Chicago
Butcher & The Burger
Butcher & The Burger is a BYOB in Lincoln Park, Chicago. It’s a build-your-own-burger restaurant, specializing in local, sustainable, made-in-house ingredients.
Cantina 1910
Cantina 1910: flavorful Mexican fusion in a colorful Chicago neighborhood. We’re talking small plates, ceviche, tacos, dinner plates, and we’re describing it all after two glasses of bourbon and mescal, with the lasso of truth compelling us to tell it like it is.
Summer Kamayan
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 & Coffee
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.)
The 50 Most Delicious Chicago Food Blogs
A most sincere thank-you to Upstairs Downstairs for counting Make It Like a Man among The 50 Most Delicious Chicago Food Blogs!
Everybody’s Coffee
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
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.
Sunday Brunch at Azul 18: Thank You, Jesus
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.