Dining Tidbits
Chef Ryan McCaskey, Jamaica Jamaica, Eve, and Farmerie 58
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Dining Out: Dream Teams
Take a seasoned chef, put him in a modern space with a slick bar, and turn him loose. Two new spots follow the tried-and-true formula
Weekend Photos: Wrigleyville Pub Crawl
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a PBR with a whiskey chaser—or so went the caroling this past Saturday at the annual 12 Bars of Christmas pub crawl, a lubricated all-day slide through the watering holes of Wrigleyville. Early birds got started at the Cubby Bear at 9:30 a.m.; we snapped revelers a little later in the day at Harry Caray’s Tavern…
Dish Flash
Failure to Communicate
Today’s big news: Roland Liccioni, who put Le Français back on the map in the nineties, is apparently leaving Old Town Brasserie (1209 N. Wells St.; 312-943-3000) just before Christmas. “I’m going to France to visit my mother, take some time off,” Liccioni says. After that, he has no plans, but would like to stay in Chicago. Bob Djahanguiri, OTB’s owner, sees it differently. “I told him…
Mile High Club
Dizzying views, sexy catsuits: Vertigo takes River North for a ride
Front Burner: Chris Pandel
Monkey Bread with Dill, Butter, and Sea Salt
Round Tables
A list of 65 restaurants in the Chicago area that have them
Matzo Tov!
Call it what you want: For us Jews, Christmas Eve—also known as Schmoozapalooza and the Matzo Ball—is one of the biggest party nights of the year, when a significant chunk of the single population is focused more on flirting and flinging than sleigh bells ringing. Lucky for us, there’s a whole crop of parties slated for December 24th, and it’s not too early to make your plans now…
Dish Delay: Worth Waiting For
Dish will be delayed until tomorrow (Thursday 12/11) while we wrap up a couple more details.
Weekend Photos: Enclave
Bros with “mos” (that’s “mustaches” for the non-Aussies among us) convened at Enclave last Friday in support of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. From among the 500 or so revelers—mustachioed, clean-shaven, and female alike—one lucky “mo bro,” Armand Conti, was named Man of Movember, a title that scored him two tickets to a future party at the Playboy Mansion—proving that, as Tom Selleck knows, the stache still has cachet…