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Monday, November 11

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News Wed Dec 10 2008

Mmm, Midweek Links

• Possibly the most useful post you'll read today: The MenuPages Guide to Making It Out Of A Tasting Menu Alive. Also applies to holiday buffets!

• The Publican has lowered its beer prices and is now taking reservations.

• 312 Dining Diva shares good news about Chicago Restaurant Week 2009, and gets the inside word on a re-concept and kitchen shakeup at Room21.

• Centerstage was prescient with this list of political hangouts. Now you know the best places in town to eavesdrop.

Edible Chicago is looking for local culinary heroes.

• The Stew's Monica Eng gets first bites of Chickpea and Mantou in Wicker Park, and tests McDonald's latte-making abilities. UPDATE: TOC reports that Mantou is already closed, a month after it opened.

David Tamarkin checks out Chickpea, too.

Hopleaf's plan to buy La Donna's space for a new Mediterranean restaurant is dead, Crain's reports. (Did Andersonville really need another Mediterranean place, anyway?)

Sky Full of Bacon profiles Paul Kahan.

Chicago Bites try Rustik.

• Chicago Gluttons try to conquer all-you-can-eat king crab night at Glenn's Diner.

• Yep, Lincolnwood's New York Bagel & Bialy makes the best bagels in Chicago.

• Antica Pizzeria gets Neapolitan pizza right -- it's just too bad that's all they get right.

• Can't afford to leave town? Zagat Buzz suggests a staycation.

• Decider confirms, to no one's surprise, that the Rock'n'Roll McDonald's is a tourist trap.

Obama is not a foodie, but his wife might be.

 
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Audarshia / December 10, 2008 1:20 PM

Andrew:

Just got word that Mantou closed. :(

Andrew / December 10, 2008 1:24 PM

Yeah, got that, too. Updated.

Mike Gebert / December 14, 2008 11:27 PM

Thanks for the double mention!

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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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