If your favorite color is shiny and you heart Vietnamese sandwiches, then rejoice. Nhu Lan has opened a new location in Lakeview.
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The New Nhu Lan
Splash Out At Pelago
The classical music, chiaroscuro paintings of fruit on the walls, and the sumptuous white leather chairs all quietly signal that Pelago isn't a simple trattoria, but a petite palazzo of a modern Italian eatery.
Review: Eggy’s
Eggy's is a perky piece of nostalgia attempting to bring some vintage warmth to its highrise-heavy lakeshore east neighborhood.
Review: Brunch at Storefront Company
Store Front Company, now open for brunch, serves up farm-fresh modern cooking fit for the most discriminating of palates in a crisp, inviting atmosphere.
Eat Their Words: The Indian Slow Cooker
This cookbook from Chicago author Anupy Singla makes Indian food convenient. Check out her recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala.
DiSotto Enoteca: A Possibly Perfect Wine Bar
This Streeterville wine cellar is an unspoiled hideaway, where the antipasti are satisfying enough to make for a light meal in themselves and the servers all double as affable, unpretentious sommeliers.
Restaurant Week Menu Review: Bistro Campagne
Our first dinner during restaurant week: Lincoln Square favorite Bistro Campagne, where we enjoyed a great meal and a great deal.
Mexicorean Street Eats At La Taccorea
Ready for more fusion foods? The latest entry into the Lakeview neighborhood is La Taccorea, offering another variation on the popular Korean taco.
Get Down With The Other Brother
Having heard good things about the Other Brother Coffeehouse, we had to try the place out for ourselves. Though we were surpised by its petite size, we were bowled over by a "big" experience.
Stylish Zoba Needs Zing
Evanston's Zoba Noodle Bar needs a little more polish before it shines.
Burgers Reinvented With A Korean Kick At bopNgrill
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.
Hot Tamales At Tamales Lo Mejor de Guerrero
If you have the taste for one of these delectable treats, look no further than Rogers Park's Tamales Lo Mejor de Guerrero.
Deli-licious: Sacco Bruno
For any sandwich freak, Sacco Bruno is most definitely a place you can get your freak on. If you seek a classic Italian sub, but don't have the good fortune to live anywhere near Little Italy, it's ideal.
Plenty Of Pozole: Chicago’s Only Pozoleria
With winter chills expected just around the corner, now is the perfect time to visit Humboldt Park for one of the best kept secrets in this city: Chicago’s only pozoleria.
Hold the Beef: It's a Wrap at Grill Inn
This veggie wrap, which includes a veggie burger patty and many other goodies, has made us into regular customers at Grill Inn.
Deli-licious: Vinnie's Sub Shop
Vinnie's classic Italian sub, loaded with capocollo, genoa salami, mortadella and provolone, satisfies our sandwich cravings.
Oh Sono Mio!
Nestled in the busy North & Clybourn shopping corridor, Sono Wood Fired serves up some seriously tasty and artistic wood fired pizzas.
Revisiting The Smashing Pumpkins' Origins
One of the biggest myths about The Smashing Pumpkins is that all the cool kids hated them in their early days when they were up and coming. Not true.
Rittergut is Ritter-GOOD!
Rittergut Wine Bar and Social Club may have a mouthful of a name, but it's a great place to stop in for a quiet lunch.
QUICK SPINS: Ashtar Command, Rachael Yamagata
This week we check out recent offerings from Chris Holmes' Ashtar Command and Rachael Yamagata, ex-Chicagoans both, and artists whose paths have frequently crossed.
Track that Truck! Sweet, Saucy Lillie's Q Meat Mobile
Now you can get the award-winning BBQ from Lillie's Q without going to Bucktown.
QUICK SPINS: M83, The Stepkids
In which we take a quick look at a few recent or upcoming musical releases.
Rockin' Our Turntable: Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction has been around quite a while, and gone through the breakup / regroup thing quite a few times, but for a band that's been around over two decades their recorded output is pretty minimal. Unlike most bands with similar lifespans Jane's Addiction seems to only record when they feel like it, and as a result their material stands up. Granted, more recent albums from the band will never pack the punch of Nothing's Shocking or Ritual De Lo Habitual that owes much to the fact that so many bands have run through the door Jane's Addiction opened, taking bits and pieces of the band's sound as they went through.
La Madia's 4th Anniversary $4 Pizza Lunch
Got lunch plans for Monday? If not, try to keep those plans open. It's La Madia's fourth anniversary, and the River North thin-crust pizza palace announced that to celebrate the occasion, four of its favorite pies will be available for just $4 apiece during lunch service (11:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
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