Last week, City Provisions (our favorite charcuterie maker and all-around great local food emporium) announced that they would start serving brunch. CP already makes its own bacon, corned beef, pates and sandwiches, and starting this Sunday, June 26th, City Provisions will be serving an expanded menu from 10-2. The menu, which looks drool-worthy, will include latkes, whiskey-glazed ham, fresh biscuits and donuts, duck fat home fries and house-cured salmon. more ›

OK, OK, we know we have dedicated a ludicrous amount of posts to the cupcake craze on this site. But a recent walk on Madison brought out one of the dark sides of this town’s current mania---the exclusion of other, perhaps more deserving, baked goods. A walk from the Opera House over to the Randolph CTA stop leads you past THREE high-end cupcake stands (Crumb’s, Cupcake Counter and Sugar Bliss), one donut outlet (and it is a Dunkin’ Donuts, blech) and some hard pastry questions. Have cupcakes crowded donuts out of the City of Chicago? Are those treats now relics of a more yeasty yesteryear? more ›

Winter has arrived. There are so many things to look forward to as the seasons change and the Chicago landscape turns into arctic tundra, but what’s the MOST anticipated part of the winter season? If you said overindulgence, you are absolutely right. What should be the first addition to your newly-camouflaged muffin top? How about cinnamon-sugar caramel donuts, chocolate whoopie pies, and fresh apple fritters? Drooling yet? more ›

Try to resist a good dessert. You can't. Last weekend we had two very good ones at two separate locations a block apart. more ›