For some reason, I keep hearing more and more about Montreal-style smoked meat lately, and thankfully, I keep running into it. Last month, in Brooklyn, I had lunch at Mile End, and along with the imported bagels and poutine, they also made a dynamite smoked meat/pastrami that took me right back to the legendary Schwartz’s … Continued
One of my favorite places to eat in Chicago. Refined rusticity, with an eye toward the Mediterranean. Craveable dishes complemented by an ambitious wine list.
Warm weather always results in the same sort of lunch, during the week at least. I guess that’s why everyone in L.A. is so thin. It’s the salads! (Easy on the dressing, of course.) In Chicago, there’s nothing better than a thick, tender hunk of shortrib over a mound of polenta in December, but come … Continued
Ever since I took a tour once of the Kronos Gyros factory, I now instinctively ask Greek restaurants if they make their gyros themselves. More than 95% of them buy the frozen cone from the factory. Stacking up the slabs of beef, lamb and fat, then trimming them to fit the vertical spit can … Continued