Kevin Pang

ShopHouse, Chipotle’s Asian concept, now opening two Chicago locations

March 30, 2019 at 11:14 a.m.

ShopHouse, the Southeast Asian fast-casual concept from Chipotle, now has semi-firm dates for its forthcoming entry into the Chicago market. Its first location will be in Schaumburg this November at...

Michelin-starred restaurant NoMad to throw cookbook party at Aviary

June 16, 2018 at 7:21 p.m.

What began as a one-off fling in 2011 between a couple of Michelin-starred restaurateurs has turned into a full-fledged romance. Once again this year, the restaurant groups behind Chicago's Alinea...

The smoked-then-fried chicken wings, sauced with garlic butter, from Barn & Company in Lincoln Park.

Chicken wing obsession: The search for elusive garlic butter combo

June 16, 2018 at 8:08 p.m.

Unlike the gyro or deep dish pizza, the origin of the Buffalo wing is fairly indisputable. It happened 51 years ago at Anchor Bar Restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y. The mother...

Updates for Chicago’s most anticipated restaurant openings of 2015

June 15, 2018 at 12:44 p.m.

Whenever we ask chefs building a restaurant when they expect to open, the general rule is to take their answer and add three months. Construction delays aren't just a potential...

Kelis was making her recipe for jerk ribs, featured in her cookbook, "My Life on a Plate," for the band when recording the album "Food." "The entire band ate it, all 13 guys, and it was the quietest they've ever been," says Kelis.

Kelis: The R&B star dishes on food, music and her new cookbook

June 15, 2018 at 12:42 p.m.

This book is not a celebrity cash-in. See, singer-songwriter Kelis, who's made a steady career on the vanguard of R&B and soul music for nearly 20 years, just wrote a...

Carne en su jugo from Xoco Wicker Park is flank steak served atop beef broth.

Eat This: Rick Bayless’ carne en su jugo, a Jaliscan steak-bacon soup

June 17, 2018 at 9:05 a.m.

Five years ago, I wrote about carne en su jugo, an obscure soup with a Chicago presence largely centered around the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The reason...

Roberta "Poochie" Jackson lays into a customer — playfully — at The Wiener's Circle.

The Wiener’s Circle, Chicago’s rudest hot dog stand, is sold

June 15, 2018 at 1:25 p.m.

The Wiener's Circle, the iconoclastic Chicago stand serving chardogs with a sloppy heap of verbal abuse, has been sold to five guys. No, not those Five Guys, but a group...

Video: Inside The Wiener’s Circle with a hidden camera

May 21, 2020 at 6:51 a.m.

In this 2009 clip, Chicago Tribune reporter Kevin Pang heads to the notorious Wiener's Circle with a hidden camera.

Filipino food festival Kultura this weekend in Chicago

June 15, 2018 at 1:32 p.m.

One of the delights of Chicago's Northwest Side is the preponderance of Filipino restaurants. Drive through Albany Park, and you'll find a bounty of mom-and-pop businesses serving up lechon, pancit...

Eat This: Duck fat-fried chicken from Slurping Turtle

June 15, 2018 at 1:51 p.m.

I've been thinking a lot about fried chicken of late. Actually, the thought comes around every few months, and right now we're at the top of the sine curve. This...

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