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Nothing good lasts forever, especially the downtown-resident friendly evening hours of the Randolph Street Intelligentsia coffee bar. Earlier today, I praised Intelligentsia for meeting the needs not just of midday office workers and tourists but downtown residents as well. Now they've gone and cut
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There are two kinds of coffee bar in the Loop: the Chicago-local Intelligentsia; and everyone else. Although service got off to a rocky start last month at Intelligentsia's new Randolph Street store, at least I haven't had to hear about the sex lives of the staff. Unlike at the nearby Starbucks.
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Dear Head Honcho of the Millennium Park Intelligentsia Coffee Bar: I love your coffee--but please sell it to me faster in the morning.
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Any cook will tell you, good food is like good porn. With that, I give you this totally double-entendred trip, taken verbatim from the Ladies Home Journal lightstyle section. Really.
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I am a kimchi chigae crack ho. Give it to me three squares a day. Blend it and stick it in an IV. Hell, just let me drag my futon over to Kimball and the Kennedy and I'll just live in Chicago Food Corp. Fie on you, dear Korean friend (I - don't - friggin' - look - like - Margaret - Cho) Rozella, for
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A sign on the door at West Town's calmly cool Hillary's Urban Eatery says that the last day of full service will be February 27 and that, at some uncertain point and in some uncertain location somewhere nearby, they'll reopen--all of which sounds to me like a hedgy way to say 'maybe.'
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The end of 2006 cannot come fast enough for this home cook. That's because by then, the much-anticipated downtown Chicago Trader Joe's will be open in River North.
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When you live and work downtown, those lunchtime eateries we all frequent on weekdays merit added importance--and scrutiny. Comparing Oasis middle-eastern takeout with Marshall Field's food court on opposite sides of Wabash, the one spectacularly worth making a special trip for is not the one you mi
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Ever since I became a home cook, I’ve wanted to try my hand at coq au vin. This Saturday with Devyn, I finally took the plunge. We both agreed it's one of the best things I've ever made. Here's the recipe.