Will you pay more for ‘The Pause That Refreshes’?

Would increased taxes on soda pop make you give up Coke and Green River and drink water instead? Or will you just have a beer?

Have a fabulous Fourth, Chicago!

 
Dining Chicago wishes all our readers a scrumptious Independence Day weekend! Enjoy!
See you next week.

Leah’s Notebook: News of Chicago’s dining scene

Condolences to the family and friends of Edna Stewart, founder and head chef of West Side soul food spot Edna’s Restaurant.

Dining Chicago wishes you a great Memorial Day!

On Fame’s eternal camping-ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
—Theodore O’Hara

Chicago Top Chefs Contest voting extended!

There’s still time to vote in our Chicago Top Chefs contest! Click the link to see our great prizes. We’re keeping the voting going until the first Chicago chef is dropped from the show.

Eat this! Zeppole for St. Joseph’s Day

Zeppole di San Giuseppe are Southern Italian pastries traditionally served for the feast of St. Joseph on March 19, a holiday that often gets undeservedly lost amid all the foofaraw of St. Patrick’s Day, a pity because St. Joe’s Day offers much better food.

Leah’s Notebook: Comings, goings, this and that

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANNY’S! On this day in 1942, Jack Raskin opened what was to become Chicago’s foremost delicatessen, Manny’s Coffee Shop & Deli in the South Loop. Going stronger than ever, Manny’s is now run by Jack’s grandson Ken and great-grandsons Danny and Matt Raskin.
PUBURBAN NEWS. Bob McCullough’s Pub & Billiards has opened in Schaumburg [...]

Can you handicap Chicago’s Top Chef Masters?

We have upped the ante in our Top Chef Masters contest.

Can Chicago keep the Top Chef Masters title? Tell us and win

Graham E. Bowles
David Burke
Tony Mantuano
M. Samuelsson
Rick Tramonto

 
UPDATE: Prizes announced! Be first to pick the ending position of all five Chicago chefs and you can host a segment of Dining Chicago on TV with David Lissner at one of Chicago’s most famous restaurants, along with dinner. For 10 others who come closest, there will be [...]

Top 10 Chicago restaurant recipes of 2009

The Dining Chicago blog hasn’t been around a whole year yet, and our weekly “Eat this!” recipe column has been going an even shorter time, but that isn’t going to stop us from giving you a list of our most popular recipes from 2009. The list below contains our most-visited recipes from local restaurants.

Petterino’s, Loop: [...]