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August 2010

08/30/10

Dish Flash: Boka Partners Tell Us Their Plans for the Old Tizi Melloul Space

Since Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz took over the Tizi space, everyone’s been wondering what the boys would do there. We had heard it would be a steak house, but now comes word that 531 North Wells Street will be a “chef-driven oyster bar...”

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08/25/10

Henri is an Instant Classic

Pollack’s First Impression of Henri in 121 Words Billy Lawless set out to create an intimate French parlor next door to his adrenalized Gage (24 S. Michigan Ave.; 312-372-4243), and indeed he did...

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Dish Flash: Rick Tramonto Gives Us the Scoop on His New Orleans Venture, Restaurant R’evolution

08/25/10

Dish Flash: Rick Tramonto Gives Us the Scoop on His New Orleans Venture, Restaurant R’evolution

Before splitting town for New Orleans, Rick Tramonto (formerly of Tru and Tramonto’s Steak & Seafood) gave us the scoop on Restaurant R’evolution, a 200-seat spot he’s unveiling with John Folse in the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street in the summer of 2011...

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Dish Flash: Del Seoul Coming Soon to Lincoln Park

08/20/10

Dish Flash: Del Seoul Coming Soon to Lincoln Park

The trend-wave of Korean tacos welcomes a new player: the forthcoming Del Seoul (2568 N. Clark St.; 773-248-4227), which we first heard about from a New York Times story about the trend...

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08/18/10

Cibo Matto’s Todd Stein Will Be the Chef at The Florentine

Stein and Dine The mystery about who would helm the kitchen of The Florentine (JW Marriott, 151 W. Adams St.; no phone yet), the upcoming Chicago debut of BLT Restaurant Group, didn’t stay mysterious for long...

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08/11/10

Arun Sampanthavivat at Work on Thai Town Center

Thai One On

Arun Sampanthavivat, the chef at the renowned upscale-Thai restaurant Arun’s, is teaming up with two business partners, the city of Chicago, and Thai investors to build Thai Town Center (4461 N. Pulaski Rd.), a kind of Thai community center that will feature a restaurant with Arun’s cuisine...

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08/05/10

Dish Flash: Sunda’s Rodelio Aglibot Co-heading BLT Restaurant Group

Rodelio Aglibot, whom Chicagoans know as the chef at Sunda, has moved to New York to take the position of executive corporate chef of the BLT Restaurant Group. Aglibot will oversee the menus of the group’s 18 restaurants, including the 11 BLT Steaks, the many-starred steak houses that launched the chain. He will remain associated with Sunda as a consulting chef...

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08/04/10

Maude’s Liquor Bar Brings French Barbecue to Randolph Street

Bienvenue, Maude Into the restaurant-rich Randolph Street area, the owner of Gilt Bar, Brendan Sodikoff, is bringing Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva...

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08/03/10

Dish Flash: Rub BBQ Opens Tomorrow

The barbecuing of Chicago continues, and we’re not talking about the weather. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Rub BBQ Company (2407 W. Lunt Ave.; 773-675-1410) opens its doors for business...

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08/02/10

Dish Flash: Christophe David To Leave NoMI

In 2005, Christophe David came to Chicago. His wife had died, and he was raising their young son on his own. Hyatt relocated him here to serve as the executive chef at NoMI (Park Hyatt Chicago, 800 N. Michigan Ave.; 312-239-4030)...

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