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You’re going to have to forgive Kaufman’s its high-gloss update and shelves of gourmet packaged goods. Look deep into the menu and you’ll find a through-line to a much older vision of what Eastern European Jewish immigrants wanted — endless choice. How much fat do you want on your corned beef? What about the pickles? Half sours … Read more

In 1996, Juan “Peter” Figueroa, the owner of a Puerto Rican restaurant in Humboldt Park, came up with a curious invention inspired by a sandwich from his home island: a pile of thinly sliced marinated pork, beef, or chicken topped with cheese, onion, tomato, shredded lettuce, and garlic aïoli and pressed between two flattened pieces … Read more

Sun Wah BBQ’s Hong Kong–inspired version of the beloved Beijing specialty makes for an epic night out. The experience at this Asia on Argyle spot, which opened in 1987, starts with the whole roasted duck being carved tableside. For the first course, you stuff the duck’s crackly, mahogany skin and juicy meat into steamed buns … Read more

Six dinner-dessert combos that make for memorable iconic-eats outings

Let New Orleans have its Mardi Gras parade. We celebrate Fat Tuesday here by actually getting fat — eating as many pączki as we can. If you’re planning to pig out on this Polish filled doughnut, first learn to pronounce the name: “punch-key.” Then try one at the nearly 100-year-old Dinkel’s, which sells them on the six … Read more

Chicago’s oldest Italian beef stand, now part of a citywide chain, opened in 1938 and remains a Little Italy mainstay. Al’s still makes the beef the way it always has, and it’s a little different from the offerings of all the other gravy-slingers around town, as the beef is more finely shredded and the giardiniera … Read more