A few dining items before you head out into the world this lovely autumnal weekend:
Hearing the opening of Tony Hu’s Lao Sze Chuan in the Nordstrom building (520 N. Michigan Ave.), which will focus on Peking duck and feature a “$400,000 roasting oven,” is imminent. As in, days.
The coolest idea I’ve seen in a while: Putting candy in your ice dispenser. There’s proof. [Neatorama]
The Brown Sack, which served great sandwiches including a shrimp-avocado BLT, is closing Saturday. [DNAInfo]
Charlie Trotter’s widow, Rochelle, breaks her silence in an interview with WLS-TV. [ABC 7 Chicago]
New Orleans Times-Picayune restaurant critic Brett Anderson has picked his 2014 list of best restaurants in his city, and a Chicagoan makes the list: Rick Tramonto’s Restaurant R’evolution. [Times-Picayune]
Penny Pollack picks 12 places around the city for reliable bowls of pasta. [Chicago magazine]
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I get about 50 press releases today. Most I delete. A few catch my eye. This one especially caught my eye. [Twitter]
On a personal note: “For Grace,” the documentary about chef Curtis Duffy I’ve been working on for three years, premieres this Sunday at the Portage Theater. A few tickets are still available! [ForGraceFilm.com]
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