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Drink This: Malort takes another stab at being drinkable

June 16, 2018 at 9:15 a.m.

Malort, the wormwood liqueur that's practically stitched into the Chicago flag (a Swedish immigrant brought the recipe here; it's sold nowhere else but here), is endlessly fascinating. Ask people what...

Chef Bill Kim will open a second location of Urbanbelly in early 2016.

Penny’s Noodle Shop in Wicker Park to close, become Urbanbelly

June 16, 2018 at 9:43 a.m.

Bill Kim, chef and owner of Urbanbelly and Belly Q in the West Loop and Belly Shack in Logan Square, will open a second Urbanbelly location at 1542 N. Damen...

Sawada Coffee, a new shop in Fulton Market is a partnership between Brendan Sodikoff of Hogsalt Hospitality and Japanese coffee celebrity Hiroshi Sawada.

Sawada Coffee: Au Cheval’s Brendan Sodikoff opens coffee shop with Japanese latte artist

June 16, 2018 at 10:03 a.m.

Opening Saturday in the West Loop: Sawada Coffee, a collaboration between Brendan Sodikoff of Hogsalt Hospitality (Au Cheval, Maude's, Gilt Bar) and Japanese coffee artist Hiroshi Sawada. Coffee connoisseurs may...

Lobsters peer out from a rack behind the bar.

Cold Storage, new to the West Loop, is all about seafood (and ice cream sundaes)

June 16, 2018 at 10:09 a.m.

From the tower of oysters, shrimp and lobster to the soft-boiled egg with shimmering trout roe, seafood is king (crab) at Cold Storage, the new mini-restaurant off the lobby of...

Drink This: Hot chocolate latte at David’s Tea

June 16, 2018 at 10:21 a.m.

Winter drinks flavored with sugary syrups aren't my cup of coffee. (Be honest: Can you really tell a pumpkin spice latte from a gingerbread latte? The flavor is the same:...

The bar also offers wine and beer on tap. No food is served.

First look: At Sparrow, classic cocktails from Havana

June 16, 2018 at 10:39 a.m.

If you've ordered a rum cocktail recently (no, rum and diet soda doesn't count), odds are it came in a ceramic glass shaped like a parrot or pirate ship and...

3 unexpected places to drink in downtown Chicago

June 16, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

It's cold. You need a drink. Everywhere is crowded. That could be your fate on whichever Saturday this season your relatives want to go shopping on the Mag Mile, but...

Thanksgiving dessert: How to make chocolate bark with candy turkeys

June 16, 2018 at 11:01 a.m.

A few Thanksgivings ago, as I was carrying a cake fashioned to look like a turkey out of my apartment building, a little boy stopped me to brag: "Our turkey...

Staffers prepare the dining room for service.

At Monteverde, a Spiaggia alum brings passion to pasta

May 2, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

"I'm getting my second espresso right now," says Sarah Grueneberg with a laugh as she bustles around the kitchen of Monteverde, her new Italian restaurant in the West Loop. It's...

Eat a chorizo burger from Latinicity this weekend.

Everything you need to eat and drink this weekend, in one quick guide

June 16, 2018 at 11:59 a.m.

"What should we do this weekend?" "I don't know, you pick." "No, you pick." Never have this conversation again, thanks to The Weekender, the latest feature from baiduhai Food...

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