Stairway to (Hamburger) Heaven: Edzo’s brings a seventies show to Evanston
By Michael Nagrant If you lived on the north side of Chicago in the early eighties you might have seen a gleaming brick red Crown Victoria rolling down Dempster Avenue blasting Boston’s “More Than a...
View ArticleFood Courting: Will DMK Burger Bar steal your heart?
By Michael Nagrant Maybe I’ve been lookin’ for love in all the wrong places, but DMK Burger Bar, the new Lakeview burger joint from Michael Kornick (MK) and David Morton, says its meat patties are made...
View ArticleEnd of the Zeroes: Chicago Restaurants, 2000-2009
By Michael Nagrant Since 2000, Chicago has gone from being a Rat Pack-worthy steak-and-potato-slinging stereotype to a destination for international culinary travelers. Chicago’s affordability, its...
View ArticleHell Yes: Gordon Ramsay survivor triumphs with Big and Little’s
By Michael Nagrant The only thing I’m more ashamed of than my Hot Pocket addiction is that I wasted hundreds of hours of my life watching the television cooking battle royale, “Hell’s Kitchen.” Host...
View ArticleResto 100: Chicago’s essential restaurants of 2010
Resto 100 is, as always, a list of “essential” restaurants, which is most definitely not synonymous with “best.” We strive to reflect a world of dining in a constant state of innovative transition, to...
View ArticleOn A Roll: Is M Burger the best fast-food hamburger in the city?
By Michael Nagrant I’m just sitting here watching the wheels going round and round. I really love to watch them roll. —John Lennon It’s finally “watching the wheels” time here in Chicago. We’ve been...
View ArticleMy Favorite Things: Vegas Edition
By Michael Nagrant If he weren’t dead, I’d sure like to have a few words with Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable about the weather in Chicago this past July. I mean I’m sure in 1779, Lake Michigan’s...
View ArticleThe Big Heat #47: David Friedman
47 David Friedman Owner, Epic Burger With never-frozen beef, cage-free fried-egg toppings and fresh-cut fries, Friedman is on a quest to feed the world a more “mindful burger.” That’s cool, but it also...
View Article411: Maybe Skip the Hemlock Milkshake…
There is no shortage of burger joints in Chicago—the city is home to dozens. And the themed fast-food counter is nothing new here, either. The Windy City metalhead can satisfy his need for beef at...
View ArticleThe Big Heat #38: Mike Cain
38 Mike Cain Owner, Kuma’s Corner We don’t even know if the burgers are good here anymore because we’re too lazy to wait in the massive lines. But, like at Hot Doug’s, we know there are still lines....
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Family Matters: As the Descendants of Aunt Bebe Approach a Hundred Years in...
It turns out that Hackney’s Printers Row was closing to make way for a new version of the old business, to be called Hax.
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