Love in the Time of Coronavirus

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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…
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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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“It’s now that we try the squid ink pasta, its midnight shade beautifully stark against a pristine white porcelain dish. The tasty tension of tongue…
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Your Chicago takeout and delivery guide awaits… Loop, West Loop, Wrigleyville Do-Rite Donuts – who says you can’t eat donuts for a meal? Although the…
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You’ve probably been hearing a lot about PPP lately. If you’re a casual diner and not a restaurant owner or chef, you might think this sounds like a…
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New Orleans has Emeril. Georgia has Alton Brown. California has Guy Fieri. There’s something about the hometown local chef made good. They feel like…
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