Thwarted from going to Robert’s Pizza and getting a little intimate with their highly-touted crust because the restaurant doesn’t open until 5; my surprise was not accompanied by a Plan B. Breakfast was a banana that had satisfied for all of 30 minutes hours ago. Headed back toward Michigan Ave. I looked up and saw …
Fear of beef, pork and salt kept me out of Fat Rice for years. Finally, curiosity got the best of dietary concerns and we were off to one of the city’s least pretentious neighborhoods. Just west of the Kennedy on Diversey, it’s the kind of area you feel at home in. People around here work …
Lots of people, when they see a soap opera coming down the road, high tail in the other direction. It may be a personal problem. And an unfortunate one because they might miss the decadently delicious Destiny of Desire playing at the Goodman. Telenovelas and soap operas come from the same place and in …
Sometimes going to a restaurant is like dating. You go out a few times and decide, “Yeah, this could be serious”. Goosefoot is like that; a great date. In many ways, it’s the classic upscale dining venue. Subdued dining room awash in good taste and subtle accents that add interest to the space. The …
Despite it being around a couple of years now, Harris Theater’s Mix at Six doesn’t seem to have been fully discovered yet. If it had, its 1500 seats would have been brimming over like beer suds on a frosted glass Thursday night. In its coupling of Happy Hour to the performing arts, they’ve hit …
Evanston’s restaurant scene sometimes seems as fluid as Manhattan’s with its constant flow of what’s hot and what’s not. Billing itself as an urban Thai kitchen, NaKorn on Orrington had the minimalist charm of a serious restaurant and an utterly charming waitstaff. Singing with flavor, the tapioca pearl crackers are enough reason to …