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Sparrow Coffee, Quiubo in downtown Naperville’s Water Street District
Downtown Naperville has a relatively new addition, right on the river, called the Water Street District. There are a number of new places to eat...
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Café Istanbul in Wicker Park tastes like home for Turkish expats
About 40,000 Turkish expats live in the Midwest, a quarter of them in Chicago. Some of them are restaurateurs, making the same delicious food from...
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Aya Pastry provides delicious desserts to restaurants, cafes across Chicago area
Some of the best pastries, breads and plated desserts are coming from a wholesale kitchen in West Town these days. One woman is behind it...
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Virtue in Hyde Park features Southern cooking, hospitality with chef Erick Williams
A new restaurant in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood combines the culinary skills of a fine-dining veteran and his love of all things Southern. VIRTUE 1462...
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Four Chicago Pizza Powers Popping Up at Revival Food Hall
Some of Chicago’s best neighborhood pizza joints are coming to the Loop. Beginning March 18, I’m proud to announce a new pop-up series at Revival...
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Bun Cha Hanoi in Glenview
If you’re craving Vietnamese food, you might think you’d have to head to Argyle Street in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. However, you can also get a...
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Tasty Thai noodle dishes from Hom Mali
Noodles are one of my favorite things to eat, especially if they’re used in Thai recipes. Fortunately, I found a new Thai restaurant in Old...
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Beer, bread and artisan pizza at Middle Brow Bungalow
Chicago has seen a wave of microbrewers in recent years. One of the most recent also happens to have one of the city’s best bread...
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Gumbo in Chicago
Fat Tuesday is right around the corner. There are several traditional dishes to eat before Lent, including the paczki, of course, from the Polish community. But...
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3 Korean restaurants bring the heat with cheesy ‘fire chicken’
In terms of Korean food, too often people only think about grilled short ribs, kimchi or rice bowls. But there’s another dish – usually found...
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Good Measure brings back happy hour with unexpected menu
What ever happened to happy hour? There’s a bar on the Near North Side where the kitchen definitely punches above its weight, because not only...
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