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The Summer of Serendipity (and Salteñas)
As a rabid consumer of 80s and 90s bro-lit, everything I know about Bolivia comes from throwaway Jay McInerney or Bret Easton Ellis lines about…
Jul 2
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Michael Nagrant
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June 2025
The Door Worth Opening
Success does not come through quality, truth, or hard work.
Jun 27
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Michael Nagrant
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YaYa...Maybe
The June sunlight curls its fingers through an arched window past a jade curtain, dapples its magic across the surface of a spindle-backed chair…
Jun 19
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Michael Nagrant
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Why I’m Taking Warlord Off The Essential Chicago Restaurants List
A reflection on how we coddle dangerous cooking genius
Jun 12
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Michael Nagrant
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Love & Basketball, and Tacos
I come from a long line of Eastern European peasant farmers.
Jun 5
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Michael Nagrant
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May 2025
Food Critic vs. Influencer, A Review of Chicago’s “Best Thai Restaurant”
If a restaurant opens in Chicago, and all the influencers don’t pimp it in the first week, did it even happen, bro?
May 29
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Michael Nagrant
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Food Critic vs. Influencer, A Review of Chicago’s “Best Thai Restaurant”
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A Food Critic Gets Exposed, A Famous Chef Throws Out the Hospitality Playbook
The Hunger weighs in on the tale of a San Francisco Chronicle dining critic almost getting kicked out of the French Laundry
May 22
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Michael Nagrant
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A Food Critic Gets Exposed, A Famous Chef Throws Out the Hospitality Playbook
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A Return to Feld
Maybe the only thing more horrible than being forced to toast s’mores and make small talk with your executioner is realizing they’re wielding a dull…
May 14
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Michael Nagrant
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The Chicago Tribune Restaurant Review System Is Broken
In whispers and direct messages, former Chicago Tribune Dining Critic Phil Vettel was often derisively referred to as “Three Star Phil”, a signifier of…
May 8
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Michael Nagrant
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The Chicago Tribune Restaurant Review System Is Broken
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It Gets Better With Age
One of Chicago's very best restaurants keeps killing it
May 1
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Michael Nagrant
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April 2025
Johnny Be Good*
I might be the only person in Chicagoland who had a disappointing meal at John’s Food and Wine in Lincoln Park last year.
Apr 24
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Michael Nagrant
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The Kiss of Dearth
A James Beard Award FInalist's Tasting Menu Disappoints
Apr 17
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Michael Nagrant
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