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Memories of a Great Kitchen Spur Chef

by Simon Murray • July 28, 2015

There is something romantic about the hallowed spaces where food is prepared. Be it an industrial kitchen or a marble temple, an overladen scullery or fastidiously arranged dorm-room kitchenette, the…
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Lifetime Restaurateur Embraces French Cuisine

by Simon Murray • July 19, 2015

When Debbie and Carlos Nieto opened Carlos’ restaurant in Highland Park, their son, Adam, was about two and a half years old. On Sundays the restaurateurs would dress him up,…
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Marigold Chef Spices It Up

by Simon Murray • July 15, 2015

How important is spice? Just ask the Spice Girls. Or ask the Powerpuff Girls — scientifically engineered little girls with Margaret Keane saucers for eyes who were created with a…
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Customers Get a Bang Out of Unique Restaurant

by Simon Murray • July 3, 2015

Walk into Bangers & Lace on a weekday at an off-hour, and it strikes you. Or should I say, many things strike you at once. The rustic Midwestern lodge feeling….
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Where Dining and Music Mix Elegantly

by Simon Murray • June 28, 2015

Crain’s Chicago Business called it “the elite picnic scene” at Ravinia. A commenter on Foursquare, with a laconic affirmation only the digital age could produce, noted, “Everything’s good here.” However…
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Wildfire Has a Piece of the Pie

by Simon Murray • June 19, 2015

Ask Joe Decker, vice president and executive chef of Wildfire, what month it is, and he’ll respond with what kind of pie is on the menu of his 1940s-style steakhouse….
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Ten Mile House

by Jake Jarvi • June 15, 2015

The tantalizing taste of a wood fire oven drives many highlights of the Ten Mile House menu. Ten Mile House may only be a few months old, but they opened…
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The Panda Bar

by Jake Jarvi • June 14, 2015

Join us in Highland Park at The Panda Bar as we learn how to make a couple of their fantastic summer cocktails.

Bakery is Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread

by Simon Murray • June 12, 2015

You can smell Hewn before you ever see it. Walking out of the Metra station, I followed my nose down Dempster Street and there it was: the Evanston-based artisan bakery…
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Nieto’s Ribs Keep Things Casual

by Simon Murray • June 7, 2015

In 2011, New Year’s Day came and went, and with it Highland Park’s superior fine dining restaurant, Carlos’, which closed its doors for good the night before. Fast forward four…
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