Dining
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Sushi aplentyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Cozy and inexpensive, with bright, cheerful decor, Sushi Gallery serves some wonderful sushi in a family-friendly atmosphere. Korean-born sushi chef Min Suk and his wife...
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Small plates, wine a hit at hip Wicker Park bistroOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a common assumption that wine bars are snooty and that oenephiles are the only ones welcome and at home in such a setting. Fortunately, that's all starting to chang...
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Meaty makeoverSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - When I see restaurants with names such as Brio Tuscan Grille and Five O'clock Steakhouse, I know what cuisine to expect. But the rocky sign on Algonquin Road announcing ...
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Pink pandemonium: Fight breast cancer with your taste budsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at what's happening on the Chicago-area dining scene this week. Special events Pink martini: Café Matou, 1846 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, features pink mar...
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UncorkedSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - After opening about three months ago, the restaurant Twisted Cork decided some change was in order. Now known as Distinctive Cork, the new wine spot located just a few b...
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Global fare, intimate setting a win-win situation at BetweenSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - As unassuming as it is from the outside, the interior of Between Boutique Cafe & Lounge -- a dining and drinking destination off the beaten path in Wicker Park -- is lik...
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Fresh and mildSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Painstakingly preserved, restored, relocated and replicated, the white frame buildings collected in downtown Long Grove maintain the character of the original, mid-19th-...
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Penang introduces unique food to suburbsSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - You no longer have to schlep to Chinatown to try Malaysian food. The number of Malaysian restaurants in the Chicago area doubled recently with a new branch of Penang. Ke...
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Mission is noble, but service is not, at organic CrustSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - When Crust, the Midwest's first certified organic restaurant, opened last spring, the masses descended, many of them hipsters from the neighborhood. Then the professiona...
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Restaurant samplerSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Here is a list of restaurants recently reviewed in the Daily Herald. We do not review restaurants we cannot recommend. Algerian ICOSIUM KAFE, 5200 N. Clark St., Chic...