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If you open Google Maps and do a search, you’ll see that the City of Chicago is fairly well defined by a dotted line… But from that perspective, you clearly cannot have a clue as to what Chicago really is, let alone what it offers. From Rogers Park (on the northeast corner) to Niles and Park Ridge (on the northwest) to Oak Park, Cicero, Bedford Park, Evergreen Park, and finally the Little Calumet River on the South end, and then along the lake shore, all the way back north to Rogers Park again – those are (approximately) the boundaries of a city of 234 square miles and about 2.3 million people! Include the Metropolitan area and those numbers explode…
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With a racial makeup of White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Latino, Native American, and other blends of two or more races, Chicago is obviously a melting pot containing preferences for huge variations of culture, arts, museums, recreation types, restaurants, and… Well, can you say diverse?! Quick answer? VERY!
And trying to name a few great restaurants – even a few dozen – would be a fool’s errand. It would take a few lifetimes to sample all the genres. But having sampled only a few, I can promise you that, if you can’t find it in Chicago, you just can’t find it!
Listed here are six of my “most recent” Chicago restaurant reviews. To view the complete list, scroll down the page.
It was only supposed to be just a dinner with friends — not a night out to do a review.
The first time I was introduced to something called “small plates”, I had no clue as to what they were
Let me share a fun place with you. It’s in Chicago. You’ll enjoy some of the best Italian cuisine available
The other night at dinner, I amazed even myself when I had to admit that the closest I had come
In my career are twenty-five-plus years learning the restaurant business – from top to bottom – and six years in a Midwest university learning and polishing my writing skills. I have spent a good number of those years (just how many yet to be determined) on the road and authored well over 150 reviews & articles – and still counting.
I’ve traveled from Maine to Florida, from Boston to San Francisco, from Seattle to San Diego, and from Dallas to way north of Duluth, sampling and writing about food. And Yes, I love restaurants, I love preparing, writing about, and eating, food. I hope you enjoy reading what I have written!
Through the years, Lauren and I have made numerous visits