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Chicago Food Planet Wicker Park Tasting Tour

Looking for an easy way to branch out and try new restaurants?
The folks over at Chicago Food Planet Food Tours offer food tasting and cultural walking tours – one of the Near North neighborhood and one of Wicker Park.
For $42 you’ll join roughly 15 others on a three-hour walking tour that takes you though the [...]

Mana Food Bar
Chicago Bites Podcast #152

We met up with Chicago Foodies‘ Josh and Crystal early on a Monday night to check out Mana Food Bar. Like many neighborhood spots, Mana doesn’t take reservations, so we wanted to be sure to get a seat. We ordered a hefty portion of the completely vegetarian menu, chatting about food as it vanished from [...]

Dining with Passion — A Return to Schwa

It’s a good day when Michael Carlson returns your call.
The owner and renowned chef at Schwa is notoriously elusive, even when it comes to taking reservations, and his restaurant’s voicemail system  is regularly maxed out.
But Carlson will eventually return your call himself, and that’s when he asks you to swing by his place for dinner.
It’s [...]

Mado
Chicago Bites Podcast #145

Tammy’s on a road trip, seeing what’s to be seen of the US of A! So fellow podcaster and blogger Stephen Hernan stepped in to guest host this episode of Chicago Bites with me. Steve is a big advocate for healthy eating, so we made our way to Mado, a Wicker Park restaurant that [...]

Smoque and Smoke Daddy Quick Bite

With the fourth right around the corner, and summertime in full swing, I’ve been craving BBQ. That’s why over the past few weeks I’ve sampled some of Chicago’s best! Here are just a few thoughts about Smoque and Smoke Daddy, the two places I’ve been to most recently:

Smoque has a good catering service. [...]