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February 8 | Wine
Sparkle Motion
Standout bubbly from a most surprising place: Illinois
We sniffed, sipped and were surprised.
Yeasty aroma, bright green apple and grapefruit flavors, nice weight and depth: It was a sophisticated,...
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February 7 | Cooking
Uptown Rising
Stellar loaves and more at Baker & Nosh
Devotees of crusty, artisan loaves, take heed: There's a new player in town.
The wooden racks at Uptown's new Baker & Nosh are a stunning sight,...
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February 3 | Dining
Back in Action
A storied Vietnamese restaurant returns
Those in search of chichi Vietnamese for the last five years have had only one option: the Gold Coast's Le Colonial.
With the reopening of Pasteur in...
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February 1 | Dining
Fresh Catch
Go to The Fish Guy for seafood, stay for lunch at Wellfleet
Most seafood travels great distances on the path from water to table.
To cut one leg of the journey, head north on Elston Avenue and grab a seat at...
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January 30 | Cooking
Salad Avec Quinoa
A dish worth imitating: Avec's quinoa-mushroom salad
There's something to be said for a standby that surprises every time. Such is the case with Avec.
Nearly every visit to the eight-year-old West Loop...
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January 27 | Cooking
He's Saucy
Cook UrbanBelly-style with Bill Kim's new sauces
Bill Kim doesn't want his sauces to linger on your shelf.
"This isn't meant to be a vanity sauce," says the chef of UrbanBelly and Belly Shack. So he's...