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Bleader
Jul 13, 2017
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Cool your sweaty corpus with stir-fried ice cream at Legend Tasty House
Chinatown's Legend Tasty House is your source for "phat" rolled ice cream
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Bleader
Jun 13, 2017
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Get the sandwich of the summer at Daley Plaza Farmers Market
Wisconsin's Baked Cheese Haus makes epic melted raclette sandwiches.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Oct 17, 2016
A sandwich designed for vampires at Revival Food Hall’s Danke
Chef Scott Manley has created a bloody good seasonal sandwich.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Nov 20, 2015
Seattle-style sticky meats go Chipotle at Glaze Teriyaki
Lakeview is the right environment for this New York-based chain.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Oct 26, 2015
The Biscuit Man's roasted lamb naan roll is a subcontinental surprise
There are two sides to the Long Room's kitchen, Sidecar
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Oct 16, 2015
Skip the fish and go French at Nami Sushi Bar
Overworked sushi and surprisingly clever fusion at this Ravenswood spot
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Oct 1, 2015
Do the Cha Cha Cha at Jinya Ramen Bar
The country's fastest-growing ramen chain arrives in Lincoln Park.
By Mike Sula
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Santouka
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Mitsuwa Marketplace
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High Five Ramen
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Furious Spoon
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MK
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Jonathan Gold
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Bleader
Aug 13, 2015
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Worlds collide with the banh mi cevapcici at Sunset Pho Caffe
Out of love was born this Viet-Croatian sausage sandwich sensation.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
Jul 29, 2015
Don't just drive by this taco spot's house-made tortillas
The great little taco joint on Western that nearly got away.
By Michael Gebert
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Bleader
Jul 21, 2015
Dispatches from Olive Garden's #BreadstickNation
The Italian-American food chain sent food trucks into Chicago last week.
By Gwynedd Stuart
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Bleader
Jul 10, 2015
Luke's Lobster serves a proper lobster roll in the Loop
The NYC minichain brings a Taste of Maine to Chicago.
By Mike Sula
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Red's Eats
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Bleader
Jun 19, 2015
Swallow your shame at Taco in a Bag
Walking tacos from two champion competitive eaters.
By Mike Sula
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Glutton Force Five
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Bleader
Jun 4, 2015
At last, here's hunter beef pastrami, the
Low and Slow
way
It's Pakistani pastrami.
By Mike Sula
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Gary Wiviott
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Low & Slow 2: The Art of Barbecue
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Low and Slow: Master the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons
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Barn & Company
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Bleader
May 26, 2015
Paul Fehribach shares a recipe from
The Big Jones Cookbook
: gumbo z'herbes
Go green with this veggie-centric stew from the Chicago chef's collection of southern specialties.
By Mike Sula
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Bleader
May 20, 2015
Go big or go home at Machetes Big Quesadillas
Quesadillas as big as a machete in Archer Heights
By Mike Sula
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Las Quecas
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Bleader
May 1, 2015
Fall in
Cookie Love
with Mindy Segal's Brownie Krinkles
A recipe from the pasty chef's new cookbook
Cookie Love
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By Mike Sula
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Cookie Love
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Kate Leahy
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Bleader
Mar 10, 2015
The Corned Beef Factory makes meat mountains
The erstwhile Ex-Cel corned beef plant now makes sandwiches to go.
By Mike Sula
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Manny's
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Bleader
Mar 5, 2015
Roxie's has good bread by the slice
The Wicker Park pizza joint keeps it simple with nothing but New York-style pies by the slice.
By Mike Sula
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Roxie's by the Slice
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Brendan Sodikoff
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Hogsalt Hospitalty
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Bavette's
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Cocello
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Maude's
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Au Cheval
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Doughnut Vault
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Cafe con Leche
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Underberg
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Bleader
Feb 26, 2015
Andorka's Sandwich Shop is all that and a side of homemade chips
At this tiny new Pilsen spot, they're deep frying potato chips in house.
By Aimee Levitt
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Andorka's Sandwich Shop
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potato chips
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Bleader
Feb 23, 2015
There's a dangerous new soup dumpling in Chinatown
Qing Xiang Yuan Dumpling in the Richland Mall food court serves up 23 varieties.
By Mike Sula
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shui jiao
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xiao long bao
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soup dumplings
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Hubei food
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Hunan food
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Chinatown
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Chinese food
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Tony Chen
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SinoSoul
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Bleader
Feb 13, 2015
Locally made she-devil salsa will androgynize your huevos
Local La Lupita-brand Salsa Diabla is smoky, toasty, chili de arbol goodness.
By Mike Sula
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La Guadalupana
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Veracruz
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Cermak Produce
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Cremeria la Ordeña
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Gary Wiviott
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Peter Engler
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Bleader
Jan 19, 2015
A suburban strip mall is home to Pita Alsharq's fluffy falafel
A suburban strip mall does it again.
By Mike Sula
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middle eastern food
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Palestinian food
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falafel
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musabbaha
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hummus
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kabobs
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shish kabob
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kafta kabob
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 12, 2015
Meatless tamales at La Guerrerense move mole to your mouth
A taqueria in Cragin is cooking tamales nejos.
By Mike Sula
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pozole
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Guerrero
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burritos
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Taqueria Cotzio
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Bleader
Dec 17, 2014
Revival Social Club is reviving monkey bread in Edgewater
A new restaurant brings back an unjustly forgotten brunch item from the 70s.
By Aimee Levitt
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Revival Social Club
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monkey bread
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M. Henrietta
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Edgewater
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Bleader
Dec 15, 2014
Behold the cheese chicharron at West Town's El Metro
Modern tacos and other Mexican snacks from the sisters behind Gaudi Cafe
By Mike Sula
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