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Chef Tweet of the Week: Don’t Bust Up Tentori’s Snowman!

AP — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:20:00 +0000

Chef Giuseppe Tentori is annoyed that some jerk destroyed “Little Giuseppe,” the snowman outside of GT Fish and Oyster. [ more › ]

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Restaurant News: Urban Union Opens This Week, Fish Bar Raises Money for Shedd Aquarium & More

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Urban Union and Bread & Wine open, Fish Bar supports the Shedd, Southport Grocery & Cafe offers a pancake deal, and SmallBar Fullerton taps four casks on Friday. [ more › ]

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Get Through The SOPA Strike With These Cocktails

AP — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000

In the interest of keeping calm and carrying on, here’s an activity designed to smooth your feathers. Let’s get drunk. Here are three SOPA Strike 2012 Drink Recipes: the SOPA, the PIPA, and the original WikiBlackout Black Out Cocktail. [ more › ]

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Chicago Bands, DJs Come Together For DJ Jonathan Toubin

The Huffington Post News Team — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

It could have been a night like any other rocking night for Soul DJ Jonathan Toubin . The man responsible for the raucous and revved up New York Night Train and Soul Clap dance parties we’ve attended at Beauty Bar here in Chicago was involved in a completely insane freak accident on December 8, 2011. Toubin was injured in a freak accident in Portland when a taxi cab crashed through his hotel room and pinned him to the room’s back wall. Toubin remains in stable yet critical condition. [ more › ]

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Burgers Reinvented With A Korean Kick At bopNgrill

AP — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Korean-influenced burgers dominate the menu at the new location of bopNgrill in Rogers Park. On a day like today, some kimchi fries sound awfully good. [ more › ]

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Restaurant News: Piece Buys Its Building, Lillie’s Q Hosts Mexican Pop-Up, Green City Market Holds Chili Cookoff

Rickhouse — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Piece Brewery & Pizzeria bought its Wicker Park building, Lillie’s Q is hosting a Mexican pop-up dinner on January 24, and the Green City Market is holding a Superbowl chili cookoff. [ more › ]

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Doubts Linger About "Zero Tolerance" Alcohol Policy For Chicago’s South Side Irish Parade

Nicole Campoy-Leffler — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Not everyone responded to the news that the South Side Irish Parade Committee was granted a permit to bring back the event after a nearly three-year hiatus with open arms and cries of “w00t.” [ more › ]

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Review: Slurping Turtle

The Huffington Post News Team — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Slurping Turtle is like any other restaurant. They do some things better than others and what they do better, they do well. Just don’t try to paint it as something it isn’t, and enjoy it for what it is. [ more › ]

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Bob Chinn’s Reopens After Food Poisoning Scare

AP — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000

A suburban restaurant institution is back in business a day after a food poisoning scare forced it to temporarily close down. Bob Chinn’s Crab House shut down Tuesday afternoon , the first time in 30 years the Wheeling restaurant shut its doors due to illness. [ more › ]

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Cook County Health Department: Become a Vegetarian!

The Huffington Post News Team — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Or at least give up meat for a month. Dr. Terry Mason went on Fox Chicago to argue the health benefits of the meat-free lifestyle. [ more › ]

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