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My Hometown
By Tony Mantuano
Chicago epitomizes the phenomenon occurring in many urban areas. More people live downtown and eat out. Booming neighborhoods – Old Town, Bucktown, Lincoln Square, Logan Square, Wicker Park, and the West Loop – are hip and happening, with thriving restaurant communities. |
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Chicago Food Critics
by Philip Innes
As Liesl Schillinger put it in a New York Times book review of Jay Rayner’s novel Eating Crow, “Being a restaurant critic ought to mean never having to say you’re sorry.” |
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Unsung Heros
by Gwen Butler
Like a kick-ass busboy, nothing is more valuable to a restaurant than a great dishwasher. One restaurant I know even prints the dishwasher’s name on the menu, right below the executive chef and the Sou’s.
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LIQUIDS:
Secret Cellar
Jeff Morgenthal’s passion for wine emerged as a result of his avid interest
in race cycling. The highlights of the sport lay in the three major tours: the
Giro d’Italia, Le Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España. |
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LIQUIDS:
Good Gracious, Herbacious Libations
Maybe you haven't noticed, but every restaurateur and his brother have
a "signature cocktail" program that is trying to be more exotic,
more outlandish and more cutting edge than the next. |
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