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Get Ready To Eat: Chicago Restaurant Week Starts Today
WGN Feature Reporter10 days. 200 restaurants. One city. Chicago Restaurant Week is back and bigger than ever, with HUNDREDS of restaurants offering three-course lunches and dinners at a discounted rate ($22 for lunch, $33/$44 for dinner). This gives thousands of diners...Tags: Potatoes, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Restaurants, West Loop
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This week in food writing
Food stories this week from the Chicago Tribune Good Eating and Dining staffs:
*** Chris Borrelli profiles Davide Nanni, the restaurant designer/repo man behind Ruxbin and the forthcoming Ombra. [LINK]
*** Restaurant critic Phil Vettel recommends...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune, Restaurants, Kevin Pang
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Charlie Trotter's restaurant to close in August
Chicago TribuneNew Year's Eve is a time for drama, but chef Charlie Trotter outdid himself Sunday. Shortly after midnight, in front of some 100 guests in his eponymous restaurant, Trotter dropped a bomb: At the end of August, after the acclaimed restaurant celebrates...Tags: Culture, New Year's Day, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Tribune, Arts and Culture
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Now serving at Short Order: Ginger ale by Bruce Cost
Daily DishYears ago, I used to make up errands that would take me near Ginger Island, Bruce Cost’s then-restaurant in Berkeley. I was after a glass of the ginger ale he made from fresh ginger root, completely irresistible on a hot...... -
Charlie Trotter announces restaurant closing in August
New Year's Eve is a time for drama, but chef Charlie Trotter outdid himself Sunday.
Shortly after midnight, in front of some 100 guests in his eponymous restaurant, Trotter dropped a bomb: At the end of August, after the acclaimed restaurant celebrates...Tags: Dining and Drinking, New Year's Day, Charlie Trotter's, Charlie Trotter, Restaurants
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With Rick Bayless in 'Cascabel' at Lookingglass, food really becomes theater
Rick Bayless is adding another leaf to his already formidable repertoire of celebrity chef, researcher, author, TV host and all-around culinary entrepreneur focused on the cuisine of Mexico.
Next spring, Bayless will be the live-and-in-person star of a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Next (restaurant), Grant Achatz, Magnificent Mile, Restaurants
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Tips and touts for Chicago Gourmet
Tribune criticThe fourth annual Chicago Gourmet food and wine festival, running Saturday and Sunday at Millennium Park, is just a couple of days away. If you're planning to go, and really you should. here's some useful information: Getting in: There's a second...Tags: Chicago Gourmet, Millennium Park, Tony Mantuano, Alcoholic Beverages, Chicago Hotels
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10 steps to begin correcting Chicago's open space shortage
Ideas are bubbling that can help Chicago fix the dismaying lack of open space away from its park-rich lakefront.
New York is closing lightly trafficked local streets and turning them into temporary playgrounds. San Francisco is taking parking spaces...Tags: George A. Cardenas, Fiction, Employers, Lakes and Ponds, Plant Openings
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Chicago's top chefs hold garage sale, bake-sale benefit
Tribune newspaper reporterGarage sales with mismatched glassware and old power tools are pretty common. The garage sale scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Michelin-starred NAHA restaurant will be anything but common. Dubbed the Culinary Garage Sale & Bake Sale, bargain...Tags: Michelin Group, Dining and Drinking, Alinea, Charlie Trotter, Restaurants
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Remarkable Person: Manny Valdes
The son of and grandson of butchers, Manny Valdes grew up watching his father lovingly prepare Cuban sandwiches at his inner-city bodegas.
"My grandfather and my dad were always the best cooks in the family," Valdes recalls. "They were big fishermen in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Rick Bayless
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Tickets still available for Taste of the Nation
Tribune criticThere's still time to get tickets for Share Our Strengths's Taste of the Nation, the star-studded chef gala benefiting anti-hunger efforts nationwide, taking place 7-10 p.m. Wednesday at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom. Event chairs R.J. Melman and Mindy...Tags: Tickets, Navy Pier, Vie, Mindy Segal
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Stargazing: Phil Vettel handicaps Michelin-star winners
As the second Michelin Guide for Chicago prepares to hit bookstores next week, one thing is for sure: There will be change.
There has to be. Among the 23 restaurants that received one or more stars, Sixteen (one star) saw chef Frank Brunacci depart,...Tags: Arun's, Takashi, Dining and Drinking, Seasons Restaurant, Next (restaurant)
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