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A Visit to Chicago’s Own French Market

Want to check out the Chicago French Market in the West Loop? Today is the day to do it!  That’s because Greg Christian of Zullo’s will kick off the market’s Tuesday tasting  series at 5:30 p.m. with a cooking demo of  his local organic winter veggie pasta. After that, you can tour the market and [...]

NoMi
Restaurant Week Continues…

Made it to NoMi for a late lunch reservation, but that didn’t matter — I would take any slot to try their $22 Restaurant Week menu. We started things off with a tasty roasted D’Anjou pear and endive salad and this stand-out butternut squash soup.
For our main course, we chose the chef’s choice of [...]

Cyrano’s Cafe & Wine Bar on the Riverwalk

Looking for a casual lunch away from the hustle and bustle of Michigan Avenue? Try Cyrano’s Cafe. Here you can find a decent selection of sandwiches, quiche and spreads while watching the tour boats go up and down the river. You can’t get a glass of tap water at the cafe, but there [...]

Avec
Chicago Bites Podcast #118

We recently met up with Scot and Ben from Dinner Voyeur at Avec to sample the Mediterranean inspired cuisine and share our love of food. The communal tables encourage you to chat with neighboring diners, and as a result, the narrow restaurant is loud and jam-packed. They don’t take reservations at Avec, so [...]

Cafe Bernard
Chicago Bites Podcast #102

Cafe Barnard is a Lincoln Park staple. But what is it about its French fare that keeps folks coming back? Tammy and I brought friends to dinner to test the menu and find out.
(26.2 M)

Show Notes:
00:00 – 01:21 The mystery French place
01:22 – 04:26 Lived-in charm, basket-o-bread, baked Brie, and escargot
04:27 – [...]