Food & Drink
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At pour-your-own-beer bars, nothing but technology stands between you and your beer
Tapster and Navigator Taproom offer a buffet for beer lovers.
by Julia Thiel on August 8, 2017
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Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility
Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?
by Michael Gebert on August 9, 2017
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At HaiSous, Thai Dang mounts the restaurant comeback of the year
The former Embeya chef leads a peasant revolt in Pilsen with homey, unfussy Vietnamese food.
by Mike Sula on August 8, 2017
Do It Today
The Bleader
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Reclaiming the Oreo, the Twinkie, and other iconic American desserts with BraveTart
by Aimee Levitt on August 16, 2017 at 6:19PM
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Pop-up Hungry as F*ck ‘is going to explode your heart’ with deep-fried Spam musubi and other takes on Hawaiian classics
by Julia Thiel on August 11, 2017 at 12:05PM
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A hot dog with ketchup is delicious—even in Chicago
by Brianna Wellen on August 9, 2017 at 8:11PM
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Watch chef Ashlee Aubin make salad with ‘gray fish meatballs’
by Julia Thiel on August 9, 2017 at 7:48PM
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Watch a Drifter bartender make a farm-fresh cocktail with instant ramen seasoning
by Julia Thiel on July 20, 2017 at 5:48PM
Features
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Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility
Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?
by Michael Gebert on August 9, 2017
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Ancient Chinese techniques inspired the Field Museum and Off Color to make an extraordinary new beer
Brewer John Laffler talks about how he used rice and mold—and some help from a Field archaeologist—to create the new, limited QingMing.
by Julia Thiel on July 11, 2017
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Best of Chicago 2017: Food & Drink
on June 22, 2017
