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30 dishes to eat while visiting Chicago
RedEyeYou've already waited in line for popcorn at Garrett. You've endured verbal abuse at The Wieners Circle. And you've devoured the Chicago classic that is the Italian beef sandwich (Al's #1 and Johnnie's being the best, depending on who you ask). So...Tags: Greektown, Chicago Restaurants, Greater Grand Crossing, Original Rainbow Cone, Chatham
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Is 2013 the year for Mexican food?
Stopping by Mexique to catch up with chef Carlos Gaytan an hour before service was probably not the smartest move. Gaytan was busy and politely asked me to wait in the empty restaurant.
Meanwhile, he wrapped up an impromptu tasting with his kitchen...Tags: Michelin Group, Mexican Food, Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Restaurants to visit for Chicago Chef Week
Another month, another week of discounted dining. In January we had Chicago Restaurant Week; starting Sunday, and running through March 22, we have Chicago Chef Week, which will feature 75 restaurants offering three-course lunches for $22 and three-course...Tags: Takashi Yagihashi, Acadia, Belly Shack, CLTV, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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2012 bar and restaurant review: Highs, lows and delicious trends
RedEyeWhen it comes to adventures in dining and drinking, Chicago definitely delivered this year. Hot chefs expanded their empires with new restaurants. New words made their way into our nightlife vocabulary. And, of course, there were doughnuts. And pie. And...Tags: Graham Elliot, Acadia, Beverly Kim, Chicago Restaurants, Phil Vettel
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Next's tickets system expands
Alinea, Chicago's most acclaimed restaurant, has used Open Table in the past to manage — though not take — reservations, but co-owner Nick Kokonas isn't shy about anticipating and working toward the service's demise. Kokonas, partners with...
Tags: Marketing, Chicago Restaurants, The Rolling Stones (music group), Perennial Virant, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Review: Embeya
Review: Embeya 564 W. Randolph St. 312-612-5640 Rating: !!! (out of four) Off to a good start It seems like there's a new restaurant opening in the West Loop every other week these days, and Thai Dang, the chef of recently opened Embeya, is just happy to...
Tags: Limes, Hotels and Accommodations, Coconut, Design and Engineering, Foods and Beverages
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Turkey president shops at Brooks Brothers and other NATO sightings
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, had dinner at upscale Mexican restaurant Mercadito Monday while in Chicago for NATO. And as you would expect, he had plenty of company. Besides the Prince's table of seven, the large...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Pat Quinn, Chicago Botanic Garden, Government, Brooklyn Nets
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Citizen Kahan
Tribune reporterPaul Kahan is the opposite of an enigma. He is easily explained. He is pleased by simple pleasures. He defines his life by four pillars: chef, record-store geek, husband, law-abiding citizen. Everything else is noise. In judgment, he renders halfway...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Anthony Bourdain, Iron (dietary supplement), Kevin Pang, Separation of Church and State
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Paul Kahan: Butcher shop and future plans
Tribune reporterThursday's Dining cover story is our profile on chef Paul Kahan as he and his team prepare to open Publican Quality Meats, the Fulton Market butcher shop. A few newsworthy items from the piece: *** As we reported earlier, Publican Quality Meats is...Tags: Restaurants, Irving Park, Lula Cafe, Rick Bayless, Dining and Drinking
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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: Harry Caray, Concerts, Pump Room, Entertainment Events, Bistronomic
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November 2011 Program Guide
Staff reporterTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR What is the nature of physical reality from the smallest to the largest? The worlds "biggest machine" is the Large Hadron Collider built under the French-Swiss border and what physicists find there during...Tags: Islam, Anglicanism, Arts and Culture, Israel, Civil Unrest
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 14, 2013
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Dec 19, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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Sep 28, 2012
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May 23, 2012
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Dec 29, 2011
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Nov 3, 2011
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