The Desserts Berghoff Flourless chocolate cake Brett’s Banana ice cream cake with bittersweet chocolate sauce Cafe Absinthe Mexican chocolate cake with coffee ice cream and coconut sauce Cafe Selmarie Flourless orange-chocolate cake Erwin Bittersweet chocolate pot de creme with a homemade chocolate chip cookie and whipped cream Green Dolphin Street Chocolate-spearmint parfait Hudson Club Double-chocolate […]
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Shallots Lays Down the Law
Laura Frankel and Dennis Wasko started experimenting with fine kosher cuisine in 1997. Frankel had kept a kosher kitchen at home for ten years and Wasko had never set foot in one, but both found the challenge of working within the strict culinary restrictions inspiring. They started a small catering company, testing the market for […]
What’s New
Echo, another eclectic Wicker Park place, opened recently in the former Starfish space with chef Dirk Flanigan (of just-closed Madam B) running the kitchen. Starfish owner Sean Herron (who also owns Meritage) gave the room a cool yet comfortable new look with cast concrete tables, an aluminum bar, gray hardwood floors, and dusty blue walls. […]
Wishbone’s Rise From Grits to Gravy
Joel Nickson had a simple mission: to create a neighborhood hangout that served healthy, affordable southern cooking. Though raised in New Mexico and New Jersey, he learned to love the south through visits to his grandparents in North Carolina. At age 15 he ran away from home to live and work for a year and […]
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Restaurant Reviews
Comfort in a Pot Thirteen Asian noodle joints Amarind’s Thai Restaurant6822 W. North | 773-889-9999 F 7.0 | S 7.6 | A 7.6 | $$ (5 reports) Lunch: Tuesday-Saturday; Dinner: Sunday, Tuesday-Saturday | Closed Monday | Vegetarian friendly If Arun Sampanthavivat’s posh restaurant doesn’t fit your budget, try this serene Thai eatery owned by chef […]