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Reservations please
Here's something you may not know about Open Table, the predominant online restaurant reservations system: When you book a table through the Open Table website, the restaurant is charged $1 per seated guest — so if you show up as a foursome, that'...
Tags: Tru, Restaurants, Science and Technology, Chicago Restaurants, Ceremonies
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Go alfresco
Summer's here, and the time is right for eating in the street. Or near the street. Or in a bottle-service cabana high above the street.
Chicagoans love outdoor-dining season, all the more so because of its short duration. There are precious few days in...Tags: Seafood, Oakbrook Center, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, Salads
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No need to fish for compliments
Eventually, the restaurant team of Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz will open a restaurant that fails to live up to expectations. Mostly because expectations for this everything-touched-turns-golden duo keep rising.
How can they not? From Boka to Girl & the Goat...Tags: CLTV, Restaurants, Salads, Limes, Dining and Drinking
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C'est la Vie?
The fact that chef Paul Virant and I share the same monogram shouldn't confuse anybody, although years back the chef sent me a letter he received from some luckless job applicant who, instead of writing "Paul Virant" in the salutation, used my name...Tags: Phil Vettel, Stephanie Izard, CLTV, Restaurants, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Summer eating list
I don't know if teachers still do this, but at the end of each school year, I was handed a summer reading list, a sheet of required and optional books that would prepare students for the coming school year. (I still owe a measure of revenge to the teacher...Tags: Stephanie Izard, Seafood, L2O, Ombra, Steaks
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Phil Vettel recommends
Depending on your perspective, this year's Super Bowl is an intriguing battle between two fascinating opponents, or a who-cares clash between an annoying East Coast team and a slightly less-annoying East Coast team (I'll leave it to you to decide which is...Tags: Phil Vettel, Brunch, Restaurants, Vie, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Carbo-loading
As I exited Balena a week or so ago, a passing stranger stopped me.
"Good restaurant?" he asked, jerking his head toward the door. I nodded enthusiastically.
"Great pizzas," I said.
And in that split-second, I fear I gave Balena, which opened two...Tags: Salt, CLTV, Pistachios, Restaurants, Hazelnuts
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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: L2O, Takashi, Alinea, Acadia, Twin Anchors
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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: Alinea, The Aviary, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, The Rolling Stones (music group)
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It all started with a walnut pesto sauce
April Bloomfield looks like a cop. Her chin juts. Her eyes assess. She's quiet, short, compact, her manner direct and unfussy. Though there is a compelling argument that Bloomfield has done more in the past decade to change the way we eat than any other...Tags: Breads, Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, Pies and Tarts, Lifestyle and Leisure
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5 things to know about Chicago Restaurant Week
After four very successful Restaurant Weeks — the inaugural event kicked off Feb. 22, 2008 — the fifth installment is gearing up. Here's how to be a savvy participant:
It's not a week. Restaurant Week runs 10 days, Friday through Feb. 26...Tags: Restaurants, Chicago Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Sepia
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Phil Vettel: Halloween hot spots
Halloween doesn't get here until Wednesday, but don't tell that to Chicago's restaurant community, which has events planned Friday through the 31st. Here are a few of the most intriguing options.
Bar Umbriago. Halloween party with a DJ will take place...Tags: Appetizers, Photography Supplies and Services, Restaurants, Photography and Video, Chicago Restaurants
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