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    Mar 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Phil Vettel: Two stars for Boarding House

    The first thing that catches your eye when entering The Boarding House is the chandelier. Except it's not really a chandelier, but an art installation consisting of 9,000-plus (official count: 9,063) suspended wine glasses.
    The first thing that catches your eye when entering The Boarding House is the chandelier. Except it's not really a chandelier, but an art installation consisting of 9,000-plus (official count: 9,063) suspended wine glasses. "One glass for every wine I'...

    Tags: Bacon, Kale, Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sausages

    2. Apr 7, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Ria chef gets it right

    Taste, as a jazz musician once noted, is manifested in the notes one declines to play. In that regard, Danny Grant is a taste master.
    Taste, as a jazz musician once noted, is manifested in the notes one declines to play. In that regard, Danny Grant is a taste master. The original chef de cuisine and now executive chef at Ria, the magnificent dining room within the Elysian hotel and...

    Tags: CLTV, Lifestyle and Leisure, Music, Charlie Trotter, Alcoholic Beverages

    3. Nov 8, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. 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.
    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: Blackbird, Sepia, L2O, Schwa, Graham Elliot

    4. Dec 22, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Phil Vettel recommends

    Dining out on Christmas Day is never easy, but it's not impossible. Most people know that Chinatown is always a good dining-out bet, and nearly every hotel restaurant has to provide some sort of food service, even on Christmas Day (can't let your guests go hungry).
    Dining out on Christmas Day is never easy, but it's not impossible. Most people know that Chinatown is always a good dining-out bet, and nearly every hotel restaurant has to provide some sort of food service, even on Christmas Day (can't let your guests...

    Tags: Ann Sather, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Religious Festivals

    5. Dec 29, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Please be seated

    You can't count on snow for Christmas. You can't count on a 7-3 Bears team making the playoffs.
    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: Blackbird, Navy Pier, Sepia, L2O, Nana

    6. Nov 10, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. 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.
    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: Blackbird, L2O, Sepia, Les Nomades, Schwa

    7. May 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Three Dogs Coffeehouse in Downtown Silver City closes its doors

    Silver City Sun-News, N.M.
    Three Dogs Coffeehouse owner Melissa Amaris has closed the business at its location on Bullard Street and is looking for a buyer. Amaris bought the business in the summer of 2012 from original owners Ron Schultz and Ria Ramsey. She took it from its...

    Tags: Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking

    8. May 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Sidewalk chefs serve up taste of Pimlico

    After 25 Preaknesses, Annette Thomas has her routine, and recipes, down pat.
    After 25 Preaknesses, Annette Thomas has her routine, and recipes, down pat. Thirty pounds of ribs, both pork and beef, marinated overnight in vinegar and soy sauce, then grilled in front of her house on Saturday. Fifty pounds of red-skin potatoes &#...

    Tags: Foods and Beverages, Lifestyle and Leisure, Equestrian, Corn, Preakness Stakes

    9. Nov 16, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Chicago nabs two five-star hotels, three restaurants from Forbes Travel Guide

    Two Chicago hotels and three restaurants have been awarded the top five-star designation in the annual Forbes Travel Guide ratings.
    Tribune newspapers
    Two Chicago hotels and three restaurants have been awarded the top five-star designation in the annual Forbes Travel Guide ratings. The honored hotels were the Four Seasons and The Peninsula, and the restaurants were Alinea, Charlie Trotter's and L2O....

    Tags: Tour Operations Industry, L2O, Graham Elliot, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations

    10. Nov 12, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Indian-born adviser to Leo Burnett, colleagues navigates digital world

    On a warm September day in Chicago, Rishad Tobaccowala counseled a roomful of Leo Burnett executives on how to sell high-tech gadgets -- told in terms of hot dogs.
    Tribune staff reporter
    On a warm September day in Chicago, Rishad Tobaccowala counseled a roomful of Leo Burnett executives on how to sell high-tech gadgets -- told in terms of hot dogs.     Tobaccowala, who has spent 30 years at Leo Burnett and affiliated agencies,...

    Tags: Apple iPad, Mustard, Starcom Incorporated, Twitter, Inc., Consumers

    11. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. A year after closing restaurant, chef pops up ... where?

    Chef moves where? Readers will sometimes write in about a restaurant that’s been gone for 10 or more years, wondering what happened. Maybe they don’t get out much, but even frequent restaurant-goers can get so distracted with all the new places opening that they miss the quiet slipping away of an old favorite.
    Chef moves where? Readers will sometimes write in about a restaurant that’s been gone for 10 or more years, wondering what happened. Maybe they don’t get out much, but even frequent restaurant-goers can get so distracted with all the new...

    Tags: Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking

    12. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. A potluck kind of year

    If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing." Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.
    If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...

    Tags: Sarah Grueneberg, L2O, Top Chef (tv program), Television Industry, Frontera Grill

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