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Like Don Draper and the people who work for him, I doubt Joe Flamm thinks about me at all.

Being the Beverly-living salt-of-the-earth White Sox and Bears loving huge TV celebrity chef guy of guys he likely believes all criticism is joyless noise.

If Flamm spares any thought about what I do, it’s probably that I’m the mouth-breathing basement-dwelling keyboard warr...


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They say if you stand for nothing, you fall for everything.

I suppose that’s why I’ve always been the kind of critic who writes both positive and negative reviews.

I never written a lot of bad reviews, because like humans, restaurants aren’t usually black and white. There’s a lot of gray and if you look deep enough you can usually find a balance in the experience....


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When you’re a James Beard Award-winning journalist with 20-plus years’ experience documenting Chicago’s food world, both the good and not so good, opening a restaurant isn’t the first option that comes to mind for a side gig. But that’s what Mike Sula, senior writer, food reporter an...


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My main goal in life is not to be a pimp.

You can take that a lot of ways and no matter which way you do, you’re probably right.

Like I obviously don’t want to capitalize on the hard work of a group of sex-workers for my own personal gain.

But as it pertains to The Hunger, it means I also don’t want to be focused on hyperbolic marketing, baiting and...


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