The Road Back In a New World of Takeout, Antique Taco Bet On a Very Old Approach In the nine years since husband-and-wife duo Rick and Ashley Ortiz opened their cheery counter-service taqueria, Antique Taco, in Wicker… By Maggie Hennessy February 22, 2021
Interviews How Has Superkhana International Survived? With a Little Help From Its Friends Superkhana International, the irreverent Indian spot in Logan Square, has an origin story like many other restaurants — as a series… By Maggie Hennessy February 12, 2021
The Classics On Chicago’s South Side, Josephine’s Preserves the Lineage of Soul Food To own a restaurant is a labor of love. To own a soul food restaurant for 35 years, as Josephine… By Angela Burke February 10, 2021
The Classics Original Soul Vegetarian: Proof That Divine Culinary Inspiration Can Grow on Trees To the casual observer, Original Soul Vegetarian (a.k.a. “Soul Vegetarian East”), a Chicago restaurant with multiple locations across the country,… By Adrian Miller February 10, 2021
The Hit List The February Hit List: Virtue, All Together Now, Taqueria Chingon, and More By the time we reach gray, frigid February, it can be hard to remember what Chicago looks like on a… By Maggie Hennessy February 1, 2021
Guides 10 Dishes Around Chicago to Bring Comfort to Your Winter We’ve arrived at the post-holiday winter doldrums, when that Chi-town wind chills you to the bone, the sidewalks are covered… By Maggie Hennessy January 14, 2021
Guides The Resy Guide to Vegetable-Forward Eating in Chicago Whether you’re meatless year-round, one night each week, or maybe during a designated month each year (we refuse to acknowledge… By Maggie Hennessy January 14, 2021
The Hit List The January Hit List: Ruth’s Panmade Pizza, Split-Rail, Carver 47 and More With 2020 finally drawing to a close and a COVID-19 vaccine in our sights, winter already feels a little brighter.… By Maggie Hennessy January 13, 2021
The Classics Is Italian Village Keeping Chicago’s Biggest Wine Secret? The quiet pervades the Italian Village’s climate-controlled wine cellar, which is perched implausibly on the top floor of this three-restaurants-in-one… By Maggie Hennessy December 8, 2020
The Classics At Chicago’s Italian Village, a Century of Meat Sauce and Solace After my family moved to Chicago’s western suburbs in 1991 when I was seven, dinner at the subterranean Italian chophouse… By Maggie Hennessy December 8, 2020
