It’s been nearly four years since I first wrote about the sizzling trend of bacon, and presenting — only slightly tongue-in-cheek — my signature recipe for bacon-wrapped bacon. That was just after John Scalzi taped bacon to his cat.
Bacon was still going strong more than a year later, when Pilsen Chef Justin Hall (Fig Catering) [...]
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We have upped the ante in our Top Chef Masters contest. These Chicagoland wine shops host weekly free wine tastings where you’re welcome to sip and sample highlighted vintages. Just Grapes, West Loop, 2–4 p.m. Saturdays. Red & White, Bucktown, 2–5 p.m. Saturdays. Schaefer’s, Skokie, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays. Taste Food and Wine, Rogers Park, 6–7:30pm Mondays and Fridays. Wine Discount Center, Clybourn Corridor, Barrington, Forest Park and Highland Park, noon–4 [...] The Dining Chicago blog hasn’t been around a whole year yet, and our weekly “Eat this!” recipe column has been going an even shorter time, but that isn’t going to stop us from giving you a list of our most popular recipes from 2009. The list below contains our most-visited recipes from local restaurants. Petterino’s, Loop: [...] So you’re all over super premium, micro-brewed, all-natural, artisan-crafted, organic, real draft ale. What’s next? The new Chicago French Market opens today in Ogilvie Transportation Center’s new MetraMarket. It will be the closest thing Chicago has to a public marketplace like those of cities such as Toronto, Philadelphia, Cleveland and even Milwaukee. In the middle of a recession, Chicago restaurants experienced an astonishing upswing. The Trib called Chicago in 2008 a “chef magnet.” Travel + Leisure listed L2O, Perennial, The Publican and UrbanBelly in their “50 Best New American Restaurants.” Bin 36, River North. Birch River Grill, Arlington Heights. Cafe des Architectes, Gold Coast. Carlucci, Downers Grove. Coco Pazzo Cafe, Streeterville. Dine, West Loop. Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Glen Prairie, Glen Ellyn. Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse, River North, Rosemont and Lombard. Italiasia Restaurant, River North. Jacky’s on Prairie, Evanston. Michael, Winnetka. Mity Nice Grill, Magnificent Mile. NoMi, Magnificent Mile. The Pony, Lakeview. Shaw’s Crab House, River North and [...] We might have lost the Olympics, but we can rejoice in some reopened favorites and new dining opportunites. Intrepid Chicagoland restaurateurs are forging ahead, despite the still-sluggish economy. Club Lago’s fans and returning staffers are celebrating the Wednesday, Oct. 7, grand reopening of the River North Italian mainstay. The restaurant has been shuttered since last [...] |
 
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