This final Kyōten meal of the year is special because it lands immediately after a two-week trip to Japan…
Chicago
By and large, I enjoyed what I tasted at Oriole back in September. Two months later, where do things stand?
Does the present moment represent the greatest run of form in Kyōten’s seven-year history?
This meal represents my sixth visit to Creepies: the characterful new bistro from the Elske team whose 60 or so seats remain in high demand…
By tangling with Smyth in this new format, I hope to speak to a starker reality: one that better acknowledges imperfections (and their capacity for disappointment) on the path toward iterative excellence.
With the arrival of October, Otto Phan’s omakase inches closer to what might be considered its conventional peak…
Dimmi Dimmi is a neighborhood Italian-American restaurant that has quickly become one of Chicago’s hardest reservations…
Creepies, nearly two months in, doesn’t need to be perfect so long as the team preserves its capacity to dream…
Here, in September, I can finally say that Kyōten has undergone a major change…
Since writing about Oriole “2.0” in February of 2022, I’ve visited the restaurant another 13 times…