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    Review: Brass Heart
    Brad Cawn
    • Apr 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Review: Brass Heart

    As Michelin awards its stars for 2021, the Uptown restaurant finds its center Brass Heart defines itself as a “post-modernist”...
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    The Next Generation of Chicago Indian Restaurants Emerges
    Brad Cawn
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Next Generation of Chicago Indian Restaurants Emerges

    Reviews of upstarts revitalizing subcontinental cooking There was a moment there in 2019 when Chicago looked as if it was on the...
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    A Few More Words on Ever and What Fine Dining Really Needs
    Brad Cawn
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Few More Words on Ever and What Fine Dining Really Needs

    The first bite I took of Curtis Duffy’s food back when he was at Avenues changed my life. Bite seems too crude a word: my mastication was...
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    Ever, Porto, and the Murky Future of the Tasting Menu
    Brad Cawn
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 8 min

    Ever, Porto, and the Murky Future of the Tasting Menu

    A review of the restaurants Ever and Porto, and a reflection on fine dining's emerging identity crisis post-pandemic.
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    Bites: The Pastrami Sandwich @ Jeff and Jude's
    Brad Cawn
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Bites: The Pastrami Sandwich @ Jeff and Jude's

    Review of the most difficult--and best--sandwich in Chicago.
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    Does Local Restaurant Criticism Even Matter Anymore?
    Brad Cawn
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    Does Local Restaurant Criticism Even Matter Anymore?

    Ensuring that it does means understanding why it doesn't. In restaurant journalism no one can hear you welp. You can’t hear keystrokes,...
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