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May 2010

05/28/10

Dish Flash: A Sensation on Montrose

A Friend of Dish tipped us off that something was afoot at the site of Sweet Honeybee Bakery near the Montrose stop on the Brown Line. A call revealed that as soon as the licenses go through, the space will house Sweet Sensations Pastry (1918 W. Montrose Ave.; 773-275-0697)...

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05/26/10

Ruxbin Ready

Kith and Kims
Citing Mexican, Korean, and French influences, Edward Kim falls back on the term “American food” to describe the fare at Ruxbin (851 N. Ashland Ave.; 312-624-8509), a 38-seater scheduled to open mid- to late June in Noble Square.

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05/21/10

Dish Flash: Liccioni Leaves Miramar

Roland Liccioni, whose resumé reads like a history of French fine dining in Chicago (Le Français, Les Nomades, Carlos’, Le Lan, Old Town Brasserie), is leaving his current gig at Miramar (301 Waukegan Ave., Highwood; 847-433-1078) after tonight...

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05/21/10

Dish Flash: Eight Questions for Jessica Oloroso

Oloroso, an alumna of Scylla, owns Black Dog Gelato (859 N. Damen Ave.; no phone yet), a storefront she plans to open in mid-June to sell the gelati she’s supplied to restaurants for the past three years...

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05/20/10

Dish Flash: Low Country, Large Bread

Hendrickx Belgian Bread Crafter (100 E. Walton St.; 312-649-6717), a Belgian bakery that two native Belgians opened this past Wednesday, came to Chicago from the tropics...

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05/19/10

Son of Nozumi

Rising Sun
Nozumi Asian Cuisine (100 W. Higgins Rd., South Barrington; 847-783-0001), which closed in late winter, reopened under new owners on Friday (with a slightly different name—our records show that it used to be called Nozumi Japanese Cuisine).

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05/13/10

Dish Flash: Grocery Score

Dish tipsters noted that Grocery Bistro (804 W. Washington St.) is papered over, usually the sign of doom. Not this time...

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05/13/10

Dish Flash: Get On the Wagon

Coming soon in the food-truck caravan is Gaztro-Wagon, which will sell “naanwiches” when it first launches. Gaztro’s maestro is Matt Maroni, who also runs chicagofoodtrucks.com...

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05/12/10

French Revolution

Two Sides of the Same Franc
Here’s the news on Rendezvous Bistro (2656 W. Lawrence Ave.; 773-561-4400), a new traditional French spot in Ravenswood, followed by Pollack’s first impressions from her visit:
News: Rendezvous’ owner, Simon Yacobi, worked at Kiki’s Bistro for 24 years, first as a waiter to earn pocket money while at the University of Illinois–Chicago, and eventually as a manager.

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05/11/10

Dish Flash: Golden

Already the site of the recent openings of Aldino’s and Davanti Enoteca, Little Italy will soon get a new paired restaurant and bar. The restaurant, One.Six One (1251 W. Taylor St.; 312-226-1611), is named for the golden ratio (a.k.a. phi or 1.618 and so forth)...

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05/07/10

Dish Flash: Where the Cupcakes Are

Monday is the inaugural trip for Flirty Cupcakes, the mobile cupcake seller that managed to find a way to comply with Chicago’s strict food-truck laws. Here’s where the Flirty van plans to stop...

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05/05/10

Poagburger Poagburger Poagburger

Burgers in Bloom
Three weeks ago, we reported on a new, more upmarket second location of Poag Mahone’s planned for 195 North Dearborn Street. Dan Rosenthal, Poag’s owner, tells us a more downmarket Poag is in the works as well...

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05/04/10

Dish Flash: Chicago's Priciest Burger?

When you buy a wagyu burger, you enter in a cycle of pampering. The cows legendarily get their massages and beer, and then you indulge yourself by spending a mint to buy the burger. A new menu item at The Bad Apple (4300 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-360-8406) puts that cycle in a whole new gear...

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Dish Flash: Come Fly with Them

05/03/10

Dish Flash: Come Fly with Them

When Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas, business partners at Alinea (1723 N. Halsted St.; 312-867-0110), drop even a few crumbs of information about their future projects, people become like teenage girls around rock idols. (Case in point: Normally intelligent journalists thought Achatz and Kokonas were opening a bar called Boom.) Well, get ready for unbridled screaming. Achatz and Kokonas plan to open Next, a restaurant with a concept unlike any we’ve heard of before...

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