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From the Police Blotter
Doug Sohn, the guy behind Chicago's wildly
popular hot dog emporium Hot Doug's, has been slapped with the city's first
ticket for serving foie gras, illegal to sell here since last August.
03.09.07
- Keywords
- louisa chu,
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- food politics
chefs + restaurants
The Cocktail Gender Divide
Innovation reaches new heights at the Sofitel Water Tower hotel's bar, where I saw something for the first time: a "his 'n hers" cocktail list.
11.15.07
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- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- bars,
- cocktail,
- dara moskowitz grumdahl
chefs + restaurants
Avec
Avec's pan-Mediterranean menu of small plates—everything from pasta to salumi—was a step above comfort food, and extremely affordable.
11.08.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- travel,
- mediterranean,
- julia langbein
chefs + restaurants
Why We Love Quebec
On a recent swing through the Laurentians, some friends and I came across Yvan des Patates.
11.02.07
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- restaurant notes,
- quebec,
- french,
- travel,
- adam gollner
chefs + restaurants
The Best Mexican Restaurant in America
Sometimes the best food is what you grew up with. I'm convinced that the best Mexican restaurant in America is in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
10.30.07
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- restaurant notes,
- mexican,
- travel,
- francis lam,
- latino
chefs + restaurants
Downing Butterbeans and Buttermilk in Charleston
Here's my list of four great places to eat in Charleston. Two savory. Two sweet.
10.17.07
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- restaurant notes,
- travel,
- southern u.s.,
- john t. edge
chefs + restaurants
My Beef with Lam
This is the restaurant that has, in my Midwestern opinion, the best CSHD available anywhere.
10.13.07
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- alan sytsma,
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- pork
chefs + restaurants
In Paris, No Such Thing as Lunch at All
A century ago, it was Manets déjeuner sur lherbe, but these days its more likely to be luncheon on the curb.
10.13.07
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- restaurant notes,
- france,
- paris,
- alexander lobrano,
- culinary culture
chefs + restaurants
Coming Around to Key Limes
At Steve’s, Swingle is the name of a frozen wündertreat: a 4-inch key lime pie dipped in chocolate and served on a stick.
10.11.07
- Keywords
- ian knauer,
- restaurant notes,
- dessert,
- summer,
- fruit
chefs + restaurants
In Spain, Powder is the New Foam
10.04.07
- Keywords
- alexander lobrano,
- restaurant notes,
- spain,
- molecular gastronomy