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This week in food
New reviews
Best places to eat outside
Our picks for the best patios, gardens and sidewalk cafés in town.
Top Chicago stories
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Taste of Chicago 2013 guide
Everything you need to know about the food, music and people-watching at Taste of Chicago.
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Brunch in Chicago
Your guide to the weekend's most important meal.
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All things Grant Achatz and Next restaurant
We've spilled a lot of ink over Alinea, Next and the Aviary. Here it is, all in one place.
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50+ Food Trucks
Track the food trucks roaming the streets.
Scenes from our Dining & Libation Society
Can't-miss stories
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Six stories about Alpana Singh
The Check, Please! host is opening her own restaurant. Is Chicago ready?
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Brendan Sodikoff’s restaurant empire
The man behind Gilt Bar, Au Cheval, Maude’s Liquor Bar, Doughnut Vault and Bavette’s isn’t slowing down.
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There are tears in your cocktail
A food critic’s exhausting, debasing and intermittently educational stint as a bar back.
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