Pacific Standard Time, Chicago, June, 2020
Pacific Standard Time (PST) opened in Chicago in the spring of 2019, that innocent year when we all ran around hugging our friends, sitting in crowded theaters and restaurants, not…
Cabra, Chicago, June 2020
Chef Stephanie Izard is a major force in the Chicago culinary world and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why. Every time I have tasted her food—in a…
Trulucks, Chicago, July 2019
I first visited a Truluck's in La Jolla, California back in 2014 and I wrote about it here. In that review, I lamented the fact that it was so far…
Jölane’s, Glenview, IL, Feb. 2019
Despite the cold, rainy weather one weekend in February, Valeria and I decided to make a trip to Abt Electronics (my favorite toy store) in search of ideas for kitchen remodeling.…
Chocolate Mint Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Prairie Grass Cafe, Northbrook, IL, 2019_01
Prairie Grass Café, Northbrook, IL, January 2019
As the 2018/2019 Holiday Season was winding to a close, Valeria and I decided to visit the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was a warm day (for January) and we thought…
Copper Fox Gastopub, Chicago, Dec. 2018
Valeria and I enjoyed the days around Christmas and New Year's very much this year, and I hope you did, too. A couple of days before Christmas we took in…
Lazy Dog, Vernon Hills, IL, Dec. 2018
The Lazy Dog, which opened this month in Vernon Hills, is the newest member of a chain of casual restaurants (32 locations, mostly in California). Founder Chris Simms says the concept…
Bellemore, Chicago, November, 2018
Valeria and I made our first visit to Bellemore, a (relatively) new restaurant in the Boka Restaurant Group, back in August. We were impressed by the ambience, food, wine, and…
The Chocolate Sanctuary, Gurnee, IL, Nov. 2018
Valeria and I usually save our dining out for when we are in downtown Chicago, where there is a seemingly infinite number of restaurants to choose from. However, there are…
Swift & Sons, Chicago, September 2018
Chicago has a long history of great steakhouses stretching back to 1865. That's the year the Union Stock Yards opened to slaughter and process farm animals brought in, primarily by…
