Chicago Restaurant Reviews - Chicago Gluttons

A tale of two dinners.

jaeger — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:14:53 +0000

Now that all the magazines and food guides have finally gotten around to finishing their awards (did you guys have something better to do for the first three fucking months of 2012?), I can finally eat where the man tells me to eat. So we pulled up a chair at …

Walking Spanish with Achatz’s cover band.

jaeger — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:36:36 +0000

Most meals, with enough anticipation and fanfare, cannot possibly live up to expectations. This was not one of those meals.

I didn’t take pictures because this food has been so well documented, it seemed stupid for me to detract in any avoidable way from the experience just so I could …

Souther of the border.

jaeger — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:44:03 +0000

Anthony Bourdain will never read this, but I feel it entirely appropriate to name-check the guy since the tao of Tony has definitely helped inform my desire to go to strange places and eat whatever doesn’t fight back (aggressively) at every available opportunity. Ecuador is a place you’ve probably never …

Rev Brewing serving up Shrimp Boil Tonight

john — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:09:50 +0000

With Big Jones stepping up its game, and Garden & Gun arriving any day in the mailbox, it seems like Low Country's the new something this year. And we're one hundred percent fine with that. Boils, shrimp and grits, baked oysters, black-eyed peas? Yup. It's enough to make us forget that South Carolina has also given us Strom Thurmond, Myrtle Beach, and modern day racism.

We're getting this thing started tonight at Revolution Brewing's Lowcountry Beer Dinner and Shrimp Boil. (Looks like tix are still available.) The menu for this thing looks silly, especially the boil itself: head-on shrimp, house-made andoullie sausage, red skin potatoes, corn, and house-made hot sauce. We expect to get more head tonight than Wilt Chamberlain at Senor Frogs.

Get twisted at Vincent’s Koffeeshop

john — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:13:33 +0000

Vincent's Koffeeshop is back, this time with a slightly smaller menu, but with some new shee. Walking chili, deep-fried oreos, poutine? Yup. We'll be all over that.

We showed up last month and found a low-lit, nag champa-smelling joint playing real, actual, not-bullshit, good-ass hip hop. And we drank grape drank with a glow stick. Not to mention filled up on salami and mayonnaise sandwiches on Wonderbread. (Bring that back, Chrissy Camba!) We expect more of the same this Sunday at 9:30.