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The Wife Spanking, Jewelry Smuggling, Lady Stealing Hoteliers of Chicago
A Return to Shutter Island, where we examine a Chicago hotel and restaurant that hosted everyone from Jimmy Stewart to Mayor Richard J Daley. It was run by a group of German brothers and managed by a pair of colorful scalawags.
Jun 18
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Bullets, Bakeries, and Billionaires
If you live long enough in Chicago, you learn that firecrackers sound like gunshots, and gunshots sound like dud firecrackers. Bullets leaving a gun have a lulling Champagne-cork like pop that belie their fatality. If someone fires off three rounds in front of your house, it…
Jun 15
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Pères et Fils
Like billions before and trillions will after, we had a baby. This meant that I spent most of my solitary moments in the next eight months or so that followed thinking about being a dad. I should have been thinking profoundly about ways to tell my kids never to major in cellular…
Jun 24
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The Essential Essentials: Get Off My Lawn Edition
It’s hard to know whether the world is actually going to hell or whether your attitudes are just a reflection of aging.
Jun 10
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These Broken Wings
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Catching Up With The King: Jeff Mauro of Food Network
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If Your Dream is Killing You, It’s Actually a Nightmare (a prayer for the future of restaurants, and people in general)
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The Essential Essentials: Get Off My Lawn Edition
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The Essential Essentials
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Pères et Fils
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Shutter Island
A reminder of lost Chicago restaurants
Jun 8
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In Memoriam
Reflections on #swedengate
Jun 2
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The Essential Essentials
Why food media and influencers get so many things wrong, plus a list of a few righteous dishes
May 26
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Getaway Cruiser
Like me, my 1997 BMW Z3 convertible is slightly broken in places. The front seat has a stripped bushing. During a hard stop, me and the seat roll back…
May 20
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The Yeezy of Fast Food
For the last sixteen years you have not stepped foot in a Taco Bell without the bitter regret of lost love, a pang for scallions. You may not even…
May 17
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Catching Up With The Muse
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…
Jul 9, 2020
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These Broken Wings
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…
Jun 30, 2020
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If Your Dream is Killing You, It’s Actually a Nightmare (a prayer for the future of restaurants, and people in general)
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…
Jun 22, 2020
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These Broken Wings
13
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Catching Up With The King: Jeff Mauro of Food Network
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If Your Dream is Killing You, It’s Actually a Nightmare (a prayer for the future of restaurants, and people in general)
12
5
The Essential Essentials: Get Off My Lawn Edition
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1
The Essential Essentials
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Pères et Fils
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