Umami Burger to open first location in Chicago
Umami Burger, the popular California-based hamburger chain, will open its first Chicago location later this year. The restaurant will be a 90-seater at 1480 N. Milwaukee Ave., next to the...
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Umami Burger to open first location in Chicago
Umami Burger, the popular California-based hamburger chain, will open its first Chicago location later this year. The restaurant will be a 90-seater at 1480 N. Milwaukee Ave., next to the...
Louisiana comes to Chicago for Mardi Gras week
Lovers of gumbos, jambalayas and po' boys rejoice: Local restaurants are celebrating Mardi Gras with Cajun and Creole-inspired food specials. Here's a roundup of what chefs are cooking up. Big...
The Publican, with new chef Cosmo Goss, to be site of 2014 James Beard Awards finalist announcement
A couple of news bites, both involving The Publican: First is the announcement that finalists for the 2014 James Beard Foundation Awards will be named at the Fulton Market restaurant...
Cookies & Carnitas, a restaurant TBD
The assessment you read here today of Edgewater's Cookies & Carnitas likely won't be relevant six months from now. By then, the skirt steak taco may have been replaced on...
Burgers are for lovers
I knew I met the right gal when, early on in our courtship, she said her idea of a perfect date night is going out for cheeseburgers. That's what we...
Burgers are for lovers
I knew I met the right gal when, early on in our courtship, she said her idea of a perfect date night is going out for cheeseburgers. That's what we...
Art, dining feel sting of winter in degrees
Let's start with the obvious: This has been a harsh, crummy winter, and at times just about everyone has preferred to stay indoors rather than to deal with extreme cold,...
The Cheap Eater: Wasabi in Logan Square
I have a colleague whose husband, Nelson, writes me every so often, always about ramen. These emails are impressive in their breadth of knowledge and grammatical flawlessness. After I wrote...
Think you can handle these hot wings?
Some folks take pleasure in pain. Something about the endorphin rush. Of all the ways to experience this, the most culturally acceptable form of sadomasochism is eating spicy foods. In...