North Shore Foodie

Wilmette Welcomes Trendy Taco

by Emily Spectre • April 14, 2016

WILMETTE – Tacos seem to be having a moment and so is downtown Wilmette’s restaurant scene, with the arrival of yet another new restaurant — The Trendy Taco. Trendy Taco…
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Northbrook To Get Lucky Fish

by Steve Sadin • April 7, 2016

NORTHBROOK — Lucky Fish Deli, the latest member of the Once Upon Family of Restaurants, plans to open a Northbrook location late this spring. Lucky Fish, which began in Highwood…
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Alex’s Washington Gardens: A Highwood …

by Julie Kemp Pick • March 28, 2016

HIGHWOOD – Jim Stoecker looks good in red. When he’s not serving up Old Italian family recipes steeped in marinara and Bolognese sauces at Alex’s Washington Gardens, he’s touting Redhead…
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Lake Bluff Brewing Taps Five

by Steve Sadin • March 22, 2016

LAKE BLUFF — A group of nine friends began getting together in a Lake Bluff garage to brew beer just over six years ago and three of them liked what…
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Prairie Grass Blends Fresh With Season

by Steve Sadin • March 15, 2016

NORTHBROOK — Seasonal has a number of meanings for Prairie Grass Café in Northbrook. Started in 2004, owners Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris take pride using fresh, local products that…
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New Taqueria In Town

by Emily Spectre • March 2, 2016

WILMETTE – A new restaurant called Taco Lago has opened in Wilmette in the Spanish-style shopping center Plaza de Lago on Sheridan Road. With the tag line “locally sourced crafted…
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The Purple Sprout Café Provides Fantastic Vegan …

by Simon Murray • February 6, 2016

Irina Kuznetsova was having horrible postpartum depression after giving birth to her first child. “I went completely nuts,” she said on a recent afternoon. “I thought I was dying—I developed…
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Longitud315: Tasty South American Cuisine

by Simon Murray • January 30, 2016

The sun was nothing more than a reddish apparition in the sky when the two figures got up and started to move about. One was a Peruvian woman in her…
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LF Juice: Tasty and Nutritious

by Simon Murray • January 16, 2016

“Does anyone still make New Year’s resolutions anymore?” I wondered silently to myself on the way to the gym recently. The question answered itself. Upon arriving, said gym was packed….
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Bent Fork Bakery A Sweet Delight

by Simon Murray • January 9, 2016

Michael Bearwald has a sweet tooth. But he doesn’t just indulge it; he puts it to work—as owner of Bent Fork Bakery in Highwood, along with wife and co-owner Liz…
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