, 2018
Recommended
Lamar Moore takes the kitchen at the Currency Exchange Café

Theaster Gates’s Washington Park restaurant may be setting the stage for a soul-food comeback.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Currency Exchange Café, Theaster Gates, Washington Park, coffeehouse, coffee shops, south-side restaurants, Lamar Moore, Smoke Daddy, Tanta, barbecue, Miss Lee's Good Food, Lem's, State Street, soul food, soul bowl, Ars + Public Life Initiative, University of Chicago Arts Incubator, Bing, Gladys' Luncheonette, Izola's, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 20, 2015
Remington's will give you menu deja vu

A restaurant group known for mediocrity brings more of it to Michigan Avenue.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Remington's, 4 Star Restaurant Group, Dunlays, Frasca, Smoke Daddy, Todd Stein, MK, Cibo Matto, the Florentine, Piccolo Sogno

Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2014
Reader's Agenda Wed 7/9: Taste of Chicago, Weedeater, and Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, July 9
- By Will Greenberg
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Taste of Chicago, Connie's Pizza, M Burger, Smoke Daddy, Harold's Chicken, Janelle Monae, Jeff Tweedy, Emmylou Harris, Grant Park, Weedeater, Vukari, Marmora, Dirt Church, Reggie's Rock Club, Gene Siskel Film Center, Gore Vidal

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best barbecue

Smoque BBQ
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best barbecue, Smoque BBQ, Smoke Daddy, Smoque, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 2/2: Super Bowl parties, Ephebophilia, and "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow"

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, February 2
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Super Bowl, Denver Broncos, Riverview Tavern, Seattle Seahawks, Newport Bar & Grill, Reggie's, Quenchers, Smoke Daddy, Ephebophilia, Collaboraction, Flat Iron Building, "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at Black Colleges", Jim Crow, DuSable Museum of African American History, Danette Chavez

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Barbecue

Smoque BBQ
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2013, Smoque BBQ, Smoke Daddy, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A mystery-meat pinata, a pig roast, a Paul Virant book signing, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nellcote, The Rolling Stones, Paul Kahan, Jose Garces, Common Threads, Dank Haus, Green Festival, Navy Pier, Smoke Daddy, Cinco de Mayo, Ev Darst, Poor Elvis, The Dirty Generals, You Black Kettle, Powell Brew House, Corazon Brew, Auxiliary Art Center, National Salsa Month, Dance Academy of Salsa, Chicago mambo All Stars, Cantina Laredo, Filini, Radisson Blu, Eric Hay, Perennial Virant, Paul Virant, The Preservation Kitchen, The Book Cellar, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Molly's Cupcakes.

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Readers' Poll
Best restaurant name

Girl & the Goat voted best restaurant name
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best restaurant name, readers' poll, Girl & the Goat, Cibo Matto, Smoke Daddy, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Best-looking waitstaff

Smoke Daddy voted best-looking waitstaff
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best-looking waitstaff, Readers' poll, Smoke Daddy, Longman & Eagle, Lula Cafe, Lockdown Bar & Grill, The Smoke Daddy

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Readers' Poll
Best restaurant for a cheap date

Big Star voted best restaurant for a cheap date
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best restaurant for a cheap date, Readers' poll, Big Star, Smoke Daddy, Irazu, The Smoke Daddy, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Best barbecue

Smoque voted best barbecue
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best barbecue, Readers' poll, Smoque, Smoke Daddy, Honky Tonk Barbecue

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2011
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Carnaval, Fat Tuesday, Sunday supper at Vie, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Hal Barnett, Barnett Vineyards, wine dinner, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Rio de Janeiro, Carnaval, Portugal, Lent, festival, Brazil, SushiSamba Rio, Bloody Mary, Smoke Daddy, Miles Sullivan, Smokin' Bloody Mary, Vie, Sunday Supper, O'Donovan's, Fat Tuesday, crawfish, Mardi Gras, St. Baldrick's Foundation, Cactus Bar & Grill, Make-a-Wish Foundation, craft beer, Blokes & Birds

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2010
Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Aja, Ann Sather, Bin 36, Bistro 110, C-House, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, Chicago Diner, The Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Q, Coco Pazzo, Custom House, David Burke's Primehouse, Deleece Grill Pub, Elate, Eve, The Fireside, Fireside, Francesca's on Chestnut, Francesca's, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Markethouse, Mercat a la Planxa, NoMi, Palette Bistro, Park Grill, Peninsula Hotel, Pensiero Ristorante, Prairie Fire, Prairie Grass Cafe, Restaurant Michael, Reza's, Sixteen, Spirit of Chicago, Tavern on Rush, 33 Club, Vermilion, Wave, W Chicago, Wave at W Chicago, Weber Grill, Zed 451, Fox & Obel, Lillie's Q, Smoke Daddy, Thanksgiving, Chicago thanksgiving specials, Chicago thanksgiving restaurants, Ann Sather Café, Coco Pazzo Cafe, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Peninsula Hotel, lobby, Avenues, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, NoMi Kitchen, The Smoke Daddy

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2009
12/29 — Free Guinness Beer Tasting

Free Guinness beer tasting at Smoke Daddy Tue 12/29 at 7 PM.
- By Robyn Chang
- Tags: Free Shit, Food & Drink, Swag, Smoke Daddy, free beer tasting, Guinness beer, Guinness 250 Anniversary stout, Guinness, drinking, beer

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2009
This week's food and drink events
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground, Slow Food Chicago, Smoke Daddy, ChicaGourmets, Merlo on Maple, Jennifer 8. Lee, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, Windy City Ribs Festival, Share Our Strength, Taste of the Nation

Blogs, Bleader Apr 8, 2009
This week's food and drink events

A home-brewing contest at Binny's, a talk on food from the Ottoman Empire, tax day specials, and more.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Simply It, David Burke's Primehouse, Just Grapes, ChicaGourmets, Sheffield's, Chicago Home Brew contest, Sam Adams Longshot, Moonshine, Frasca Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Smoke Daddy, Brasserie Jo, Talking Turkey, Channon Mondoux, Binnyâ€™s South Loop, Clash of the Titans: Champagne vs. the Rest of the World, Sour Night, tax day specials, Cheng's Chinese and Sushi, Koi, Ottoman food

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2008
New Year's Day Brunch

Where to go out for brunch on New Year's Day
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Fiddlehead Cafe, NoMI, Hot Chocolate, Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba, Frasca Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Smoke Daddy, New Year's Day brunch, Angelina Ristorante, Dunlays, The Greenhouse, Jake Melnick's Corner Tap, Uncommon Ground on Clark, Uncommon Ground on Devon

Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2008
Heads Up

This week's talks, tastings, and events.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Cellar Rat, Cooking Fools, Lush Wine and Spirits, North Shore Distillery, Nickel & Nickel, All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America?, Joel Berg, Schmaltz Jewbelation, Smoke Daddy, Good/Bad Santa Party, Fifty/50, Chicago food events, Chicago wine events

Music, Critic's Choice Jan 17, 2002
Alex "Easy Baby" Randall
- By David Whiteis
- Tags: Critic's Choice, Alex "Easy Baby" Randall, Harp, Harmonica, Drums, Blues, Smoke Daddy

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Bike the Drive and more goings-on 5/25-5/28.

Chef Matthias Merges's restaurant is the latest to open in the Hotel Zachary, across from Wrigley Field.

A phone call to PolyScience in Niles resulted in the popularization of immersion circulators in restaurant kitchens.

Theaster Gates’s Washington Park restaurant may be setting the stage for a soul-food comeback.

A restaurant group known for mediocrity brings more of it to Michigan Avenue.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, July 9

Smoque BBQ

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, February 2

Smoque BBQ

A mystery-meat pinata, a pig roast, a Paul Virant book signing, and more

Girl & the Goat voted best restaurant name

Smoke Daddy voted best-looking waitstaff

Big Star voted best restaurant for a cheap date

Smoque voted best barbecue

Carnaval, Fat Tuesday, Sunday supper at Vie, and more.

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

Free Guinness beer tasting at Smoke Daddy Tue 12/29 at 7 PM.

A home-brewing contest at Binny's, a talk on food from the Ottoman Empire, tax day specials, and more.

Where to go out for brunch on New Year's Day

This week's talks, tastings, and events.

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