A guide to eating your way through Chicago’s South Side
My very favorite thing to do as a food writer is to hop in the car and devote a day to just driving around the city looking for new spots...
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Worth a trip: Sweet Thang taco from Love Taco
Whoa-ah-oh-a-oh. Sweet thiiing! Go ahead. Try to take a bite of the Sweet Thang taco ($3.50) from Bronzeville's Love Taco—featuring roast chicken, grilled pineapple, red onion, queso fresco, jalapeno and...
Drink this: Black Manhattan at The Hive at Honey’s
Like George Clooney, cocktails get better with age. So at around 135 years old (earliest printed mention is 1882, though some cocktail historians believe the drink was invented in 1870...
Sol’s on Sheridan is good, low-key Korean barbecue
Mini-review: Sol's on Sheridan4715 N. Sheridan Rd. 773-961-7109Rating: ** stars (out of four) Love has done a lot of things for the world, but it has not brought me great...
Baklawa crepes at The Gundis
You can take the men out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the men. So it goes with chef Mehmet Yavuz and Mehmet Duzgun, two...
Worth a trip: Fried cheese curds at Potter’s Burger Bar in the Loop
Never mind the beef, here's the cheese curds. You see, I came to the new incarnation of Potter's Chicago Burger Bar in the Palmer House hotel seeking burgers topped with...
Intro Dim Sum is mostly single-note
Review: Intro2300 N. Lincoln Park West 773-868-0002Rating: * star (out of four) Despite pimping black truffle-stuffed pasta or whiskey cocktails infused with bacon, most chefs don't crave the things they...
Review: Texican does both Texas and Mexico proud
Review: Texican869 N. Larrabee St. 312-877-5441Rating: ** stars (out of four) Everything I know about Tex-Mex cuisine, I learned from Chi-Chi's. That a now-defunct (in the U.S.) chain founded in...
Ella Elli is a sexy space with some dishes that demand attention
Review: Ella Elli1349 W. Cornelia Ave. 773-935-3552Rating: ** stars (out of four) 4 Star Restaurant Group (Dunlay's, Smoke Daddy, Crosby's Kitchen, Tuco & Blondie, Frasca, The Windsor, Remington's, D.O.C. Wine...
Drink Dungeons & Dragons style at DMen Tap in Logan Square
Mini-review: DMen Tap2849 W. Belmont Ave. 773-961-8757Rating: !! (out of four) I was afraid I might get murdered if I played Dungeons & Dragons. My mom, like so many other...