One of the recurring themes I engage with in these shorter pieces is that of the “neighborhood restaurant”…
With Nic + Junior’s listing among the hottest restaurants in Chicago, it would appear the concept is finally ready for primetime…
With the arrival of the year’s hottest month, omakase starts to sound particularly enticing…
With Maxwells Trading’s popularity at a peak, my present format seems well-suited to writing some kind of evaluation…
Can lightning strike twice? Can the team at Warlord totally reinvent its tasting menu without losing what made those first two meals so special?
If Cellar Door surprises and delights me as it did back in April, I can only affirm that the concept is doing something really special…
The arrival of summer marks one of the most interesting chapters in Kyōten’s yearly work…
I was so impressed by my first meal at Enemy that I knew I had to rush back…
Mi Tocaya is of that rare caliber: the kind of place whose work, on both sides of the hedonistic/intellectual spectrum, I find impossible to shake.
Does Elske live up to the lofty status I have assigned it in my imagination?