Quick Bites

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Jul 22, 2010 3:40PM

The Graham Elliot Bowles/Chicago mag conflagration won't go away, almost entirely because GEB won't let it. Having written what I felt about it yesterday I'm gonna make like Pontius Pilate, wash my hands of this and let Audarshia Townsend take over. This kind of story is right in her wheelhouse. [312 Dining Diva 1, 2]
President Obama, honoring a World Cup bet he made with British Prime Minister David Cameron, presented Cameron a case of Goose Island 312, which Obama calls "outstanding" and Cameron agrees is "very good." Get the President some Sai-Shan-Tea now! [Inbox]
Steve Dolinsky sent his intern to a City Provisions farm dinner at Seedling Orchard. Lots o' pictures. [Dolinsky/Vocalo]
Wirtz Beverage's Peter Vestinos, one of the city's best cocktail craftsmen, is moving to San Francisco. [Reader]
Heather Shouse has more on Evanston food truck Hummingbird Kitchen, which I first reported a couple weeks back. Also, as of 5 p.m. yesterday, Humming Bird Kitchen was doing brisk business on Chicago Avenue in Evanston, north of Main Street. [Time Out Chicago]
Where do chefs like Mindy Segal, Bill Kim and Rodelio Aglibot like to eat after hours and what do they like? Read on [Sun-Times]
David Tamarkin has some advice for localvores. [David Tamarkin on Twitter]
NBC Feast has a solid-yet-incomplete list of Bridgeport restaurants and diners. [NBC Feast]