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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 27, 2018
Recommended
West Town’s Funkenhausen ain’t your opa’s German beer hall

Chef Mark Steuer (the Bedford, Carriage House, et al) gets personal but not too serious at his new West Town brasserie.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Funkenhausen, West Town, German restaurants, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, Carriage House, Hot Chocolate, Joseph Carnahan, Bohemian beer hall, Recommended

Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, International Anthem, Scott McNiece, David Allen, Uncanned Music, Jaimie Branch, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, Rob Mazurek, Hear in Now, Tomeka Reid, jazz, improvised music, The New Breed, Fly or Die, Not Living in Fear, Mazz Swift, Silvia Bolognesi, In the Moment, Rob Mazurek, Emmett Kelly, Alien Flower Sutra, A.M. Frison, Tommaso Moretti, Ben Lamar Gay, Bottle Tree, Gilt Bar, Curio, Trio in Curio, Ian Springer, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, the Bedford, Bar Deville, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Hungry Brain, Nick Mazzarella, Skylark, Elastic, Hideout, Anton Hatwich, Dylan Ryan, Frank Rosaly, Matt Lux, Mikel Avery, Rob Jacobs, Wei Zhongle, Bambi Kino Duo, Brian Case, Justin Walter, Ahleuchatistas, Irreversible Entanglements, Keir Neuringer, Luke Stewart, Camae Ayewa, Moor Mother, Ohmme, Junius Paul, Dave Vettraino, Natalie Joy, Alternate Moon Cycles, Jamire Williams, Josh Johnson

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2017
Video
More than 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago in 2017, and other news

Also, there are plenty of condos for sale in the Trump Tower.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, gun violence, gang violence, Walter Payton College Prep, Northside College Prep, Chicago Public Schools, high schools, Bruce Rauner, state budget impasse, Trump International Hotel and Tower, real estate, River North, criminal justice, The Bedford, restaurants, restaurant closings, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 26, 2012
My favorite restaurants of 2012

Philly cheese steaks, foraged fairy tales, former Portuguese colonies, and more from a not-so-calamitous year
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Year in Review 2012, Monti's, Philly cheese steaks, Yusho, Brian Runge, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Balena, Marty Fosse, Bar Ombra, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, Nella Grassano, Arami, B.K. Park, Scott Malloy, Masaki, Kai Zan, Carlo Vizconde, Melvin Vizconde, Andy Aroonrasameruang, TAC Quick, Andy's Thai Kitchen, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Carriage House, Brendan Sodikoff, Au Cheval, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, Mike Sheerin, Pat Sheerin, Trenchermen, Acadia, Ryan McCaskey, Iliana Regan, Elizabeth Restaurant, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 7, 2012
The new 'old south' at Carriage House

Mark Steuer, of the Bedford and formerly of Hot Chocolate, plays with low-country food
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, southern food, Mark Steuer, South Carolina, Paul Fehribach, old south movement, Big Jones, she-crab soup, Sterling Field, Michael Simon, Mindy Segal, the Bedford, The Carriage House, Carriage House

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2012
The siren beckons, Chaihanna closes, and more on this week's restaurant scene

On the local restaurant scene this week: La Sirena Clandestina, Brazilian brunch, and the closing of the area's only Uzbek restaurant
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Justin Anderson, the Bedford, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina, Brazilian food, smelt, Sushisamba Rio, Chaihanna, Uzbek cuisine, LTHForum

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2012
Chicago Gourmet and other food and drink events

Fall-themed events like Apple Fest and Oktoberfest usher in the new season, while artisan wines, cheeses, and spirits abound in the city this week
- By Meg Pier
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Foodease Market, Stock Your Cellar, Water Tower Place, Apple Fest, Long Grove, Chicago Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Hamburger Hop, St. Alphonsus, Oktoberfest, Kinderfest, VeganMania, Vegan Black Metal Chef, Russ Faulk, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, Chopping Block, grilled cheese, beer, Wicker Park, Bucktown, Dinner Crawl, The Bedford, Silver Cloud, Club Lucky, Jackson Junge, Chicago Independent Spirits Expo, Carmichael's Courtyard, spirits, cigars, BevX.com, Ultimate Spirits Challenge, Glencairn

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 May 31, 2012
Festivals, fund-raisers, and other food and drink events

A German festival, a wine tasting event, a 26th annual tent sale, and more
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Maifest, Louis Glunz Beers Inc, Green City Market Junior Board, Meet the Market, Seedling Fruit, The Bedford, FEW Spirits, Bon Appétit, Chicago Gourmet, Wine Riot, Wilton Tent Sale, Copco, K & Company, Do Division Street Fest, Small Bar, The Smoke Daddy, The Boundary, SausageFest Chicago, Lake View Citizens’ Council, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Tofu Processing Tour, Sun Wah BBQ, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Sun Xien Soy Products, Harry Caray’s, National Steakhouse Month, Rockit Bar & Grill, Burgerfest, Inspiration Kitchens, HighSight, Midsummer EVE of the EVE

Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2012
This week's food and drink events

The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick's Day specials, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Girl and the Goat, Kilgus Farms, Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Virtue Cider, Underground Goat, Cityscape Bar, Graystone Wines, Italiasia, Sheffield's, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Good Food Festival, Localicious, Autre Monde Cafe, Big Bowl, Big Jones, Chicago Diner, City Provisions, Duke's Ale House and Kitchen, Province, Trattoria No. 10, the Bedford, Saigon Sisters, Browntrout, Uncommon Ground, Revolution Brewing Company, Half Acre, Goose Island, Templeton Rye, Sunnyside Up, Real Dirt on Farmer John, Markethouse, Lent, Bell's Ale, Green Line, Good Food Festival, Bruce Sherman, North Pond Restaurant, Mark Mendez, Vera, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Virant, Vie, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Jennifer McLagan, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago Curling Club, Twisted Butter, World Senior Curling Championship, U.S. Curling Team, Ram Brewery, Saint Patrick's Day, 25 Degrees, The Gage, Pizza Persona, The Southern, Jerry's Wicker Park, Renaissance Hotel Chicago, Dinner Tales, Blackbird, Paul Kahan, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Olmeca Tequila, Chichicapa Mezcal, Double A, Firestone Walker XV, DJ Grimsborg, Mas de Gourgonnier, Daniel Hodge, H2Vino, Les Baux de Provence, Bistro Campagne.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A new Wrigleyville bar, Mad Men cocktails, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Little City Food Frenzy, Mana Food Bar, Coco Pazzo, Farmhouse, Loft on Lake, Little City Foundation, Wheel House, Messner's, Wrigleyville, Femme Du Coupe, Nigel O'Reilly, Fleur De Lis, Mad Men, Big Jones, The Vanishing of the Bees, Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Chicago Honey Coop, Chef Martin's Alpine Brand Sausages, Dank Haus, Highwood Sky Lantern Festival, Highwood Historicall Society, Garfield Farm Museum, Helen's Two Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Burlington, Acapulco Nightclub, The Double, The Levee, Slagel Family Farm, Great Lakes Brewery, Osterio Via Stato, Chowdah Fest, Giuseppe Tentori, GT Fish and Oyster, Mark Stauer, The Bedford, Susan Goss, West Town Tavern, Goose Island, Columbia Yacht Club, the Spice House, Ela Area Public Library, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Autre Monde Cafe & Spirits, North Shore Distillery

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A "meaty" film premiere, a cookbook signing, a wild game dinner, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground Devon, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Small Bar Fullerton, New Belgium, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread Cookbook, Foodease, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Academy Awards, Pete Miller's Seafood and Prime Steak, Fear no Art Chicago, The Dinner Party, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Luna Negro, Underground Food Collective, Tru, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Quince, Few Spirits, The Purple Pig, Heaven on Seven, The Underground, Y-Me.

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2012
In this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Bar Toma and Bar DeVille's Bradley Bolt
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bar Toma, Tony Mantuano, Roman-style pizza, Bar DeVille, Manischewitz Cherry, Bradley Bolt, Justin Anderson, the Bedford, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina

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

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
Key Ingredient turns 50 (episodes)

Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, gjetost, Michael Gebert, James Beard award, Grant Achatz, Alinea, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Grace, geraniums, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, bananas, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Shawn McClain, Green Zebra, blood, Malort, Greg Biggers, Cafe des Architectes, azuki bean paste, Jared van Camp, Old Town Social, Nellcote, Stephanie Izard, Girl and the Goat, confectioner's sugar, Erling Wu Bower, the Publican, Asian carp, Bryce Caron, Blackbird, Cary Taylor, the Southern, fish eyeballs, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, fresh blood, Shawn McClain, Green Zebra, rabbit lungs, Jeffrey Hedin, Leopold, duck Tongues, Jason Vincent, Nightwood, bamboo woms, Luke Creagan, Pops for Champagne, cod milt, Duncan Biddulph, Rootstock, bull's testicles, David Posey, Blackbird, natto, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, balut, Kristine Subido, Wave, John Anderes, Telegraph, ash, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, lamb fat

Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2011
This week in Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: El Ideas, Key Ingredient grass jelly, 12 gastropubs
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Phillip Foss, Lockwood, Meatyballs Mobile, El Ideas, Andrew Brochu, Kith & Kin, Key Ingredient, grass jelly, Michael McGill, Old Oak Tap, Rodney Staton, calves' liver, the Ogden, the Bedford, Frontier, Brian Jupiter, the Portage

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 9, 2011
The Bedford plays it safe

Even the talents of chef Mark Steuer are overshadowed by its glowing bank-vault setting
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Hot Chocolate, Southern Mac Truck, midwest

Blogs, Bleader May 20, 2011
The Big Dig Gig, seedling sales, seed giveaways, and chef demos

Grow It Yourself/Do It Yourself: Chicago area chef demos, plant sales/trades, and Green Grocer Chicago's new suburban market.
- By Vera Videnovich
- Tags: Food Chain, Free Shit, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Swag, Hyde Park Art Center, GEEE, Garfield Park Conservatory, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Green City Market, Melissa Trimmer, C House, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Michael Kingsley, Dave Esau, Dave's Specialty Foods, Green Grocer Chicago, The Arboretum of South Barrington

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

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Mar 24, 2011
Video
Key Ingredient: Bananas

Mark Steuer of the Bedford takes on the food he hates most.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient, Chef Mark Steuer, The Bedford, bananas, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Puglian Cookery, Bistronomic and Paris Club, Key Ingredient Sorghum Syrup, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Puglian cookery, new French restaurants Bistronomic and Paris Club, Key Ingredient sorghum with chef Mindy Segal
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Viktorija Todorovska, Puglia, Puglian cuisine, cavatelli, southern Italian cuisine, Italy, Bistronomi, Martial Noguier, Paris Club, Jared and R.J. Melman, Hub 51, Key Ingredient, sorghum syrup, Hot Chocolate, Mindy Segal, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, bananas

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