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Starbucks’ Valentine’s Day chocolate trio: Best new drinks in years

May 31, 2019 at 1:46 p.m.

Starbucks unveiled three limited-edition drinks Monday, all on the menu through Valentine's Day, all featuring a word you hear squealed a lot this time of year: Chocolate! The molten chocolate...

Taco Bell’s mystery item is …

April 5, 2019 at 12:33 p.m.

Taco Bell's not very good at keeping a secret. First, the chain announced it will unveil a new menu item during a 30-second Super Bowl commercial on Sunday. Then, it...

An extensive menu of bar food includes poutine with Wisconsin cheddar cheese curds and cider-braised pork.

Whiskey Business brings 115 whiskeys, 14 flavors of fries to Wicker Park

June 11, 2018 at 5:50 a.m.

With a name like Whiskey Business (think about it for a second), a drink called the Milli Vanilli, condiments tucked into metal Ninja Turtles lunchboxes and "Wannabe" playing on the...

A winter salad with toasted rye berries, blood orange, grapefruit and sweet potato puree is the second course.

Duck Inn’s Restaurant Week dinner: Good luck not trying every cocktail

June 12, 2018 at 2:51 a.m.

Despite all the awards and praise heaped upon Duck Inn since it opened on a quiet corner in Bridgeport in late 2014, I wasn't sure I wanted to go for...

The open-faced schnitzel sandwich, on toasted rye with a dill, mustard, horseradish cream and a fried egg, is the best dish on the menu.

Bohemian House’s lunch is a true Restaurant Week treat

June 11, 2018 at 6:03 a.m.

I get it: A $22 lunch is an investment on an average workday. But during Chicago Restaurant Week at Bohemian House, you get your money's worth. Never been? It's a...

Brisket is smoked 15 hours over oak at Lillie's Q, rendering the tough muscle into a tender piece of meat that's seasoned perfectly with a house mix of salt, pepper and garlic.

Eat This: Brisket, one night only, is the new star at Lillie’s Q

June 9, 2018 at 3:05 a.m.

Go to your Google calendar. Make an appointment for next Tuesday night that reads, simply, "brisket." I suggest 5 p.m. (There's a reason for the early bird dinner, I promise,...

Rolling out the dough with a machine is more efficient than doing it by hand — important in a counter-service restaurant where many customers are looking for a fast lunch or dinner.

Making dumplings with chef Mike Sheerin of Packed, now open in Hyde Park

June 11, 2018 at 5:47 a.m.

Chef Mike Sheerin is hunched over an industrial-size electric mixer in the tiny kitchen of his new restaurant, doing surgery on a batch of meatballs. "They felt more like sausage,"...

A photo from Hot Doug's, taken a few months before it closed in 2014. The restaurant revived itself as a one-day pop-up Monday at Publican Quality Meats.

Hot Doug’s pop-up: Would you wait in single-digit temperatures for a sausage? These Chicagoans did

June 9, 2018 at 3:11 a.m.

Hot Doug's, the Chicago sausage shop that regularly had hours-long waits until it closed in 2014, revived itself again Monday with a pop-up at Publican Quality Meats in the West...

The Punky Juice-ster is more than just a great name.

Drink This: The Punky Juice-ster, a green juice that’s actually good

June 11, 2018 at 7:57 a.m.

Hello! I'm Marissa Conrad. You may remember me from such stories as "I Double-Fisted the Au Cheval and Small Cheval Burgers," "I Wished Shake Shack's Fried Chicken Sandwich Was Made...

Drink of the week: Real Good Juice Co.’s Punky Juice-ster

June 11, 2018 at 5:45 a.m.

I'm as skeptical as anyone about green juice. But you know what? This one is straight-up delicious. Drink of the week: Punky Juice-ster ($10.50) at Real Good Juice Co.648 N....

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