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Summer Eating List
Summer is the sweet season for restaurants. Fresh produce is abundant, daylight lasts longer and restaurants are busier and bigger (with the addition of outdoor seats) than at any other time of the year. So once again I'm trotting out my Summer Eating...
Tags: Urban Union, Spiaggia, Miami Hotels, Chinese Restaurants, Bars and Clubs
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Chicago's Argyle enclave works to find identity
Years ago, Nam Pham, 70, and Paul Tsang, 56, left their Asian homelands and ultimately settled on the same street in Uptown's Argyle enclave. Pham, a Vietnamese national, started a pharmacy on one side of Argyle Street; Tsang, a Chinese national,...
Tags: Boystown (Chicago, Illinois), Chinatown (Chicago, Illinois), Chinese Restaurants, Media Industry, Pilsen
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Phil Vettel: Three stars for EL Ideas
EL Ideas has been playing to full houses since it opened in July 2011. That would be a nice achievement for any operation, but given the quirky experience chef and owner Phillip Foss offers, it's positively miraculous. Dinners cost $145, prepaid, tip...
Tags: Potatoes, Pilsen, Restaurants, Pecans, Phil Vettel
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Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore
A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....
Tags: Substance Abuse, Parkinson's Disease, Medical Research, General Contracting, Alzheimer's Disease
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As the world was about to end, I foolishly wrote this column
You're probably all dead — me too — swallowed by the Mayan apocalypse that many of us (foolishly) thought was utter nonsense, once. Which means you're not even reading this. But still ... I probably shouldn't have spent my last day writing...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago City Hall
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Baltimore Greek Week starts Monday
The Baltimore SunThe third annual Baltimore Greek Week starts Monday and culminates on Sunday with the Maryland Greek Independence Day parade in Greektown at 2 p.m. Along the way, Greek-owned establishments, including restaurants in Baltimore City and Baltimore County,...Tags: Restaurants, Baltimore County, Fells Point, Harbor, Harbor East
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Former Dominick's CEO opening more grocery stores here
Stop in to one of the eight Mariano's Fresh Markets in the Chicago area and you could spot founder Bob Mariano pushing carts, rewrapping meat or helping clean up spills. The eponymous, upmarket grocery stores, tended with his exacting sense of detail,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Bars and Clubs, Corporate Officers, Foods and Beverages, Food Network (tv network)
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Bigger is better at new Ikaros
It didn't move far — just one block up Eastern Avenue — but the new Ikaros is a world apart from the original, which the Kohilas brothers opened in 1969. Sometimes bigger is better. The new Ikaros, which opened last summer, has things the...
Tags: Garlic, Salt, Feta Cheese, Appetizers, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Yasou Greek Bistro gives an authentic flavor even outside Greektown
In Greek, "Yasou" means "health to you." It's used as a greeting and a toast, like "Cheers!" At Yasou Greek Bistro, there's plenty of reason to toast. With simple, nicely cooked takes on Greek specialties and friendly service, the busy Hunt Valley...
Tags: Pita Bread, Salads, Foods and Beverages, Pies and Tarts, Breads
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Shootings, stabbing overnight wound 4
A 16-year-old boy and a woman were among four people shot overnight in the city, police said. Someone shot the woman in the leg about 5:20 a.m. today while she was outside in the 700 block of West Gladys Avenue in the West Loop Gate neighborhood,...
Tags: Archer Heights, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Fire Department, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Loop
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This year's upcoming museum exhibits
Glowing fish, giant dinosaurs, plasticized animals and more. That's not a description of the toy aisles at Target, or at least it's not only that. It also spotlights what's coming up in the new year at the area's family museums and zoos. Here are some...
Tags: Museum of Science and Industry, Freedom of the Press, Entertainment, Target, Patrick Fitzgerald
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Go alfresco
Summer's here, and the time is right for eating in the street. Or near the street. Or in a bottle-service cabana high above the street.
Chicagoans love outdoor-dining season, all the more so because of its short duration. There are precious few days in...Tags: Sandwiches, Entertainment, Mexico, Salads, Architecture
Jun 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 9, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 11, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 21, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 11, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 19, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 8, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 30, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 2, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 21, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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