Thursday, February 14, 2008
Chicago Restaurant Week is February 22-29. Sponsored by the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, participating restaurants offer three-course prix fixe meals, $21.95 for lunch and $31.95 for dinner. Restaurants include Aigre Doux, David Burke’s Primehouse, Fogo de Chão, and Naha. Click here for a full list of participants and to make reservations.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Hot Doug’s 3324 N. California 773-279-9550 Open 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Monday – Saturday. Also closed on random days for vacation; call or check www.hotdougs.com for info. This sausage lover’s mecca offers your basic Chicago dog, brats, and polish, but they really impress with their adventurous specialty sausage and game meat options. A couple [...]
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
In response to customer concerns, Trader Joe’s will phase out the sale of single-ingredient items from China by April 1. From latimes.com: Food safety experts said there was cause for concern. They cited the application in China of excess or dangerous pesticides, improper use of sewage for fertilizer and the use of illegal antibiotics in [...]
Monday, February 11, 2008
Valentine’s Day is three days away. Saccharine profusions of hearts and flowers not your thing? There’s a sweet option for folks without significant others — or would rather not have them. Sarah’s Pastries and Candies offers heart-shaped vanilla bean sugar cookies decorated with choice phrases like “No thanks”, “Not a chance”, and “There’s someone else”. [...]
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Dear wasabigelatine, You seem to know a lot about Chicago restaurants and I’d like to hear your opinions about them. Are you ever going to write any restaurant reviews? – ChicagoFoodFan Dear CFF, There are a ton of websites where people can voice their opinions about restaurants — LTHForum, Yelp, and Metromix, to name a [...]
