Chicken, waffles: Together like birds of a feather
When I lived in Los Angeles, I visited Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles twice a month. Despite my fondness for the restaurant, I don't remember what the place looked...
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Asking for the ‘secret menu’
When Kevin Pang's story came up in a news meeting about an Arlington Heights Chinese restaurant with a special menu for Asian customers, I emailed Kevin with two questions: How...
Demand the other menu
At this moment, two restaurants operate at 1655 Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows. Both share the same four chefs, serve in the same dining room and employ the same tableware...
Asking for the ‘secret menu’
When Kevin Pang's story came up in a news meeting about an Arlington Heights Chinese restaurant with a special menu for Asian customers, I emailed Kevin with two questions: How...
Asking for the ‘secret menu’
When Kevin Pang's story came up in a news meeting about an Arlington Heights Chinese restaurant with a special menu for Asian customers, I emailed Kevin with two questions: How...
Demand the other menu
At this moment, two restaurants operate at 1655 Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows. Both share the same four chefs, serve in the same dining room and employ the same tableware...
Where should out-of-town visitors dine in Chicago?
At least twice a week, someone on Twitter will ask this very question: "I'm visiting Chicago for a few days. Where must I eat?" Usually I answer in 140 characters,...
Where should out-of-town visitors dine in Chicago?
At least twice a week, someone on Twitter will ask this very question: "I'm visiting Chicago for a few days. Where must I eat?" Usually I answer in 140 characters,...
Southern revival
Paul Fehribach serves my second favorite fried chicken in America. His lunch-only recipe at Andersonville's Big Jones is a hat tip to Edna Lewis, the dame of Southern cooking. She...
Taco Bell goes upscale, Red Robin goes spicy
Taco Bell wants to go upscale. Red Robin wants to up the Scoville units. Two new additions to the chain restaurant scene, two quick snapshots. Taco Bell's Cantina Bell menu...