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Arami in West Town: Not Your Average Japanese Restaurant
By Penny Pollack
At Japanese restaurants, we know the drill: ginger, wasabi, a baby pitcher of soy sauce, and a little dish to mix your own concoction of same. But at Arami, there’s a sizable polished stone in that little dish, and it takes up about half the real estate available for your dipping sauce. Read more
Dish Flash: Five Questions for Martial Noguier
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
Although Eve sunsetted over New Year’s weekend, the new restaurant in the space slated for February 1st is Bistronomic (840 N. Wabash Ave.; 312-944-8400), the brainchild of the chef Martial Noguier (One Sixtyblue, Café des Architectes), who is partnering with Matt Fisher—who owned Eve—and John Ward. (The 312 Dining Diva got someone to spill the beans about it.) For a while now, Noguier has wanted to have an inexpensive modern bistro with good, uncomplicated food like what was on Café des Architectes’ neighborhood menu. He talked to us on December 29th about his plans for Bistronomic. Read more