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Meatyballs Mobile No Mas

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:06:50 +0000

And its balls out, fam.

Chef Foss via the Chicagoist:

"Though humbling & heart breaking to inform, The Meatyballs Mobile will only occasionally 'pop up' going forward. There are many reasons, but the bottom line is that I can no longer burn the candle at both ends as an individual & expect not to splinter. Thank you all for your support & helping me to fulfill my dream as a restaurant owner. I promise that our balls (and double entendres) will see the light of day and roll again, and hopefully sooner than later. My attention will now be devoted full time to EL ideas venture & unlocking our full potential. Still really sad right now. Most of all incredibly appreciative of all our faithful followers & fans who've made this last year the amazing ride it's been!"

Don't stop the hustle, Chef Foss (aka Equal Opportunity Ballist).

Goose Island announces FOBAB lineup

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:33:20 +0000

Beer festivals can typically be summed up in several layers of prejudice: hella beards, protruding bellies, overbearing flatulence and the pure fucking geekery over water, malt, yeast and hops. Nevertheless, we dare to say that there is a single festival here in the White City which detours from course. The moniker: Festival of Barrel Aged Beers; many heads know it simply as FOBAB. As you can image from the title of this thing, they're not just serving Half Acre's Daisy Cutter or DFH's 60 Minute. All beers are considered experimental and all beers have been aged in some form of wood barrel. Getting the tap list prior to this event is like being granted inside access to Moses on Mt. Sinai prior to the unveiling of the Ten Commandments.

Couple days ago, Goose Island did us a favor and released their lineup for the event so there would be ten less beers to worry about. If you've got tickets to this thing, yowza; if not, just hope that the brewery ends up bottling some of this shit:

Bourbon County Stout
Bramble Rye Bourbon County Stout (Rye Barrels with Blackberries and Raspberries)
Bourbon County Manhattan Stout (Aged in barrels used to age Manhattan cocktails)
Bourbon County Coffee Stout
Bourbon County Ghost Pepper Stout
Lolita
King Henry (Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine)
Madame Rose
Amara
Scarlett

Goose Island Clyborn will also be at the event serving up an entirely different lineup of hand crafted brews, so this basically only gets more stupid from here through D-Day on November 12th. Stay up.

Apple Cider Donuts. Treat Yo’self!

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:43:14 +0000

Forecast for the weekend: sixty degrees and sunny in late October. Now that’s some apple picking weather, son.

No, I did not go all Chauncey on y’all while I was on the Gluttons hiatus. Don’t even think for a second that my black ass will be out at Wood Orchard…

Get The Duck Outta Here!

Won — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:22:25 +0000

There are just some days you feel like stuffing the shit out of your face and Sun Wah provides such a haven, where the Peking duck basically rapes your face, but leaves you wanting more.

Having these on display is equivalent to any red light district in the world. They …

Super secretish pseudo-private dining with Sunday Dinner Club

jaeger — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:39:59 +0000

The phrase ‘underground dinner club’ conjures images of smoke-filled gated mansions you need a password to access. A masked string quartet plays chamber music as a fiendishly grinning, impeccably dressed, crowd is served a Cornish game hen stuffed inside of a duck stuffed inside of a lamb stuffed inside of …