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A Starship delivery robot travels through the UIC campus with a food order.

‘It’s like we released a fleet of puppies’: UIC students getting lunch delivered by robots

September 29, 2021 at 9:24 a.m.

Students and faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago might notice something new wandering around this academic year. Among the throngs heading to classes, you can now spot the...

The house-made somun bread at Kiosk Balkan Street Food.

Cevapi sandwiches are part of Chicago’s latest Balkan food craze, and Kiosk Balkan Street Food makes a great one

September 21, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Just holding the cevapi sandwich from Kiosk Balkan Street Food is a small marvel. Lured in by the aroma of freshly grilled sausages, one can't help but be thrown by...

The pepperoni deep-dish pizza at Uncle Jerry's Pizza Company.

Review: The deep-dish revival surges on with a critic’s new favorite — Uncle Jerry’s Pizza Company in Cary

September 13, 2021 at 12:10 p.m.

How far would you be willing to travel for the best deep-dish you've ever tried? I'm talking about a picture-perfect pie, one with bright red chunks of tomato resting on...

The messy (but delicious) Kinako Korean hot dog from Holy Cow ($5).

Korean hot dogs, coated with crushed Cheetos or fruity cereal, are drawing lines out the door in suburban Glenview

September 1, 2021 at 11:11 a.m.

Just three years ago, I lamented the state of the local corn dog scene. Though Springfield's Cozy Dog Drive In is one of the few places in America with a...

Chef's Board at Lardon, 2200 N. California Ave., in Logan Square on Aug. 18, 2021.

Review: Lardon has the expertly crafted charcuterie Chicago deserves

August 30, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

I've never experienced pure, unfiltered indignation quite like the time a suave Frenchman ordered the cheese and charcuterie platter at the trendy London restaurant where I once waited tables. See,...

Chef Ruba Hassan is seen at Pint Pub + Kitchen in the Wicker Park neighborhood, Aug. 19, 2021, where her pop-up, Yamma, is thriving.

Yamma restaurant pop-up brings first-rate hummus, lamb meshwi and more Palestinian food to a Wicker Park sports bar

September 9, 2021 at 3:33 p.m.

After this article was published, Yamma moved out of the Pint Pub. It is reopening Friday, September 10 at Bourbon on Division (2050 W. Division St.). Pint Pub + Kitchen...

Executive producer and creator of "Check Please", David Manilow, left back, talks host Alpana Singh, center, and with guests of the program in the set, before the taping of the show at WTTW studios, Wednesday Aug, 8, 2012.

‘Check, Please!’ ending run on WTTW after 20 years

August 25, 2021 at 7:39 p.m.

"Check, Please!", the beloved show where locals discuss their favorite restaurants, is ending its run on WTTW-Ch. 11 after 20 years. David Manilow, creator and executive producer for the show,...

At the restaurant La Birrieria, on West Grand Avenue in Chicago, the birria platter is seen on Aug. 17, 2021. In addition to roasted goat swimming in broth, it comes with freshly made tortillas, onions and cilantro and a chile de arbol salsa.

With La Birrieria joining storied roster, it’s official: Chicago is a birria hot spot

August 19, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

Halfway through a bowl of birria at the recently opened La Birrieria (4743 W. Grand Ave.), I experienced a meat-induced realization. It's happening, I thought. Chicago is turning into a...

Michael Thanasouras, left, shows his identification and proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to Metropolitan Brewing taproom manager Aja Brothers before entry on Aug. 10, 2021, in Chicago.

Dining around Chicago with new indoor mask mandate: Here’s what you need to know.

August 18, 2021 at 1:22 p.m.

Wasn't this supposed to be the summer of dining out without any worries? Most hoped by now restaurants in Chicago would be able to mostly operate as they had before...

Asian Cuisine Express co-owners Lucy Kinsley and Gregorio Gomez Galicia, both in center, with their staff at the restaurant on Aug. 7, 2021.

Column: The best al pastor tacos in Chicago can be found at … Asian Cuisine Express? You better believe it.

August 16, 2021 at 11:53 p.m.

Before I ever took a bite, I knew these were the best al pastor tacos in Chicago. It began the moment I walked into the Little Village storefront and spotted...

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