Salt-roasted beets Photos: Jeff Marini The Purple Pig 500 North Michigan Avenue River North Mediterranean $$$ Spend enough time on Michigan Avenue and you realize just how special the Purple Pig actually is. Here, tucked between a Corner Bakery and a Bank of America in the center of the city’s tourist vortex, is a … Read more
Drunken noodles with chicken Photos: Jeff Marini Rainbow Thai 4825 North Western Avenue Lincoln Square Thai $$ In a city with a Thai joint seemingly on every corner, true gems can be hard to find. Rainbow, a perky BYO on an unremarkable commercial strip of Western Avenue, is decidedly one of them. Go beyond … Read more
Andy and Gina Kalish are investing in Sheridan Park one restaurant at a time.
Baobab BBQ will serve regional favorites such as boerewors, melktert, and monkey gland sauce.
With food that’s not memorable and a dark club-like space, even all the smoke and mirrors couldn’t save this place from making a lackluster impression.
Test your aim on these high-tech boards.
The written reviews posted in Scott Crestodina’s wine and spirits shop are so evocative, I teach them in my creative writing classes.
Plus: West Loop gets an intimate sushi bar and Wow Bao opens a late-night window.
Give it a go at LondonHouse, 85 E. Wacker.
Apologue, a new spirit-maker, is producing all-natural liqueurs.
