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Scaling the heights
Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes. These are uncertain times for four-star dining in Chicago. Since last September, four previous top-rated restaurants have closed up shop...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Avenues, Foie Gras, Everest
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Let's break out the old crystal ball
Time once again for my annual exercise in humiliation, as I try to predict the star recipients in the 2013 Michelin Chicago Guide, which hits bookstores Wednesday. This is the third year that Michelin has published a Chicago guide, and if there's one...
Tags: Graham Elliot, L2O, Naha, Schwa, Everest
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'Check, Please!' narrows field for new host
At last, after great deliberation and much wringing of hands, David Manilow made a decision. White smoke rose from a pipe outside the window of his Lincoln Park office. He adjusted the zipper on his navy blue garment, splayed his hands on a conference...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, John Lennon, Guy Fieri, Politics
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Rare treats
Rodrick Markus reached for the top shelf of a metal cabinet at the back of his office. "I know, I know, I know," he said to himself. His fingers worked across a row of jars and stopped at a tall glass cylinder. I had asked him about rare ingredients. Rare...
Tags: Graham Elliot, L2O, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Ready, reserved
I have this problem. I made more New Year's Eve reservations than I can use. More than 100 of them, actually. Which is why, for the 12th straight year (and the 17th time in the past 19 years), I'll be giving them away to nimble-fingered readers who ask....
Tags: L2O, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Bistronomic, Oakbrook Center, Tapas
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Splurges for the indulgent
There are Valentine's Days. And then, there are Valentine's Days.
You know the difference. Sometimes the stakes are higher, the pressure greater, the need to make a statement crucial.
You want a restaurant that reflects that importance, and if that...Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Everest, Alcoholic Beverages, Holidays
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Chef returns to his roots
Sixteen years ago, Joseph Jurkivo was a busboy at Pane e Vino Italian restaurant at 2118 Schoenersville Road in Hanover Township, Northampton County, eager to make his mark on the region's food service industry.
He eventually moved up the ladder,...Tags: Sears, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Whitehall, Schoenersville
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Please be seated
You can't count on snow for Christmas. You can't count on a 7-3 Bears team making the playoffs.
But you can count on my annual save-the-tables list, which provides dozens of last-minute, primo New Year's Eve reservations for procrastinating readers....Tags: L2O, Nana, Bistronomic, Oakbrook Center, Avec
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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, L2O, Graham Elliot, Schwa, Naha
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Mozza and Hatfields among OpenTable's top foodie restaurants
Money & CompanyOpenTable's 50 top restaurants for foodies include 16 California eateries.... -
Kutztown allows guns on campus
In a move bound to please gun-rights advocates and appall critics, Kutztown University has altered a policy to allow weapons to be carried in certain areas of campus "for compelling reasons of … personal safety." The revision, which took effect...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Teachers, Weaponry, Crime, Law and Justice, Joe McDermott
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New barber shop opening as merchants in Hampden play musical chairs
A shave and a haircut of yesteryear cost the proverbial two bits, 25 cents. A shave alone at The Old Bank Barbers, a soon-to-open barber shop on The Avenue in Hampden, will cost $25. It won't be any old shave, though. Owner Daniel Wells promises an old-...
Tags: Chicken, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Timonium
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Dec 29, 2011
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May 9, 2013
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