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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 26, 2020
Pride is alive this year at Lost Lake's Chick-Feel-Gay 2.0

Don't let Christian-corporate fast food tell you anything different: fried chicken is queer.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Dani Kaplan, Lost Lake, Chick-fil-A, Brave Space Alliance, Chicago Period Project, fried chicken, Chick-Feel-Gay, Pride 2020, LGBTQ

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Jun 13, 2019
Thattu, the city's only Keralite restaurant, began with a biscuit

There's a specialist in the cuisine of Kerala tucked inside the new West Loop food hall Politan Row.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Booze, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Kairali Food & Events, Thattu, Margaret Pak, Kimski, Kerala, Indian food, Keralite food, Malayalam food, Korean food, kimchi, khara biscuits, masala biscuits, Politan Row, upma, curry, fried chicken, Mainland India

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 9, 2018
Recommended
Wicker Park's Ina Mae Tavern is New Orleans in a bottle

Chef Brian Jupiter embraces the food of his foundation.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Ina Mae Tavern & Packaged Goods, Brian Jupiter, Beechwood Inn, Wicker Park, Wicker Park bars, Wicker Park restaurants, Cajun-creole restaurants, New Orleans, Cajun-creole food, po'boys, SnoWizard shaved ice machine, gumbo ya-ya, gumbo z'herbes, Fifolet, Pearl's Southern Comfort, Luella's Southern Kitchen, eggplant Orleans, oysters, fried chicken, drop biscuit, doberge cake, Dixie Beer, Abita Beer, hurricanes, Cafe du Monde, beignets, poor man's seafood tower, southern food, rye, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 3, 2018
Recommended
Radio Anago is Brendan Sodikoff’s sushi cave under the deep dark sea …

Hogsalt Hospitality takes a pure, respectful approach to fish amid River North’s culinary cliches.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Radio Anago, Brendan Sodikoff, Hogsalt Hospitality, Sawada Matcha, Sawada Coffee, River North, sushi, Hari Chan, Macku Chan, Kaze Chan, Macku Sushi, Momotaro, Heat, Mirai Sushi, Heat, uni shooters, pork belly buns, California Tamaki Gold, sushi rice, uni, Military Latte, fried chicken, gold leaf, 80s cuisine, Jiro, soft serve, cocktails, boozy steamer, mai tai, old-fashioned, yukhoe, Wagyu tartare, houji, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
Lupe Fiasco loves Harold’s Chicken, but does he know which Harold’s is best?

In 2006, Mike Sula went on an epic fried chicken tour to find out.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, Food & Drink, Music, Hip-Hop, Harold's Chicken Shack, Lupe Fiasco, Mike Sula, fried chicken

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 23, 2018
Recommended
The pan-Asian S.K.Y. opens on Pilsen

Former Intro chef Stephen Gillanders’s vision alights on a gentrifying 18th Street.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Hot Star Large Fried Chicken, fried chicken, S.K.Y., Stephen Gillanders, Lettuce Entertain You, Intro, the Pump Room, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, pan-Asian cuisine, gentrification, HaiSous, Furious Spoon, Cà Phê Dá, Recommended

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 14, 2017
Video
Underrated young rapper Charlie Curtis-Beard drops his ambitious second album

Plus: LGBTQ prisoner-advocate group Black and Pink throws a benefit show at Elastic, and weirdo beat project Spa Moans celebrates a new tape at the Hideout.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Charlie Curtis-Beard, Childish, Existentialism on Lake Shore Drive, rap, hip-hop, Fried Chicken, Can’t See Clear, Nebraska, Columbia College, Black and Pink, Elastic Arts, benefit, LGBTQ, prison, re-entry, Plus Sign, Rahim Salaam, Polish Gifts, Cyber Pink, Negative Scanner, Porno Glows, Dianetics, Drag City, Hide, Melissa Almandina, Nancy Sanchez, Brown & Proud Press, Grace Mattingly, Spa Moans, Jenny Polus, Jenny Pulse, Obedient Vibrations, Drop Medium Recording Technologies, Empty Bottle, Video

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best new food trend

Fried Chicken
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, best new food trend, fried chicken, doughnuts, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Fried Chicken

The Roost Carolina Kitchen
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2014, fried chicken, The Roost Carolina Kitchen, Joe Scroggs, Prince's Nashville, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2014
Battle Hot Chicken: The Roost vs. Leghorn

Nashville-style hot is the latest weapon in the fried chicken war.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Leghorn, The Roost, fried chicken, Nashville, hot chicken, Prince's Hot Chicken Shack, Parson's, The Southern, Thornton Prince, Andre Prince

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Apr 11, 2014
Spritz Burger: Last seat on the burger bandwagon

The Hearty Boys team up with pastry chef Gale Gand for a burger joint.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Spritz Burger, Lakeview, Dan Smith, Steve McDonagh, Hearty Boys, Gale Gand, Tru, burgers, Malort, cocktails, Hearty, spritzers, pastry chefs, desserts, beef, Kuma's, poutine, bread pudding, cheese, eggs, hollandaise sauce, Spam, lettuce, tomatoes, chutney, turkey, turkey burgers, beets, panko, shrimp, chicken, liver, bread, garlic, batter, fried chicken, brisket, root beer, latkes, mac 'n' cheese, Cheetos, tator tots, lemon meringue pie, pies, syrups, bitters, soda siphons, gine, port, amaro, rum, batavia

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 14, 2014
Rough waters at Kinmont

The Element Collective’s fish house falls short of doing great things with sustainable seafood.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Kinmont, Duncan Biddulph, seafood, Element Collective, sustainable seafood, fish, Old Town Social, Nellcote, fried chicken, food trends, Leghorn Chicken, oyster bars, supper clubs, Field & Stream, Lettuce Entertain You, Rootstock Wine Bar, Lula Cafe, menus, entrees, appetizers, fisherman's stew, shellfish, oysters, mussels, celery, shallots, crab, salmon, salmon tartare, eggs, salmon roe, Au Cheval, smoked fish, dairy, smoked-trout reubens, trout, rye bread, sandwiches, sauerkraut, french fries, squid ink, shrimp, spaghetti, sturgeon, cauliflower, radicchio, cobia, butternut squash, black garlic, sardines, cocktails, beer, wine, desserts, apple pie, chedddar-caramel sauce

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 18, 2013
Life's too short and the line's too long at Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Avondale's long-awaited fried chicken shack is well intentioned but problematic.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Avondale, fried chicken, Joshua Kulp, Christine Cikowski, Sunday Dinner Club, Prince's Hot Chicken, boneless chicken

Blogs, Bleader Aug 26, 2013
Big chicken at Smalls Smoke Shack

The tiny Irving Park joint does some decent barbecue too.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Smalls Smoke Shack & More, barbecue, BBQ, fried chicken, Korean food, Filipino food, Brown Bag Lunch, Lost & Found Lounge, Parson's Chicken & Fish, Honey Butter Fried Chicken

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 15, 2013
Endgrain: The good, the bad, and the biscuit

On an uneven menu, there's one thing that really stands out.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Enoch Simpson, Roscoe Village, Endgrain, Girl & the Goat, Nightwood, biscuits, doughnuts, marble rye, pumpernickel pasta, tomato sauce, artichoke hearts, zucchini, chevre, Thai, nam sod salad, ground pork, kimchi, smoked-fish sandwich, tomato remoulade, gruyere, Parmesan, mushroom and rapini tart, chicken, Sausage gravy, fried chicken, Terragusto, Billy Sunday

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 24, 2013
Recommended
The Big Star of chicken shacks

Parson's Chicken & Fish is a summer party at a hipster Harold's—for now.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Parson's Chicken & Fish, hot sauces, fish, chicken, pollock, hush puppies, baccala, funnel cake, clam rolls, shrimp, salad, oysters, cheese toast, octopus, bars, beer, Negroni slushy, michelada, Dip Unit, hip-hop, Harold's Chicken Shack, YouTube, fried chicken, upscale fried chicken, Big Jones, Honey Butter Fried Chicken, Logan Square, Longman & Eagle, Big Star, cocktails, patios, whiskey, Ping-Pong, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jul 24, 2012
Pecking at Pecking Order

Kristine Subido's Filipino-ish chicken joint hasn't yet lived up to its promise
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Pecking Order, Kristine Subido, fried chicken, chicken, Filipino food, halo halo

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2012
Some food porn from My Mother's Kitchen

Some snaps from a newish Galewood soul food restaurant
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, soul food, Galewood, fried chicken, My Mother's Kitchen, Carol Simmons

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2009
4/2 -- Free chicken sandwiches at Pollo Campero

Free fried or grilled chicken sandwiches at local Pollo Campero outlets
- By Alex Yablon
- Tags: Free Shit, Swag, fried chicken, sandwiches, Pollo Campero, grilled chicken

Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2007
Fried chicken chat

Fried chicken this winter at West Town Tavern.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, West Town Tavern, fried chicken

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