I also like Frontera Grill (no reservations for small parties, so go early or late) and Mango in River North. In Lincoln Park, I had a great meal at Yoshi Cafe, a very creative Japanese menu with French accents. For the money, I...

a salmon and sake tasting, with 3 kinds of each: atlantic (standard HH fare), wild copper river sockeye and wild white king salmon, which were each melt in your mouth delicious big chunks of fish. one yummy sake was made from red...

Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60611-1542 312-337-3330 Riccardo Restaurant & Gallery 437 N Rush St Chicago IL 60611-3501 312-787-2874 Riva Ristorante 700 E Grand Ave Chicago IL 60611-3436 312-644-7482 River East Plaza 435 E Illinois St #...

a utensil again, I could manage. Heck, how about Oreos? It can’t be polite to rip them apart and peel away the white stuff? At least, it would likely be frowned upon if you are over 20 years old. Or how about (and I admit...

Poached copper river salmon with fresh local morrels, new potatoes and steamed asparagusi

work, too. While nothing is over 20 bucks anyway, you could still get a large bowl of soup or gumbo for five bucks, or one of the many old style bar snackies (like deviled eggs) for even cheaper than that. I went with a braised...

such a bad rap here. My friends and family said they weren’t dressed well enough for Chang Mai or Tum Rup Buffet at Falafel King uptown -It’s my 9 year old's favorite and I I could eat gyros and Meze until I explode....

I’m starting to think a Bourbon tour through KY followed up with a Q tour of NC would be a great road trip. FWIW here’s a link to one I’ve been to. A mix of chopped, pulled and sliced. I never would have guessed...

The Scots, due to climate and soil. cooked mainly w/ oats and barley. Scottish oatmeal, hagus, barley cakes and of course Scotch whiskey. Not biscuits.

wine by the glass and each had 2 glasses of white wine (a chardonnay and a sauvignon blanc) and 1 of malbec. Each was an excellent Saint Felician at AP$35 each. We had two different desserts one Chocolate three ways (AP$38), one...

ethnic places. City Pages has a pretty good search engine if you just want to read her old reviews. http://www.citypages.com/databank/28/1363/article15064.asp Also, Kathie Jenkins' little blurb in the Pioneer Press on Thursdays...

the River Was Whiskey", a good starting place for Boyle neophytes. Another favorite author of mine, Haruki Murakami, spends a lot of time focusing on the quotidian details of the lives of his characters, including what they eat...

How about the “relish tray”? Canned “California” black olives that taste like old people smell, tiny little green olives that taste like nothing at all, gross little bottled gherkins in too-sweet brine,...

, as well as one made using real crab (one the house). It was nice to be able to compare two side-by-side dishes in this way. The real crab won out with everyone other than my 15-year-old (the same kid went into a bit of a rage...

For South American/Carribean/Mexican, there WAS a little place on Magazine (above Napolean, River side?) called Chapenlandia [SP?]. It was a small, family run store-front with about 6 4up tables. If it is still in operation (been...