#150 – The Purple Pig. (Believe it or not) our first visit.

Gorgeous sunny day in Chicago.  Let’s play tourist for a meal…Michigan Avenue, check.  Water Tower Place, check.  Lunch?…Purple Pig (500 Continue reading →

#145 – Avec. A little bit of this. A little bit of that.

Avec is unique.  One of Paul Kahan’s culinary babies, it focuses of the cuisine found on the Mediterranean Rim.  The Continue reading →

#139 – Sunda. Outside the box.

Chicago boasts one of the country’s broadest spectrums when it comes to choice of cuisine – whether it be by Continue reading →

#103 – Urban Belly. The Ramen competition heats up in Logan Square.

Chef Bill Kim’s original vision, Urban Belly (3053 N. California Ave.), is a small noodle shop with communal seating that Continue reading →

Wasabi. Life-changing Ramen.

This is it.  Wasabi (2539 N. Milwaukee Ave.) in Logan Square definitively has the best Ramen Jill or I have Continue reading →

The Smoke Daddy. Established BBQ in Wicker Park.

I hadn’t been to The Smoke Daddy (1804 W. Division Ave.) in Wicker Park for a couple years and while Continue reading →