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Pizza Capri, Hyde Park Haunt
When I lived in Hyde Park, several friends and I would block every Thursday to gather at any of the great restaurants in the neighbourhood. Given the multicultural environment in Hyde Park, there were...
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Cohiba Cuban Cuisine, Azuca, Azuca
While wanting to get closer to Montrose Beach along Lake Michigan on Chicago’s North Side for a friend’s gathering, my appetite would not allow me to linger around with a growling belly before the...
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Bistronomic, Bon Français en Chicago
Not long ago I went to a French bistro in Bucktown named Le Bouchon. I fell in love with the bistro. Shortly after that, I went to Mexique, a Mexican restaurant that has a French influence. I fell in...
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Tanoshii West Loop, One Is Not Enough
Several years ago, I went to Tanoshii in Andersonville on a whim. What I initially thought was going to be a brief moment at just any sushi restaurant turned out to be one of the more memorable sushi...
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Ay Ay Picante
While having dinner with friends at a Peruvian restaurant recently, there was mention of other Peruvian restaurants in the metropolitan Chicago area. One that I remember named in the discussion was Ay...
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Bodhi, Berwyn and It’s Surprises
My restaurant advisor had been prompting me about a Thai restaurant in Berwyn, Illinois. Recognizing how much I love curry and a proper thick curry, she gave the name of Bodhi Thai Bistro at 6211 W....
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Chocolate, Ukrainian Style at Shokolad
During early summer of 2016 I had the opportunity to go in for the taping of an episode of Check, Please! Based out of Chicago, the show features three guests who visit three restaurants anonymously...
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Troquet River North, French Style
Chardonnay Several years ago, a colleague who discovered my love for food and blogging about it had recommended a French restaurant in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighbourhood. Like some suggestions, I had...
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Krung Thep, No American Menu
With temperatures waffling between not-so-bad and cold, doing whatever it takes to avoid catching the flu, and work being maddening, it has been a few weeks since I posted a review. A Thai friend who...
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Enter the French Vault, La Voûte
February is tootling right along and it occurred to me that I had not written a blog review since summer of 2018. Last year came with a lot of change and I had been riding the wave of “peace of mind”...
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