El Barco Mariscos (1035 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622) is an awesome restaurant that Sparrow and I like to go to now and then. It’s this ridiculous (in a good way) Mexican seafood restaurant. I’ve had a lot of food on their menu, and it has been consistently good. When Sparrow and I went …
I’d never heard of Bluegrass restaurant in Highland Park, IL, until Father’s Day. My sister suggested we take him there for dinner — and it was awesome. The place was packed at 5:30 PM on a Sunday, which is always promising. As soon as we walked in, the head chef, Warren Jones, noticed I was …
I got a chance to go to Next Restaurant, Grant Achatz’s new Big Thing. He is the genius chef behind Alinea, which I am proud to say is in Chicago. Alinea has made a ton of top ten lists across the nation, and I have yet to go myself (it’s expensive!). Next is an interesting …
Hi guys. I forgot to post this, but my hamburger review is up at Serious Eats. Go visit and make obscene comments. THIS IS THE LINK SO GO THERE AND SUPPORT ME. Thanks, guys. All, uh, two of you.
Mariscos el Veneno (1024 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622) is a Mexican seafood restaurant with food from the state of Nayarit — so basically it’s awesome seafood cooked in a certain way. If you’re not prepared for your fingers and face to smell like a bad yo’ momma joke, then maybe this isn’t the …
Poutine (pronounced POO-TEEN, ha ha) is a Canadian specialty that is starting to come over to the states a lot more — I guess the closest thing we have here is gravy-covered fries, which isn’t terribly popular here in Chicago. Poutine is a simple dish; start with a healthy pile of french fries, cheese curds, …
One of my favorite food sites is A Hamburger Today. It’s more or less a burger review site with other information, like how to cook the perfect burger, and other burger-related things. Who doesn’t like a burger? Vegans. Who are miserable people. Does semen count as being vegan? Because if it isn’t…there’s one more reason …
Near my office in the Loop in downtown Chicago, there’s this food truck that comes around sometimes. It’s called The Meatyballs Mobile. Chef Phillip Foss, former executive chef of Lockwood Restaurant, makes different types of meatball sandwiches for lunch. Since the food truck thing is relatively new here in Chicago, there aren’t too many options …