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The Door Worth Opening
Success does not come through quality, truth, or hard work.
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Michael Nagrant
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…
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Michael Nagrant
12
Love & Basketball, and Tacos
I come from a long line of Eastern European peasant farmers.
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Michael Nagrant
9
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?
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Michael Nagrant
14
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…
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Michael Nagrant
20
It Gets Better With Age
One of Chicago's very best restaurants keeps killing it
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Michael Nagrant
9
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.
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Michael Nagrant
8
The Kiss of Dearth
A James Beard Award FInalist's Tasting Menu Disappoints
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Michael Nagrant
6
One Night in Bangkok
What if I told you there was a musical about the Cold War told through the game of chess written by the dudes from ABBA and the guy responsible for the…
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Michael Nagrant
13
Bang, Bang
A new River North hot spot brings all the feels
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Michael Nagrant
7
Sausage & Self Loathing
For so long I’ve been embarrassed by my sausage.
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Michael Nagrant
2
Secret Supper
There’s a Chicago restaurant with an almost perfect Yelp rating that’s been open for nine months and it’s never been reviewed by any of the major local…
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Michael Nagrant
13
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