Cafe Cuisine
When a well-run, locally owned business opens on the North Shore, news travels fast. It’s been just two months since Glencoe’s Hometown Coffee and Juice launched in its corner location…
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North Shore Foodie
Pumpkin Lovers Pumped for Gourd-geous Fare at …
It’s transition time at Prairie Grass Café — or that window of change when late summer gives way to early fall and the season’s first bounty of pumpkins begins appearing…
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Major fascino at Mino’s
Winnetka hot spot offers a “full service” Italian dining experience If you’ve taken a solemn vow — as I did when I was a knee-high bambino — to eat as…
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Joint Effort: The Gallery and Left Bank
Dominic Zumpano and Cecilia Lanyon are no strangers to collaboration. In fact, their Lake Forest art gallery and restaurant, The Gallery, couldn’t exist without their particular brand of teamwork. Zumpano…
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Evanston eatery evokes iconic painting
If you can scrounge up three bucks and the courage to order a fish nugget in mixed company, I can introduce you to the tastiest two-bite morsel in town. Technically,…
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Forza Meats: Butcher Shop 2.0
GLENVIEW – Regular patrons of Glenview Road’s thriving downtown commercial district have yet another compelling reason to shop local: Forza Meats. The Italian market/butcher-shop, located near Core Power Yoga and The Glenview…
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Valley Lodge Tavern Stands Test of Time
It was 1969. The year of Vietnam, Woodstock, The Beatles, and Neil Armstrong’s iconic walk on the Moon. It was also the year that two brothers from Greece, Peter and…
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Red Hot Chili Pepper
Ramakant Kharel, the owner of the aptly named Red Hot Chili Pepper in Evanston, isn’t interested in re-acquainting you with your favorite Chinese food staple. Nor, as his surname might…
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Wilmette Coffeehouse is Alchemy Attraction
WILMETTE – Many roast masters believe there’s equal parts skill and magic in the perfectly roasted coffee bean. An expert roaster must intuitively “read” the beans, finessing both heat and…
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Ever Been to Abt’s Viennese Kaffeehaus?
It’s hard to imagine a less likely location for a Viennese kaffeehaus than Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview, a commercial road that feels light years away from Austria’s cosmopolitan capital city….
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