FOOD & DRINK
The best eats in Chicago, the best place to eat
Step into Chloe Gould’s Bronzeville home at DixiePura Kitchen
Inspired by her grandmother, Gould cooks American southern–southeast Asian cuisine while giving back to her community.
Bier Omakase is the social lubricant beer drinkers need right now
Jenny Pfäfflin and Shana Solarte’s sudsy storytelling series is restoring connection and conversation to the craft beer scene.
Join us at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up series, Monday nights at Frank and Mary’s Tavern (2905 N. Elston, Chicago)
Upcoming Eats at Monday Night Foodball
Jan. 12 The long-awaited return of Umamicue
Jan. 19 Bye week. Meet us at Todos Ponen
Jan. 26 West Africa meets the world with Daniel’s Test Kitchen
Feb. 2 Hill Country-style Korean smoked meats with K-Tex BBQ
Feb. 9 It’s all Greek to Meze Table
Join us Monday nights, now at Thattu
2601 W. Fletcher, Chicago
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Impress your parents when Umamicue headlines a brand-new Monday Night Foodball lineup
Check out Charles Wong’s Southeast Asian–central Texas barbecue banh mi at his long-awaited return to the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
Outrage your favorite Philadelphians when Morgan Street Snacks returns to the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Ryan Cofrancesco’s cheesesteak heresy at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
Herbivore serves humans at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Max Musto’s plant-based commitment to feeding the collective at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
Twilight Kitchen cooks like you’re a rock star at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Blackbird/Avec alum Christopher Sullivan’s encore at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
Xicágo Cevichería walks upright into the sea at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Odin Metzger’s evolutionary mar y tierra at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
It’s a dinner party with Divs when Umami From Scratch returns to Monday Night Foodball
Divs Ray re-creates a silk road dinner party like she does home for the Reader’s weekly guest chef pop-up at Thattu.
The CHAAD Project’s restaurant preparedness tool kit puts la migra on ice
The hospitality worker advocates held a town hall with the aim of protecting at-risk employees from government goons.
The burger is a helluva drug when Cash’s Kitchen comes to the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Travis Champer’s meticulously reimagined SoCal-style smashes at the Reader’s weekly guest chef pop-up at Thattu.
Polish French bread pizza fuels the I Love Grill & Lemonade food truck for its return to the next Monday Night Foodball
Justyna Haluch’s restored Polish street food classic headlines the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
A tale of two wormwoods
Exploring the intersecting histories of absinthe and Malört—and why Chicagoans prefer the latter
Brunchlox brings Norwegian-Filipino brinner to the next Monday Night Foodball
Cindy Knott and Karl Almaria’s Kimski-based dance party moves north to the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
New local spirits to lift your spirits
Winter is coming. Here are five new bottles that will rekindle your blackened heart.
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Enmolada builds a modern Mexican menu at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Nick Muniz’s menu—a balance between nature and craftsmanship—at the Reader
’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu.
Some 41 Asian American chefs unite for immigrant rights at the Tiger Moon Market
The sold out tasting event, which preempts Monday Night Foodball, will offer an Instagram ticket auction on Wednesday.
Pre-Columbian fermentation freaks Piñatta take a bow, and exit the pop-up scene at the next Monday Night Foodball
Their third and final Luna Negra Halloween celebration at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Thattu features pastry chef Mary Eder-McClure and benefits immigrant rights.
Middle Eastern restaurant Old School keeps it commercial-free
At Mohd Mahd’s Palos Hills restaurant, the poet, philosopher, free thinker, food scientist, and chef offers his own style of radical hospitality.
Haru Haru brings a refreshing Korean taste to the next Monday Night Foodball
Feel Junho Lee’s “hot and cold” siwonhan-mat menu in your bones at the Reader’s weekly chef-pop-up, now at Thattu in Avondale.
Butcher Shop flings open the meat case for the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Nick and Noah Staton’s fleshy menu at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern.
Mother Prepper tells a story in seven bites at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Stephanie Xiques’s multicourse tasting menu at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern.
Focaccia Mama thinks you’re not eating enough at the next Monday Night Foodball
Mangiare Gabriella Mazzarisi’s meatballs, flatbreads, pasta al forno, and bombolini at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Frank and Mary’s Tavern.