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Lent, the season of the fish fry, is here. Check out these spots for your meatless Friday fish fix. The Cafe at the Glenview Park Golf Club, Glenview, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Fridays, all-you-can-eat buffet offers baked haddock, fried cod, popcorn shrimp, fried clams, soup or salad and more, $12.95, $6.95 children under 10. Chevy [...]
Join donors from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Korea, Turkey. and dozens of other countries, as well as every U.S. state, and send a pizza to protesters in Madison, Wis.
“Yes, Valentine’s Day is this month, and we will be celebrating with all the city’s lovebirds, but why pin the ‘amour’ to only one day?” asks Chef Carol Wallack of Sola> in North Center and we agree. We got 150 press releases about Valentine’s Day, and you can bet that just about every eatery in [...]
Gung hay fat choy! The Asian Lunar New Year, 4709, The Year of the Rabbit, hops into Chicago this week with firecackers, parades, traditional dragon parades and lion dances. Local restaurants will offer symbolic dishes, including half-moon-shaped dumplings, long noodles, whole fish and glutinous rice cakes. Most often hailed as Chinese New Year in America, [...]
Warm up your January with a hearty bowl of red. Rockit Bar & Grill hosts its third annual Chilifest at lunch and dinner today through Friday, Jan. 21 at its River North location and at dinner Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 20–22, in Wrigleyville. In River North, chefs James Gottwald and Amanda Downing will cook up [...]
Chicken soong, wok-seared diced chicken and vegetables, delicately seasoned and rolled up in a crisp lettuce leaf, $10.95, a light and healthful option at Chens Chinese and Sushi in Wrigleyville. The soongs also come in shrimp and vegetarian versions.
Check out these weekend happenings and have a boo-tiful Halloween, Chicago! Casey Moran’s in Wrigleyville’s “HalloweenBash 2010: The Devil Made Me Drink It,” 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, offers Chef Pete Svachula’s “boo-fet” favorites along with original “shocktails” and domestic beer for $30. Giveaways and a Halloween costume contest also feature that night. [...]
Fiery ghost-pepper wings with buttermilk blue cheese dressing on Wednesday! Truffle butter-tossed chicken wings with foie-gras gravy on Thursday! Coconut curry wings with lobster sauce on Friday! Rockit Bar & Grill in River North and Wrigleyville is on the wing this week. During Rockit’s WingIt fest, through Friday, Sept. 17, Chef James Gottwald features a [...]
The Chicago hot dog — with the white of the onions, the red of the tomatoes, the brilliant green relish — “It’s like a work of art.” A look at the condiments. (Part 6 of a series in honor of National hot dog month.)
The “banquet on a bun” had its origins in a Maxwell Street vegetable cart. (Part 2 of a series in honor of National Hot Dog Month.)
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