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Restaurant Thu Feb 14 2008

Food & Wine's Favorite New Chicago Restaurants

Ambitious chefs are upping the culinary ante in Chicago--and people are taking notice. In the latest issue of Food & Wine, Heather Shouse (editor of Time Out Chicago's "Eat Out/Drink Up" section) suggests adding these new Chicago restaurants to your "must try" list.

Sepia
Brasserie Ruhlmann
• Cafe 103
• Coalfire Pizza
The Drawing Room
• Old Town Brasserie
• Pasticceria Natalina
• Sol de Mexico
Table Fifty-Two
• Violet Hour (technically a bar, but praised for its innovative bar food menu)

Also, keep an eye-out for new spots from these culinary heavy-hitters:
• Marcus Samuelsson's C-House (coming March '08)
• Laurent Gras' L.20 (formerly Ambria, coming April '08)
• Terrance Brennan's Artisanal Bistro & Wine Bar (coming September '08)

 
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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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