Natural Born Chillers
This summer, quench your thirst with piquette, a bright, refreshing sort-of wine.
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Island Imbibing
Lost Lake’s Paul McGee reveals the pleasures of Plantation Xaymaca, a versatile — and affordable — Jamaican rum.
’90s Reboot
Moneygun’s Donavan Mitchem has developed the ultimate Cosmo recipe. And it’s totally worth the effort.
Getting Fizzy With It
Gaijin’s beverage director, Julius White, suggests three effervescent highballs to drink on your deck.
How to Master Frozen Blender Drinks
Charlie Schott of Parson’s Chicken & Fish — the evil genius behind the restaurant’s famous, and famously drinkable, Original Negroni Slushy — offers three rules of thumb.
The Dining Room at Moody Tongue
Photos: Jeff Marini New American 2515 S. Wabash Ave. Bronzeville Website Chicago has been slow to hop on the haute beer-pairing trend. Until last November, there was really just Band of Bohemia, Ravenswood’s Michelin-starred “culinary brewhouse.” Then Moody Tongue Brewing Company debuted its minimalist dining room (a more casual bar is next door), where brewmaster … Read more
Wherewithall
Clockwise from right: 3 Sisters fried grits, oil-poached kampachi, rigatoni with corona beans Photo: Jeff Marini New American 3472 N. Elston Ave. Avondale Website Could chefs Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark possibly create another restaurant as charming and resourceful as Parachute, their beloved Korean-American spot on Elston Avenue? The proof is just a few doors … Read more
Lao Peng You
Eric and Daniel Wat Photo: Jeff Marini Chinese 2020 W. Chicago Ave. Ukrainian Village Website Brothers Eric and Daniel Wat offer seven varieties of jiaozi, the pleated Chinese dumplings they learned to make from their grandmother. Some contain beef and cilantro, others pork and chive, still others zucchini, carrot, and egg. All are elevated by … Read more
Tzuco
Pulpo enamorado Photo: Jeff Marini Mexican 720 N. State St. Near North Side Website The opening of Carlos Gaytán’s triptych of Mexican establishments, all at the same address, threw down the gauntlet: The lauded chef, formerly of Mexique, was back. There’s Panango, a grab-and-go bakery; Tales of Carlos Gaytán, which sounds more like a Netflix … Read more
Galit
Tahini hummus Photos: Jeff Marini Israeli 2429 N. Lincoln Ave. Lincoln Park Website Zach Engel’s move from New Orleans, where he won a James Beard Rising Star Chef award while at Shaya, to Chicago, a city without a major Israeli restaurant, was momentous. Engel reconnected with his college friend, now his business partner, Andrés Clavero, … Read more