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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: Tribune Tower, Chicago Restaurants, Phil Vettel, Wrigley Building, Alinea
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A cheap day out in London
Rick Steves' EuropeIt was the final day of a two-month trip to Europe. I was in London, and with all of my work behind me, I had the freedom to do whatever I wanted. So I decided to test my five free London audio tours in a citywide blitz spanning two neighborhoods, one...Tags: Libraries, Human Interest, Religion and Belief, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations
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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: Twin Anchors, Blackbird, Tru, Graham Elliot, Schwa
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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: Check, Please (tv program), John Lennon, Politics, Barack Obama, Maude's Liquor Bar
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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: Blackbird, Caves and Caverns, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Naha, Restaurant and Catering 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: Atwood Cafe, Browntrout, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tru, L2O
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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: Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Everest, Sepia, Wines
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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: The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., Milford (Easton, Pennsylvania), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Hamburgers, Trexlertown
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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: Blackbird, Concerts, Tru, The Publican, L2O
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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: Blackbird, Tru, Graham Elliot, Schwa, Alinea
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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: Joe McDermott, Teaching and Learning, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Kutztown
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Dec 29, 2011
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