Dean Carson’s Smoking Lecture
Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke It Pollack called Dean Carson, the kingpin of Carson’s barbecue restaurants...
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Mado Gets a New, Young Crew
Mado: The Beat Goes On He may be only 25 years old, but New York transplant Brandon Baltzley has been in the kitchen for nearly half his life...
Next and Aviary: Two Chefs, Eight Questions
As reported in Feast, Grant Achatz has named Dave Beran chef at Next, his revolutionary restaurant coming to the West Loop, and Craig Schoettler to head up Aviary, a kitchen...
Mastro’s Gives Penny the Razzle Dazzle
Pollack Extols Mastro's in 170 Words Mastro's Steakhouse (520 N. Dearborn St.; 312-521-5100) is a glamour puss—all sparkle and glitz (thank goodness I wore black, although I was sans any...
Life After Trotter’s: Matthias Merges’s New Project
Goodbye, Charlie After giving a ridiculously courteous three-and-a-half-months notice, Matthias Merges left his post as director of everything Trotter-related on October 5th (officially speaking, he was director of operations and...
Terzo Piano Team More Modern Than Ever
Modern Times Balcony Café, on the second floor of the Art Institute's Modern Wing, will be reborn this Friday as Caffe Moderne (159 E. Monroe St.; no phone yet), with...
New in the Loop: IPO Opens (Quietly) at the W
Going Public Hitting white-collar LaSalle Street for a cross-cultural urban experience would be like going to Brooks Brothers to buy gold fronts. But IPO (172 W. Adams St.; 312-917-5608)—which opened...
Trad to the Bone
Attention all rugged Midwestern men: We have your fall uniform
Beard BeGone
Jim Wetzel, co-owner (with former Jake partner Lance Lawson) of the upscale general store Space519, searched high and low for an inexpensive product that could deliver a close, irritation-free shave....
Strutter
The shoemakers Trafton Cole, William Rood, and Edward Haan opened shop in 1928 to bring style and polish to Chicago gents with their high-quality, handcrafted footwear. Cole Haan pays homage...