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Posts tagged “Chicago, IL”

First Look Store Review: Gene's Sausage Shop

Gene's Sausage Shop at Delicatessen Meyer is now open for business in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. After two years of anticipation, we finally got a peek inside....

A Food-Lover's Guide to Chicago
Markets, farms, artisans, and best shops for cooks

City: Chicago Population: 2.8 million (9.5 million in the metropolitan area) Local specialties: Deep-dish pizza, Chicago-style hot dogs, steak, beer, local produce, various ethnic dishes Perhaps best...

Old-School Butchers in Your Neighborhood

Where do you buy your meat? I think shopping a little more old-school by visiting a neighborhood butcher is such a bigger pleasure (and often a bigger savings) than buying meat from the grocery store....

Bloomingdales Home: Chicago, IL

Inside and out, Chicago's Bloomingdales Home is a surprise. This isn't an everyday big box department store. Look for the onion domes and you'll find the store housed in the renovated Medinah Templ...

P.O.S.H. Chicago: Online

Braised stews and pot roasts make us want to break out the sensible stoneware plates and soup bowls, good durable stuff that looks right with a hunk of meat sitting in it. P.O.S.H. Chicago is a perfec...

Fox & Obel Food Market: Chicago, IL

We love eating in grocery store cafes. Eating in-store gives us the opportunity to tuck into a sandwich and chocolate chip cookies while we watch people shop. At Fox & Obel, we joined in a conversati...

The Chopping Block: Chicago, IL

[Here's Kate again with a review of a store in her neck of the woods: Chicago. Thanks, Kate!] Shopping at the Chopping Block feels like pillaging the kitchen of a well-stocked friend. It’s not just ...