Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
 Thank you for your readership and contributions. 

TODAY

Friday, April 19

Gapers Block
Search

Gapers Block on Facebook Gapers Block on Flickr Gapers Block on Twitter The Gapers Block Tumblr


Drive-Thru
« DIY Candy Pumpkins Windy City Blogger Wednesday: The Kitchen Sink »

News Wed Oct 21 2009

Mmm...Midweek Links

  • Let's revisit the McDonald's "McDistance" map to see how the Midwest fares.

  • Don't knock the gnocchi being served over at Basic Taste.

  • Thinking about getting a tattoo of two strips of bacon on your lower back? Here's your inspiration.

  • Eat a Duck I Must dismantles a summer garden and makes a batch of pesto.

  • When the Hungry Hound barks, 312 Dining Diva and Grub Street listen.

  • Celebrate World Pasta Day this Sunday with some noodles and gravy at these places.

  • Chicago Foodies takes a delicious trip to Vietnam via the Map Room's International Night.

  • How could a Apple Butter Bourbon Pie NOT have won the Bucktown Apple Pie Contest this past weekend?

  • Ramekins everywhere will squeal with delight at this Eggs Al Forno recipe.

  • Several farmers markets and community agencies (among them Green City Market and Evanston Farmers Market) scored some federal dollars this past week to boost locally grown eating, but the largest check went to CBS-2...to buy advertising.
  •  
    GB store

    Courtney aka glamah / October 21, 2009 4:02 PM

    I ask myself everyday why my pie didnt win.

    GB store

    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...
    Read this feature »

    GB store

     

    Events


    Drive-Thru on Flickr

    Join the Drive-Thru Flickr Pool.


    About Drive-Thru

    Drive-Thru is the food and drink section of Gapers Block, covering the city's vibrant dining, drinking and cooking scene. More...
    Please see our submission guidelines.

    Editor: Robyn Nisi, rn@gapersblock.com
    Drive-Thru staff inbox: drivethru@gapersblock.com

    Archives

     

     Subscribe in a reader.

    GB store

    GB Store

    GB Buttons $1.50

    GB T-Shirt $12

    I ✶ Chi T-Shirts $15