Reviews

Review: Harbor House Inn

That old saw that smell is 80% of taste could use an audit: it doesn’t quite account for the role imagination and projection increasingly...

Bites: The Burger (and the business) at Three House

A burger and restaurant concept for post-pandemic Chicago.

Review: Brass Heart

As Michelin awards its stars for 2021, the Uptown restaurant finds its center Brass Heart defines itself as a “post-modernist”...

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...

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 Shiddy Burg at Big Kids

A new diner-style burger contender emerges.

Bites: On the Sushi Bake Phenomena

A brief treatise on #sushibake

Bites: The Pastrami Sandwich @ Jeff and Jude's

Review of the most difficult--and best--sandwich in Chicago.