The Chicagoist will be launching later but in the meantime please enjoy our archives.

Quick Bites

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Oct 7, 2010 9:00PM

Night of the Sfingi: Sky Full of Bacon 16 from Michael Gebert on Vimeo.

  • The Illinois Restaurant Association doesn't seem to like food trucks. Also, Evanston's legalizing of food trucks comes with a disturbing caveat. [Reader]
  • Ari Bendersky came out of the gate strong at Eater Chicago, with a stunning photo gallery of the new restaurant at the W Chicago City Center, IPO. [Eater Chicago]
  • Steve Dolinsky lists his top five places in Chicago for smoked fish. Nice to see Lawrence's fisheries in Bridgeport on the list. [Dolinsky/Vocalo]
  • When not asking that Bendersky either divest his interest in Foodie the App or resign from Eater Chicago, Michael Nagrant launched another favorite twitter food list, starting with Big Star's Sonoran, on favorite drunk eats. [Nagrant Twitter]
  • Charlie's Ale House Andersonville is no more. Say hello to Acre. [Sun-Times]
  • I've re-listed Mike Gebert's "Night of the Sfingi" video because I don't want to wake up in the morning and find fried bologna sandwiches in my bed. [SFOB]
  • Graham Elliot Bowles unveils more renderings for grahamwich. Related. 78 percent of readers at feast find graham elliot the restaurant to be "near epic," according to their stupid widget. [Feast Chicago]
  • Heartland Café's on life support, asking for $50,000 to keep the doors open. [Tribune]