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TIDBIT: KYŌTEN (October 2025)

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With the arrival of October, Otto Phan’s omakase inches closer to what might be considered its conventional peak…

Posted on October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 No Comments

MORSEL: DIMMI DIMMI (October 2025)

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Dimmi Dimmi is a neighborhood Italian-American restaurant that has quickly become one of Chicago’s hardest reservations…

Posted on October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 No Comments

MORSEL: CREEPIES (September 2025)

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Creepies, nearly two months in, doesn’t need to be perfect so long as the team preserves its capacity to dream…

Posted on October 11, 2025October 11, 2025 No Comments

TIDBIT: KYŌTEN (September 2025)

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Here, in September, I can finally say that Kyōten has undergone a major change…

Posted on October 2, 2025October 23, 2025 No Comments

MORSEL: ORIOLE (September 2025)

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Since writing about Oriole “2.0” in February of 2022, I’ve visited the restaurant another 13 times…

Posted on September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 No Comments

MORSEL: VALHALLA (August 2025)

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More than a year after my last visit to Valhalla, I now ask: was I right to have faith, or did I jump the gun?

Posted on September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 No Comments

TIDBIT: CELLAR DOOR PROVISIONS (August 2025)

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Three visits hardly seem like enough to come to any definitive conclusion, yet they represent a starting point in evaluating a place that is already at the pinnacle (however shakily) of our dining scene…

Posted on September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 No Comments

TIDBIT: KYŌTEN (August 2025)

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Pitting months and months of Kyōten omakases against each other is starting to become a complicated task…

Posted on September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 No Comments

MORSEL: INDIENNE (August 2025)

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Indienne is one of few Michelin-starred restaurants in Chicago I have yet to write about…

Posted on August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 No Comments

TIDBIT: MAXWELLS TRADING (August 2025)

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It might be best to think of this experience as the “B-side” of Maxwells Trading…

Posted on August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 4 Comments

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