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Chicago bar owner gives up food for Lent, drinks beer instead

March 3, 2020 at 10:58 a.m.

You've probably heard of people abstaining from alcohol for Lent, the period between the Christian celebrations of Ash Wednesday and Easter. But what about giving up food and living off...

Craving: Spicy food — our heat-seeking mission in Chicago restaurants

March 2, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

We eat spicy food to warm us up in cold weather, to make us sweat and cool us down in the heat of summer. We add chiles to foods to...

The food crawl to support Chinatown restaurants will begin 7 p.m. Monday.

Chinatown food crawl organized for tonight to help restaurants struggling because of coronavirus fears

February 24, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

Few places are packed with as many great restaurants as Chicago's Chinatown. There are so many places, it took our whole department more than a month to try and visit...

Created in 2016 by the group behind The Fountainhead, The Northman went all in on cider, offering numerous types on tap and by the bottle.

The Northman, Chicago’s first cider bar, closing in North Center, but cider still pouring

February 18, 2020 at 11:55 a.m.

The Northman, which distinguished itself as Chicago's first dedicated cider bar, is closing. According to an email from the restaurant, the owners have already sold the building. The last day...

Hot sauce tasting: The ultimate guide to America’s most popular brands

February 17, 2020 at 8:11 a.m.

Hot sauces are there when you need them most. Thanks to the natural preservative properties of chiles, vinegar, and salt — three ingredients nearly all hot sauces contain — hot...

Salsa options at Restaurante y Taqueria Guerrero in Back of the Yards.

Is this very spicy? A guide to the sometimes confusing array of hot sauces on your restaurant table

February 12, 2020 at 3:56 p.m.

I can't imagine my life without chiles. From breakfast, when I douse my avocado toast with hot sauce (I'm a millennial, after all) to a late-night snack of chips and...

Craving: Munchies — Chicago’s most indulgent bites to satisfy the hunger, whether marijuana-induced or not

January 31, 2020 at 11:41 a.m.

Munchies make the ultimate "Craving" topic. The word itself means you're craving something, as well as describing what you eat to satisfy that craving. With the legalization of recreational marijuana...

Last call for Drawl Southern Cookhouse and Whiskey Room in Lincoln Park

January 28, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

Drawl Southern Cookhouse and Whiskey Room (2423 N. Clark St.) in Lincoln Park plans to close. In a message sent to its email subscribers Tuesday afternoon, the restaurant announced that...

Serve the nachos the original way, with melted cheese and a sliced, pickled jalapeno, and serve all the accoutrements on the side. Guests can take a chip and top it exactly as they like.

Building a superior Super Bowl nacho bar comes down to the 3 C’s — chips, cheese, chiles

March 12, 2024 at 12:11 p.m.

If I've learned anything from researching nachos, it's that some of us have very different ideas of what the dish looks like. Some swear by the spare original recipe, claiming,...

Down the Rabbit Hole is among the cocktails by Ben Schiller at RPM Seafood in Chicago Jan. 23, 2020.

RPM Seafood opens with stunning views of Chicago River

January 27, 2020 at 10:36 a.m.

How many RPM restaurants can one neighborhood hold? That's the question we'll all find out soon as RPM Seafood opens tonight in River North. Even with two other RPM restaurants...

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