Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Explore all of our favorites at chicagoreader.com/food/reader-bites. The ageless duo of ham and cheese is applied to no fewer than eight different kinds of pastries a... See more
On performance days, Jordan Wilson likes to caffeine- and carb-load. “Today I woke up and made my quad-shot oat latte, then for lunch I had a jerky stick and a plain bagel,” he says. “I really like raw-dogging bagels. Often I have two bagels for lunch jus... See more
Bad Johnny walked the equivalent of three marathons on Lollapalooza weekend. That was achieved four to five steps at a time, paddling raw dough and finished pizzas to and from the tented prep station, the expo, and the 950-degree Fahrenheit, gaping hellmo... See more
You may think you don’t know the Mayor. But if you pay attention to restaurants, or cooking competitions, or pop-ups in Chicago, you’ve probably eaten his food, or eaten the food of some chef whose ass he’s saved in one way or another. Like Batman, he kee... See more
The animals were running the streets in crop tops and cargo shorts last February 2. The ice dome that covered the city had cracked; up 32 degrees Fahrenheit from the previous week’s gelid 8. They’d crawled out of hibernation with their snouts upward, huff... See more
