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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 21, 2018
Is Matthias Merges and Graham Elliot's Gideon Sweet the second coming of Yusho?

Not quite, but the Randolph Street restaurant comes close.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Matthias Merges, Graham Elliot, Gideon Sweet, Randolph Street restaurants, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Lucky Dorr, Old Irving Brewing Company, Mari Katsumura, Yoshi Katsumura, Yoshi's Cafe, Entente, Ty Fujimara, Avondale, Logan Square, Hyde Park, Lakeview, Avenues at the Peninsula, Top Chef, Graham Elliot Bistro, celebrity chefs, Alex Bachman, Michael Shrader, Charlie Trotter, Charlie Trotter's, Chicago fine dining, Chicago restaurant history

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2017
Stella’s Batting Cages hits it out of the park with Major League Baseball snack foods—and sushi

Robin Choi chefs up a suburban snack bar.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Stellas Batting Cages, baseballs, street food, sushi, Korean food, softball, fries, hot dogs, poutine corn dogs, fried chicken soft-shell crab, pork belly, burgers, Robin Choi, Kabocha, Japonais by Morimoto, Yusho, Boka group, Dokku, Randa Shin, Furious Spoon

Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2017
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More than 1.2 million people could be getting partial refunds for red light tickets, and other Chicago news

Also, CPS is expecting about 8,000 fewer students for the 2017-2018 school year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, red light cameras, red light tickets, lawsuit settlements, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Forrest Claypool, Steve Koch, Bob Rivkin, Chicago Transit Authority, City Hall, Roberto Maldonado, Chicago Police Department, police body cameras, Hamilton, Miguel Cervantes, epilepsy, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, CURE, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Yusho Hyde Park, Charlie Trotter's, Folkart Restaurant Management, Billy Sunday, A10, restaurant closings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2016
Talking Taste Talks Chicago with Lula Cafe chef Jason Hammel

The upcoming food-centric conference features parties, meals, panel discussions, and chef demos.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Taste Talks Chicago, Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, Flavors + Sound, All-Star Barbecue, Matthias Merges, Yusho, John Manion, La Sirena Clandestina, Beverly Kim, Parachute, Andy Ricker, Pok Pok, Sarah Grueneberg, Paul McGee, Jimmy Bannos Jr., Abe Conlon, Tony Mantuano, Spiaggia, Carrie Nahabedian, Charlie Trotter's, Carlos Gaytan, Le Francais

Food & Drink, Fall Preview Sep 2, 2016
Five new beer-centric spots opening in the fall

Moody Tongue’s tasting room and much more brewing around Chicago
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Fall Preview, Lo Rez Brewing, Moody Tongue Brewing Company, Old Irving Brewing Co., Great Central Brewing Company, Great Central Brewing Company, Mark Legenza, Jared Rouben, Dave Dahl, Kevin Lilly, Mark Poffenberger, Sun King Brewing, Matthias Merges, Michael Sheerin, Yusho, A10, Trevor Rose-Hamblin, Blackbird, Trenchermen

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2015
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How a cook from Tennessee is making himself into a Japanese chef

Talking with Momotaro cook and rising Japanese chef Scott Malloy about how a kid from Tennessee learned to love Japanese food.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Scott Malloy, Becky Malloy, Ceres Table, Momotaro, izakaya, Yusho, L2O, Arami, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 24, 2015
Previewing the ramen for lliana Regan's Wunder POP this spring

First look at the ramen bar that will launch the pop-up series at Iliana Regan's Wunder POP.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Iliana Regan, Mikey Mudrick, Bunny a Micro Bakery, Wunder POP, ramen, pop-ups, Furious Spoon, Yusho, Shin Thompson

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2015
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A Gilt Bar bartender takes the bite out of salty, sour pickled fruit

Challenged to create a cocktail with umeboshi, Gilt Bar's Rémy Walle creates a spin on the Vieux Carré.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Gilt Bar, Rémy Walle, umeboshi, Vieux Carre, Jong Boo Market, Samurai Wake-Up Call, Donnie Krause, Yusho, Alex Enochs, Charlatan, cocktail challenge, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 19, 2014
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A Yusho bartender makes a recreational cocktail with Robitussin

Challenged to create a drink with cough syrup, Donnie Krause turns it into a (more refined) syrup.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Booze, Food & Drink, Donnie Krause, Yusho, Robitussin, lean, Graham Courter, cocktail challenge, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2014
What to eat and see this weekend at Open House Chicago

Open House Chicago is a great chance to go inside buildings—and a great excuse to go inside nearby restaurants.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Open House Chicago, Chicago Architecture Foundation, bridgeport, back of the yards, bronzeville, edgewater, garfield park, north lawndaale, power house high, goose island, hyde park, yusho, zeleski & horvath, pilsen, beurrage, carnitas urapan, goose island shrimp house, prairie avenue, nepal house, flo & santos, pullman, south shore, hotel florence, soul vegetarian east, frank lloyd wright, emil bach house, khan bbq, udupi palace, uptown, banh mi, sun wah, nha hang

Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2014
One Bite: Logan Poser Ramen 2.0

The new and improved version of a Yusho hipster classic
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Yusho, Chizakaya, Harold Jurado, ramen, Logan Poser Ramen

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 5, 2014
What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?

Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestle, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, chefs, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney, Homaro Cantu, food industry, food brands, Nestlé, Kraft, Lean Cuisine, snackpicks.com, Kellogg's, recipes, Alinea, Nick Kokonas, restaurant chefs, chefs, Trio, recipe development, brainstorming, focus groups, product evaluations, United Airlines, McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, National Pork Board, Dairy Management Inc., Tony Mantuano, Nutrisystem, Quaker, Burger King, test kitchens, marketing, frozen food, Lean Cuisine's Culinary Roundtable, Lucien Vendôme, Nestle's Stouffer's Hotels, consulting, product development, chef technologists, mass production, Donnie Madia, Topolobampo, 7-Layer Burrito, One Off Hospitality, Blackbird, Avec, Big Star, The Violet Hour, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Nico Osteria, Claudia Sutherland, ideation, flavor, ingredients, research and development, food science, menus, creativity, Kraft Foods, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder, nondisclosure agreements, Harry Crane, Le Titi De Paris, airline food, Kendall College, Kantha Shelke, processed foods, transparency, Corvus Blue, research, Healthy Choice, Cargill, Land O'Lakes, Hillshire Farm, avocado, Seana Monahan, avocado, chocolate, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Charlie Trotter's, Cuisine Solutions, Gate Gourmet, food manufacturing, sous vide method, Thomas Keler, Daniel Boulud, Charlie Trotter, PolyScience, Philip Preston, immersion circulators, Moto, Cantu Designs, General Mills, Hampton Creek Foods, Chris Jones, Whole Foods, Just Mayo, prototypes

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 27, 2013
A10, the much-anticipated Hyde Park restaurant, is for now a B minus

Matthias Merges gets an A for effort, though.
- By Mara Shalhoup
- Tags: Restaurant Review, A10, criticism, Chicago Reader, restaurant ratings, grading restaurants, stars, movie reviews, recommendations, Matthias Merges, Charlie Trotter, Yusho, Billy Sunday, Hyde Park, south side, University of Chicago, Harper Court, development, Avondale, neighborhoods, Logan Square, design, decor, bars, cocktails, draft cocktails, simplicity, chicken liver, snails, steak, cauliflower, raisins, boudin noir, blood sausage, squid, salted cod, rapini, pizza, eggplant, burrata, seafood, pasta, sauces, potatoes, service

Arts & Culture, New Year's Eve Dec 17, 2013
The Reader's Guide to New Year's Eve 2013

The best places to be when the ball drops
- Tags: New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve 2013, Black Ensemble Theater New Year's Eve Celebration, Black Ensemble Theater Cultural Center, Bootlegger's Ball, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, The Crystal Gardens at Navy Pier, First Night Evanston, 1st Ward and Chop Shop, Ignite the Night, iO Theater's New Year's Eve, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Mr. Olsen's New Year's Rockin' Neighborhood, New Year's Eve at the DANK Haus, Moulin Rouge, Music Box, New Year's Eve Revolution, Official Playboy New Year's Eve Soiree, Pleasure Principle, Baathhaus, Big Dipper, Crowbar, Death, Dessa, Roky Erickson, Hounds of Baskerville, Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys, Girl Group Chicago, Jimmy Eat World, Smoking Popes, Lawrence Arms, Black Joe Lewis, Local H, Motion City Soundtrack, Mucca Pazza, Oozing Wound, Magic Milk, Jimmy Whispers, The Castle, Club Foot, Enclave, Estate Ultra Bar, The Fifty/50, Funky Buddha Lounge, Headquarters Beercade, Howl at the Moon, The Mid, the Palace, Spy Bar, Three Dots and a Dash, The Underground, Vertigo Sky Lounge, Acadia, Ada St., Avec, Big Jones, Boarding House, CH Distillery, Chilam Bilham, Coutnry Barbeque, The Drawing Room, Due Lire, Dusek's, Fork, Homestead, Hot Chocolate, La Sirena Clandestina, Le Colonial, Longman & Eagle, Lula Cafe, Mercadito, Rodan, Senza, SmallBar Dvision, Table, Donkey & Stick, Tesori, Travelle, Trenchermen, Yusho

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2013
Reader's Agenda Mon 11/11: Logan Square Chef's Dinner, Bruce Vilanch, and Colin Meloy

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, November 11
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Logan Square Chef's Dinner, Lula Cafe, Logan Square, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice, Johnny Anderes, Telegraph, Bang Bang Pie Shop, Comfort Station, Hollywood Squares, Bruce Vilanch, Victor/Victoria, Sidetrack, Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival, Robbie Fulks, Chicago, Hideout, Pussycat Trio

Blogs, Bleader Sep 12, 2013
Matthias Merges, and why the U. of C. wants you to eat in Hyde Park

Can the University of Chicago create a hot new restaurant neighborhood?
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Matthias Merges, University of Chicago, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Longman & Eagle

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 17, 2013
Two Logan Square chefs pay homage to Lula

Matthias Merges of Billy Sunday and Yusho and Jeff Mauro of Jam meet for lunch at the neighborhood trailblazer.
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2013, Logan Square, Lula Cafe, Jason Hammel, Amalea Tschilds, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Billy Sunday, Jeff Mauro, Jam restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, Ukrainian Village, Fat Rice, Longman & Eagle, Jam

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 4, 2013
Recommended
It's always sunny in Billy Sunday

Drinks at a new Logan Square cocktail destination are out of step with the season. That's not a bad thing.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Billy Sunday, bars, Logan Square, misheard lyrics, Billy Sunday, Alex Bachman, John Vermiglio, pickled sardines, bar names, cocktails, salad, menus, rabbit pot pie, vegetarian options, fish, duck confit, restaurant names, John Vermiglio, Matthias Merge, Yusho, Graham Elliot Bistro, Table Fifty-Two, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 25, 2013
Recommended
Pure minimalism at Sumi Robata Bar

The Japanese barbecue that others are afraid to be
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Sumi Robata Bar, Gene Kato, Japonais, Yusho, robatayaki, izakaya, binchotan, robata, Union Sushi and Barbecue, Roka Akor, Sushi Samba Rio, simple menus, Alinea, Moé Kobayashi, River North, Japanese restaurants, Japanese cuisine, Japanese barbecue, barbecue, MorSo, Charcoal Bar, sake, wine, beer, tea, cocktails, Mathew Lipsky, Untitled, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jan 4, 2013
Sayonara, Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge

RIP Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mizu Yakitori & Sushi Lounge, Mike Sula, Lure Izakaya Pub, Union Sushi & Barbeque Grill, River North restaurants, Old Town restaurants, Bob Roth, Seijiro Matsumoto, Annie Zheng, Slurping Turtle, Masaki, Noon Hour Grill, Yuzu Sushi & Robata Grill, Chizakaya, Yusho, favorite restaurants of 2012, Sumi Robata Bar

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2012
124 tasty things from 2012

I ate it all
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Year in Review, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Slurping Turtle, Bar Toma, Goosefoot, Three Floyd's Brewpub, Katsu, Nha Hang Viet Nam, Nhu Lan Bakery, Munster Donut, Yusho, Acadia, Sheeba (RIP), Alan Lake, Bread & Wine, Sankalp, Publican Quality Meats, Hagen’s, Urban Union, Lake Langano, RPM, Bar Ombra, Au Cheval, Baconfest, Cho Jung, Allium, Letherbee gin, Nellcote, The Nut House, Balena, Al Bawadi Grill, Troquet, Frog N Snail, Monti’s, Premise (R.I.P.), Spinzer Restaurant, ScofflawPhil’s Last Stand, Ma Gong La Po, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, Antique Taco, Cuenca’s Bakery, Kai Zan, Graham Elliot Bistro, Olga’s Deli, Himshikar, Smoking Goose’s Delaware Fireball, Dragon Ranch, Trenchermen, Yvolina’s Tamales, Savoy, Spencer’s Jolly Posh Food, Ghareeb Nawaz, Wood, Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf, Best Naan, P.E. Mullins, Masaki, Journeyman Distillery’s Featherbone Bourbon, Bonsoiree, 28-year-old cheddar, Covo Gyro Market, Bare Knuckle Farm, Butcher & Larder, Andy Thai Kitchen, Julien Fremont Cidre Brut par Nature, Elizabeth, Lao Ma La, Valentino Pasta, Wild Ophelia, The Publican, Homestyle Taste, Northern City, Masa Azul, Badou, La Sirena Clandestina, Fat Rice Avec, Reno, Embeya, Variations on a Theme

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

Arts & Culture, 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
- Tags: New Year's Eve, Black Ensemble Theater, The Jackie Wilson Story, The Marvin Gaye Story, One Name Only, Bootlegger's Ball, Moonshine Brewing Company, Burlesque New Year's Eve Striptacular, Gorilla Tango's Geek Girls, Chemically Imbalanced Comedy, Chemically Imbalanced Theater, Kiss Kiss Cabaret New Year's Eve Hullabaloo, Greenhouse Theater Center, Nerd Year's Eve, Star Wars, Challengers Comics + Conversation, DANK Haus, Feuerzangenbowle, The Poseidon Adventure, Music Box, Morseland, Slo 'Mo, the Whistler, Time Travel Spectacular, Elastic, Messing and the Wisemen, Antony and the Tramps, Airborne Toxic Event, Metro, Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires, Lincoln Hall, Eternals Espiritu Zombi Group, Hideout, Marked Men Bad Sports, Empty Bottle, Wanda Jackson, Double Door, Porter Robinson, Congress Theater, Beauty Bar, Hood Internet, Moon Boots, Only Children, The Castle, Paul Oakenfold, Evil Olive, Porn and Chicken, Funky Buddha Lounge, The Mid, The Shrine, DJ B-Man, Teedra Moses, Spy Bar, Kalendr, Inphinity, Gene Farris, Acadia, Big Jones, Blackbird, Hoppin' John, Blackbird, Chef David Posey, Chilam Balam, Natalie Oswald, Deleece, Due Lire Vino and Cucina, Fork, Tim Cottini, Grass Fed, Jerry's Andersonville, Longman and Eagle, Jared Wentworth, Mercadito, Ryan Poli, Mercat a la Planxa, Nana, Park Grill, People Tapas Lounge, The Publican, Brian Huston, Senza, Noah Sandoval, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Godzilla, Takashi Yagihashi, SmallBar Division, Storefront Company, Tesori, Trenchermen, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Zed 451, Zocalo

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Dec 12, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: cashew apples

Dave Beran of Next straightens out an "off-balance" false fruit
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Dave Berran, cashew apples, Matthias Merges, Yusho, false fruits, Next, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Nov 26, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: sea cucumber

Matthias Merges of Yusho fries up some slimy echinoderms
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, sea cucumber, cooking, Matthias Merges, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, collagen, Yusho, Video

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