Quick Bites

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Apr 1, 2010 5:20PM

After viewing Mike Gebert's April Fool's video, let's try to focus on food links before the city streets run thick with beer for the next ten days:

• The movement to bring food trucks to Chicago just went from grass roots to organized. [Chicago Food Trucks]
• While Grant Achatz hasn't gone so far as to ban photography at Alinea yet, he does wonder where the line will be now that diners are shooting video of him and the front of house staff. [Alinea Mosaic]
• Restaurants & Institutions' list of the top 100 independent restaurants in the country includes Gibson's at number 10, Joe's Seafood at number 11, Bob Chinn's at number 15, Shaw's Crab House at number 47, Hugo's Frog Bar (#50), Harry Caray's (#72), Greek Islands (#84), and Quartino at number 96. the lesson here? Open a steakhouse if you're a budding restaurateur. [R&I]
• Victoria Wiedel lists CSA pick-up locations for North Center, Ravenswood Manor and Lincoln Square for Center Square Journal. [Center Square Journal]
• Shanna Quinn shows you how to make your own marshmallow peeps for easter. [Drive-Thru]
• This one's for Stolpman: visit Dan Shumski's Waffleizer.com [Waffelizer.com, via]
• Mike Gebert again, this time listing ethnic Easter meals in the city. [TOC]
• Lamb cake. [Sun-Times]

UPDATE: I'd be remiss in mentioning the new and promising website, Guys Drinking Beer, featuring beer reviews by Ryan Hermes, Andrew Flach and our own Karl Klockars. [Guys Drinking Beer]