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Significant sequels
In the last six months, three highly regarded restaurant chef/operators — Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat, Graham Elliot of his eponymous restaurant, and David Flom and Matt Moore of Chicago Cut Steakhouse — have opened sequel restaurants,...
Tags: Graham Elliot, Potatoes, Chicken, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Pies and Tarts
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Eateries to center on Wilmette
Mitchell Dulin ambled through his new Wilmette restaurant, The Avenue, still under construction and coated in a layer of dust, and saw things not yet in existence. There was the walnut bar with the black tufting, the 7-foot-tall Tuscan wine press, the...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Rentals, Memorial Day, Bars and Clubs, Restaurants
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Orlando Sentinel restaurant review: Blu on the Avenue in Winter Park
Blu on the Avenue has replaced Spice Modern Steakhouse on Winter Park's Park Avenue. The concept is from the people who operate neighboring 310 Park South and 310 Lakeside in downtown Orlando. Spice's dark interior has been renovated into a room...
Tags: Pottery Barn, Onions, Sushi and Sashimi, American Express Company, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Phil Vettel: Four stars for Grace
Given chef Curtis Duffy's curriculum vitae — his work at Alinea, the two Michelin stars awarded to Avenues restaurant on Duffy's watch — there really wasn't any question whether Grace, Duffy's first solo effort, would be good. Just how good....
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Potatoes, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Wines, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Tickets now available for Pa. Chefs' Walk
The Cumberland Valley School of Music presents the fifth annual Neighborhood Chefs' Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 1. The event takes place along Alexander Avenue between Carlton and Pennsylvania Avenues. Six chefs from Chambersburg will combine...Tags: Music, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Entertainment, Music Industry
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Review: Grace
Review: Grace 652 W. Randolph St. 312-234-9494 Rating: !!! 1/2 (out of 4) Heating up Some chefs spend their careers working in the upper echelon of fine-dining restaurants, only to throw their hands up and open a burger joint. Curtis Duffy is not one of...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Butter, Breads, Pistachios, Wines
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Acid trip
Graham Elliot is hot.
The much-decorated chef owns three Chicago restaurants and will be inducted into the Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame in two weeks. He shares screen time with Joe Bastianich and Gordon Ramsay judging "MasterChef" (just renewed for a...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Graham Elliot, Cucumbers, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Entertainment Events
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Charlie Trotter's pressure cooker
Everyone knows Charlie Trotter as the chef of Charlie Trotter's. It's his name, his restaurant, and he's the boss. But that title “chef” has many meanings, and Trotter has embodied just about all of them during his 25 years at Charlie Trotter'...
Tags: Graham Elliot, Lettuce, Mindy Segal, PBS (tv network), Charlie Trotter's
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Scaling the heights
Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes. These are uncertain times for four-star dining in Chicago. Since last September, four previous top-rated restaurants have closed up shop...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Sixteen, Wrigley Building, Seasons Restaurant, Charlie Trotter's
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Charlie Trotter preaches excellence to the extreme
Graham Elliot was an aspiring young cook in the late '90s carrying steaks to a party of 20 in the Charlie Trotter's Studio Kitchen when the restaurant's brilliant, mercurial owner stopped him in the hallway and grabbed one of the pieces of meat. "He...
Tags: Beverly Kim, Graham Elliot, Key West, Mindy Segal, Arts and Culture
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Let's break out the old crystal ball
Time once again for my annual exercise in humiliation, as I try to predict the star recipients in the 2013 Michelin Chicago Guide, which hits bookstores Wednesday. This is the third year that Michelin has published a Chicago guide, and if there's one...
Tags: Graham Elliot, Sixteen, Book, Charlie Trotter's, Seasons Restaurant
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2012 bar and restaurant review: Highs, lows and delicious trends
RedEyeWhen it comes to adventures in dining and drinking, Chicago definitely delivered this year. Hot chefs expanded their empires with new restaurants. New words made their way into our nightlife vocabulary. And, of course, there were doughnuts. And pie. And...Tags: Beverly Kim, Graham Elliot, Wicker Park, Google Inc., Au Cheval
May 2, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 24, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013
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Dec 20, 2012
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Aug 2, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Aug 29, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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Aug 28, 2012
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Nov 8, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 19, 2012
|Story| RedEye
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