• Attached to Ada’s Famous Deli in the Loop is 14 Karat Lounge, which features the deli’s full menu, and booze! [Drive-Thru]
• If you like Eastern European breadstuffs, try the khachpuri cheese bread at Argo Georgian Bakery on Devon [Drive-Thru]
• Cheap, wonderful soul food secretly available at Doggy’s S.S. Soul Eatery on the West Side, if you don’t mind flying under the radar [Food Chain]
• Still somewhat new Just Indulge is very obliging with its vegan ice cream cones [Drive-Thru]
• Despite the kitsch, Harry Caray’s Restaurant is not a tourist trap and has good service [Gastronomic Bypass]
• River North Middle Easterner Kan Zaman does not bring it on the hummus, forcing Bridget & Tammy to assign it a 7/20 [Chicago Bites]
• So far, nothing but unbridled ardor for L.2O, the new seafood restaurant so surpassingly good that you can’t even snark on its LEYEness [Hungry, Stew]
• Don’t let its modest setting fool you; La Gondola is some seriously hearty and decidedly tasty Italian [Chicago Foodies]
• Another condonation of Lao Sze Chuan’s xiao long bao, and also their short ribs [Chicago Foodies]
• Reviews go both ways for Mundial Cocina Mestiza, but this one is pretty positive. Extra points for BYOB [Gastronomic Bypass]
• Fax-machineless and much-liked brunch spot Over Easy certainly impress Bridget & Tammy, who give it a 15/20 [Chicago Bites]
• Embattled New American Sweets & Savories totally drops the ball on its Kobe burger for one reviewer [Chicago Burger Project]
[Photo: geese in a Chicago parking lot, fearless and ignorant, via beartnow/flickr]