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By Penny Pollack
The bakery's coffee cheesecake has perfect flavor combo and texture Read more
By Penny Pollack
SLICES OF LIFE: Pizza, burgers, tortas: Move over for two pieces of bread with yummy stuff in between Read more
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
Rodelio Aglibot, whom Chicagoans know as the chef at Sunda, has moved to New York to take the position of executive corporate chef of the BLT Restaurant Group. Aglibot will oversee the menus of the group’s 18 restaurants, including the 11 BLT Steaks, the many-starred steak houses that launched the chain. He will remain associated with Sunda as a consulting chef... Read more
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer with Margaret Rhodes
Bienvenue, Maude
Into the restaurant-rich Randolph Street area, the owner of Gilt Bar, Brendan Sodikoff, is bringing Maude’s Liquor Bar (840 W. Randolph St.; no phone yet), which we first heard about from the 312 Dining Diva... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
The barbecuing of Chicago continues, and we’re not talking about the weather. Tomorrow at 11 a.m., Rub BBQ Company (2407 W. Lunt Ave.; 773-675-1410) opens its doors for business... Read more
By Penny Pollack & Graham Meyer
In 2005, Christophe David came to Chicago. His wife had died, and he was raising their young son on his own. Hyatt relocated him here to serve as the executive chef at NoMI (Park Hyatt Chicago, 800 N. Michigan Ave.; 312-239-4030)... Read more
By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer with Denise Peñacerrada
By Penny Pollack & Jeff Ruby
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By Penny Pollack and Graham Meyer
Belly Up
This Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., as part of the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Logan Square Kitchen (2333 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-342-2333), a commercial kitchen and event space, hosts a pop-up restaurant with food from Bill Kim (Urbanbelly, Belly Shack) and Jason Hammel (Lula Cafe, Nightwood). Kim says he’s using the pop-up to field-test food for an inkling of a new restaurant called Country Belly. Kim’s menu:
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