The Hunger

The Hunger

Let's Ride!

According to the zodiac, it's the year of the horse, so I check out the newish Secretariat of Chicago Chinese restaurants

Michael Nagrant
May 05, 2026
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I have long been fascinated by the idea that the French serve orange juice at the end of a party as a means of telling their guests, “I need to smoke some Gauloises and watch some Godard on Netflix, so GTFO.”

Maybe this is lore. I don’t know. I’ve never been cool enough to revel in the home of a Parisian.

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