Love in the Time of Coronavirus
The last time I saw Michael Muser in person, I was celebrating my birthday at the now defunct Michelin 3-star restaurant, Grace. I visited the kitchen afterwards, and while talking to chef Curtis Duffy, he asked me if I wanted to say hello to his partner and GM, Muser. Even…
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Like Brian Wilson, Blackbird wasn’t made for these times. If you had said, hey, build me the best possible restaurant layout for transmitting an…
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At the height of the quarantine, I could hop in my car and slip down the Kennedy and into the Loop like a fried egg sliding across a brand-new Teflon…
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One of the downsides of writing for pay, or for other publications, is you’re always forced to have some angle or reason for coverage, like a chef is…
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Not every restaurant has the structure or spirit to last generations. Some, like pop-ups, are engineered against this very idea. The ones that last are…
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Sunday night marked 48 hours of remarkable and heart-lifting peaceful protest. It also marked 48 hours of firecrackers, gunshots, panicked community…
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A few years ago an editor told me I had to check out this place called Boho, aka Bohemian House, in River North, helmed by a guy who’d come off a six…
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Hope you all are doing well, keeping safe and busy and healthy out there in pandemic-land. I hauled 8,000 pounds of rock and dirt over the holiday…
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Love in the Time of Coronavirus


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