We recently went to a kamayan pop-up dinner, hosted by chef Joelen Kenny of “What’s Cookin’ Chicago. We ate a delicious Filipino feast with our fingers and me the staff of Filipino Kitchen. If you missed this pop-up, you get a second chance: there’s a Filipino cultural festival coming up.
Do-Rite Donuts and Coffee makes doughnuts in The Loop. Their buttermilk old-fashioned is the best in Chicago. (You can also get them at Star Lounge.)
A most sincere thank-you to Upstairs Downstairs for counting Make It Like a Man among The 50 Most Delicious Chicago Food Blogs!
Do you ever wonder what happened to The Jesus People? They’re alive and well, and among other things, they run Everybody’s Coffee on Wilson Ave in Uptown Chicago. “Everybody’s” is an oasis of interesting espresso drinks and excellent WIFI in an ever-shrinking “JJ Peppers” kind of hood. It’s quickly become one of my favorite coffeehouses. It a good example of the change taking place in this neighborhood.
Beurrage’s vanilla glazed doughnut is unparalleled. You can get them in the South Loop at La Haven, or at the source in Pilsen. If you’re not in a doughnut mood – if that’s possible – Beurrage makes fantastic pastries of all sorts.
My grandma used to make the world’s best oatmeal raisin sandwich cookies. They’re delicious, unusual, and old-school. I’m talking really, truly old school … like, to get the recipe, I had to cross the river Styx and leave Sharon Stone behind in the underworld. Now that’s old school.
This is where Jesus likes to go after church on Sunday. Jesus Hernandez, I mean … my downstairs neighbor. Azul 18 is a New American (Mexican) restaurant in Chicago’s funkadelic Pilsen neighborhood. Jesus led me here for breakfast. He had a scramble. I filled up on crêpe.
Yes, that’s three – count’m – three peppers … four if you count the black pepper. Spicy Chicken Cordon Bleu Sausages with Three Peppers (plus fennel and cheese) is easy to make. It’s delicious hot from the stove, but also reheats well.
La Haven, a South Loop Chicago coffeehouse, serves up La Colombe coffee as well as fantastic doughnuts and pastries. Ample seating and fast WIFI make La Haven an excellent café for coworking. Just a half-block from the traffic grief that is the intersection of Michigan and Roosevelt, you can find solace here.
