How to Find Classic South Side Sandwiches; Driver Plows into Fish Restaurant
Plus: McDonald's tries its hand at smoothies, and pop-up restaurants are all the rage, all in our morning news roundup.
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Calumet Fisheries Named an American Classic
The James Beard Foundation names it one of the five American Classics for 2010.
Soul Queen Closed For Good
Owner Helen Anglin's daughters have shuttered the restaurant and selling the building.
Budweiser's "Lyrics" Commercial Rides Through The South Side
Our new favorite beer commercial is a literal adapatation of The Beatles' "All Together Now."
Farmers Markets Go to Church; Food Safety in Abu Dhabi
Plus: caffeinated beers come under scrutiny; Stella D'oro cookies' last gasp
Man Charged in Restaurant Shooting; Gyros Sales are Up
Plus: steakhouse-quality beef at the supermarket; 7-Eleven's expansion plans; Julie and Julia leaves out some of the story
Mediavore: Southside Greenhouses; Burger King for a Dollar
Plus: breeding bluefin tuna, menu calorie counts, the safety of bottled water.
The Grill: UFood Grill Drops the "UFood"
Looks like UFood Grill in the South Loop has changed its name to just The Grill, Sloopin reports: "We couldn't find much about the new name or concept, but it looks very similar inside. It also looks like it's the...
Dixie, Don't Close
These signs are up all over Hyde Park, our tipster reports, despite the fact that Dixie Kitchen & Bait Shop officially shut its doors over the weekend, a victim of the University of Chicago's closure of Harper Court. Aww, guys,...
Hearty Boys Kick Off MSI Smart Home Farmers Market
If you're not at The Museum of Science and Industry this very second, and you have the means to be, go be there right now, as the museum kicks off its first-ever Smart Home Farmers Market with a brunch cooking...
How About Howie's?
Most everybody loves South Loop greasy spoon Howie's — but do you love it enough to make it your legally binding very own? Because it's for sale — drop a scant $105,000 and the quick-service 50 seater (and, presumably, as...
Bring the Kids to Park 52
Hyde Park dining just got a little bit more attractive: Along with a complete menu overhaul, Park 52 is now going seriously family-friendly. Before you turn up your nose at yet another freezer-to-fryer chicken finger-based kids' menu, note that...
How to Order at Ed's Potsticker House
Over at Serious Eats, Michael Nagrant reveals the secrets of Ed's Potsticker House. Generally, don't go there for the potstickers. Specifically, you've got to know what to order. Nagrant recommends 636 (Cumin Flavor Lamb with Bone), C009 (pan-fried smoked...
Extremely Beautiful Photographs: 'Chicago Eats' From Southern Foodways Alliance
The photo that we used to illustrate this morning's post on the smoking ban really struck us — quiet, evocative, atmospheric, interesting. It's part of the Southern Foodways Alliance's Chicago Eats collection on Flickr, and it is a wealth...
Monday Morning Hangover: Torta Milanesa
It is possible that we overdid it this weekend. Here's what we'd kill for: A torta milanesa from Maravillas, that we have pleadingly amended to include chorizo as well. Lettuce, tomato, avocado, no sour cream. A giant mug of...
A Local Son Says Farewell
Frequent MenuPages special correspondent Joe Rosner is moving to Rhode Island tomorrow in order to start college (we feel very very old). Helen: so on the eve of your departure, want to write a post for me about what you'll...
Chew This Fat
Would you look at that: U.S. Cellular Field is the fifth most vegetarian-friendly baseball park in the nation, per PETA. The animal-loving organization highlighted the veggie dogs, veggie burgers, veggie tacos, PB&Js, salads, nachos with salsa, fruit cups, and corn...
TOC & Tribune: Taxes, Technology, Ecuadorean-Japanese
• Glen Keefer, chef of the eponymous Keefer's, misses the pre-Blackberry/iPhone dark ages, because making reservations over the phone had "the personal touch, flexibility and dialogue" that reservation website behemoth Opentable lacks. Still, he uses the site because his...
Looking For Exotic Sandwiches In All The Right Places
Two interesting tidbits we came across while putting some new menus online for you: 1) The mother-in-law is an ostensibly South Side (also, Mississippian) concoction involving tamales, chili and hot dog buns, and often all three. The gut-buster got some...
Sun-Times & Tribune: Totally Topical
Lots of important food news for the papers to digest today! Between the tomatoes, the Beard Awards, Top Chef and Father Day, you could write a whole book. • What we didn't know about vanilla: it's indigenous to Mexico,...
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