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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 13, 2013
The Next level of vegan

Next's Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, vegan menus, Next Vegan, Fulton Market, vegetarian menus, vegetarian fine dining, fine dining, television, vegetables, HBO, Upton's, meat substitutes, The Wire, The Handlebar, Chicago Diner, David Beran, vegans, vegetarians, Mike Sula, mushrooms, chard, douchi, bean paste, seitan, small bites, avocado puree, presentations, Aviary, scavenging, nori dumplings, leeks, banana, cider vinegar, apple, lichen, service, showmanship, Next

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2013
Where to fulfill your most intense food obsessions

Pie. Handmade noodles. Tacos. Italian subs. Bagels. Mac 'n' cheese. Tamales. Hot dogs. Pizza. Espresso. Oysters. And vegan everything.
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Hoosier Mama Pie Shop, Zocalo, Frontera, El Taco Veloz, pie, El Charro de San, L'patron, El Faro, Atotonilco, noodles, Los Gallos, Taqueria Moran, Harvest Time Foods, coffee, Quesedilla Reyna del Sur, Manolo's Tamales, El Milagro, Rosas Tamales, espresso, Superdawg, Big Guys, Gene and Jude's, Red Hot Ranch, vegan food, Chubby Wieners, oysters, subs, Italian subs, mac 'n' cheese, bagels, pizza, tacos, tamales, hot dogs, Twitter, Facebook, food obsessions, First Slice Pie Cafe, Bang Bang Pie Shop, Katy's Dumpling House, Jibek Jolu, Lazzat Euro Asian Cuisine, Intelligentsia, Wormhole Coffee, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, The Handlebar, Soul Vegetarian East, Arya Bhavan, Chicago Diner, Native Foods Cafe, Blind Faith Cafe, Shaw's Crab House, GT Fish & Oyster, The Publican, Bari Foods, D'Amato's #1 Italian and French Bakery, Gratto Pizzeria & Deli, Half Italian, Schubas, Kuma's Corner, New York Bagel & Bialy, Kaufman's Bagel & Delicatessen, The Bagel, Santullo's Eatery, Dante's Pizzeria, Pizza Metro, Art of Pizza, Bacci Pizzeria, Village Pizza, Once Upon a Bagel

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 14, 2013
Twelve essential watering holes

Chicago booze enthusiasts (including Reader staffers) share their expert tips for drinking across the city, from morning to late night to the morning after.
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Neu!, Michael Rother, Slows Bar BQ, Detroit, bars, mac 'n' cheese, Jason Burrell, winter, dark, stained glass, Adam Vavrick, Binny's, hops, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Lagunitas Tap Room, hops, ChaNell Marshall, cocktails, beer, tater tots, art, Second Friday, Luca Cimarusti, after-work drinks, Erin Hayes, brunch, Chicago Reader, Kevin Warwick, Mara Shalhoup, Philip Montoro, Julia Thiel, The Handlebar, Green Mill, Inner Town Pub, Hopleaf, Ward Eight, Skylark, Barrelhouse Flat, The Drawing Room, The Publican, The Gage, La Sirena Clandestina, Long Room, Rainbo Club, Small Bar

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2011
In this week's Reader: veggie mania

In this week's Reader: a collaborative guide to vegetarian and vegan Chicago, Key Ingredient haggis
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Behind Our Scenes, vegetarianism, veganism, Dan Staackmann, Upton's Naturals, Hugh Amano, Food on the Dole, Chicago Diner, Mickey Hornick, meat substitutes, seitan, Paul McGee, the Whistler, Cardinal Punch, Arya Bhavan, Ethiopian Diamond, The Handlebar, Karyn's on Green, Quesadilla, Urban Vegan, Victory's Banner

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 17, 2011
Vegetarian questions and answers

Health myths, survival tips, recipes, and vices from 17 vegetarian, vegan, and veg-friendly Chicagoans
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, vegetarian, vegan, health, environment, vegetarian recipe, vegetarian cookbook, Green Zebra, Soul Vegetarian East, Chicago Diner, The Whistler, The Handlebar, Karyn's on Green, Lula Cafe, Boka, Girl & the Goat, Schwa, Whistler

Arts & Culture, Calendar Jul 20, 2011
The Reader Agenda

Soul Train, French fare, hipster poetry, a fashion challenge, and more
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Special Event, Soul Train, Expo 72, Chicago Cultural Center, Third Coast International Audio Festival, Third Coast Listening Rooms, Make 'Em Laugh, Old Town School of Folk Music, Gwen Macsai, Stuart Flack, Chicago Humanities Festival, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Chuck Berry, Don Cornelius, Friday Night Groove, Bistro Voltaire, French cuisine, Colin Beaumier, Kelley Deal, the Breeders, Sifu Design Studio, Bags That Rock: Knitting on the Road With Kelley Deal, knitting, Wicker Park Fest, 826CHI, Dave Landsberger, Kathleen Rooney, poetry, Thee Oh Sees, Cook Au Vin, Logan Square Farmers' Market, Logan Square Music Series: Sundays in the Park, the Handlebar, 312 Urban Wheat Ale, NEDTalks: Spreading Worthless Ideas, the Whistler, Silicon Valley, Seth Dodson, Kellen Alexander, TEDTalks, Oz Park, Movies in the Park, Alinea, Charlie Trotter's, free movies, West Side Story, Heshima Kenya, Maisha Collective, Billy Dec, Project Runway, neckwear, Grey Goose, Finch's Beer, Pure Kitchen Catering, Dancing in the Library: Body Language, the Leopold Group, the Beastie Boys, Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library

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

Chicago Diner voted best vegetarian restaurant
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best vegetarian, Readers' poll, Chicago Diner, The Handlebar, Green Zebra

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 3, 2010
Alfresco!

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Restaurant Review, outdoor dining, alfresco dining, restaurant reviews, Chicago restaurants, A Tavola, Anteprima, Athena, Bad Dog Tavern, Big Star, Birchwood Kitchen, Bistro Campagne, La Bocca Della Verita, Boka, Bonsoiree Cafe & Delicacies, Bourgeois Pig, Cafe Fresco, The Chicago Firehouse, Chief O'Neill's, Cooper's, La Creperie, Crust, Deleece, Dick's Last Resort, Duchamp, Dunlays on the Square, Enoteca Roma, Epic, Feed, The Fireside, Flatwater, Folklore, Fontana Grill & Wine Bar, Fulton's on the River, Got Spaghetti?, Halsted's Bar & Grill, The Handlebar, Heartland Cafe, Jam, Juicy Wine Company, Jury's, LM Le Restaurant, Longman & Eagle, Lutz Continental Cafe & Pastry Shop, M. Henry, Market, May Street Cafe, Moody's Pub, Nightwood, 90 Miles Cuban Cafe, 90 Miles Cuban Cafe, NoMi, Old Oak Tap, The Orbit Room, Las Palmas, Park Grill, Pasta d'Arte, Pegasus, Piccolo Sogno, Prosecco, The Purple Pig, The Red Canary, Resi's Bierstube, Roof, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Rose Angelis, Sheffield's, The Southern, SushiSamba Rio, Tapas Barcelona, Taxim, Tepatulco, The Terrace at Trump, Terzo Piano, Trattoria Isabella, Tre Kronor, Twisted Spoke, Volo Restaurant Wine Bar, Zed 451, Zella, Bonsoiree, Cucina Madonna, 694 Wine & Spirits, LM Restaurant, NoMi Kitchen, Briciola, Copper House, Grandview Tavern & Beer Garden, Pasta d'Arte Trattoria Italiana

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 5/15

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Plants and Animals, Maza, Clean Feed Festival, Chicago Cultural Center, La Madia, Professor, Daniel Kraus, Gene Siskel Film Center, Sable Kitchen & Bar, Lifeboat, Shokran, From a Fading Light, Birchwood Kitchen, Kate Zambreno, Quimby's, O Fallen Angel, The Handlebar

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 18, 2010
Logan Square on Tap

The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.
- By Mike Sula and Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Revolution Brewing, Longman & Eagle, Logan Square, hipsters, Handlebar, Josh Deth, Jim Cibak, Jason Petrie, charcuterie, Empty Bottle, Bruce Finkleman, Peter Toalson, Robert McAdams, Jared Wentworth, snout-to-tail, whole animal, Sarah Stegner, George Bumbaris, Prairie Grass Cafe, Prairie Fire, Ogilvie Metra station, Tallgrass steaks, Mint Creek Farm, Pleasant Ridge Reserve, Karyn's on Green, Revolution Brewing Company, Karyn's Cooked, Karyn's Fresh Corner, The Handlebar

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 29, 2009
Crunch, Crunch

Sixteen vegetarian and/or organic restaurants
- By Holly Greenhagen, Martha Bayne, Laura Levy Shatkin, Susannah J. Felts, Kate Schmidt, David Wilcox, Ann Sterzinger, and David Hammond
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Alice and Friends Vegetarian Cafe, Amitabul, Blind Faith Cafe, Chicago Diner, Cousin's Incredible Vitality, Crust, Delicious Cafe, Drew's Eatery, The Handlebar, Heartland Cafe, Karyn's Fresh Corner, Maxwell's at the Club, Nana, Soul Vegetarian East, Uncommon Ground, Veggie Bite, Loving Hut, Uncommon Ground on Devon

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 20, 2006
Meet the Beer Float
- By Nicholas Day
- Tags: Restaurant Review, beer, beer floats, ice cream, The Handlebar, Josh Deth, Guinness, Tim Lane, Goose Island on Clybourn, Bourbon County Stout, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Rogue's Chocolate Stout, stouts, chocolate stouts, beer, ice cream and beer pairings, Samuel Adams, 1790 Root Beer Brew, Lindemans, Bell's Expedition Stout

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The Next level of vegan

Next's Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?

Where to fulfill your most intense food obsessions

Pie. Handmade noodles. Tacos. Italian subs. Bagels. Mac 'n' cheese. Tamales. Hot dogs. Pizza. Espresso. Oysters. And vegan everything.

Twelve essential watering holes

Chicago booze enthusiasts (including Reader staffers) share their expert tips for drinking across the city, from morning to late night to the morning after.

In this week's Reader: veggie mania

In this week's Reader: a collaborative guide to vegetarian and vegan Chicago, Key Ingredient haggis

Vegetarian questions and answers

Health myths, survival tips, recipes, and vices from 17 vegetarian, vegan, and veg-friendly Chicagoans

The Reader Agenda

Soul Train, French fare, hipster poetry, a fashion challenge, and more

Best vegetarian

Chicago Diner voted best vegetarian restaurant

Alfresco!

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining

Dinner & a Show: Saturday 5/15

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Logan Square on Tap

The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.

Crunch, Crunch

Sixteen vegetarian and/or organic restaurants

Meet the Beer Float

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Next's Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?

Pie. Handmade noodles. Tacos. Italian subs. Bagels. Mac 'n' cheese. Tamales. Hot dogs. Pizza. Espresso. Oysters. And vegan everything.

Chicago booze enthusiasts (including Reader staffers) share their expert tips for drinking across the city, from morning to late night to the morning after.

In this week's Reader: a collaborative guide to vegetarian and vegan Chicago, Key Ingredient haggis

Health myths, survival tips, recipes, and vices from 17 vegetarian, vegan, and veg-friendly Chicagoans

Soul Train, French fare, hipster poetry, a fashion challenge, and more

Chicago Diner voted best vegetarian restaurant

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.

Sixteen vegetarian and/or organic restaurants

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